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We are guided by two trends

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Trends in the power system

• New, renewable power generation– Small hydro

– Wind power

– Solar PV

• New types of electric consumption– Heat pumps

– Direct-heating of water

– Induction stoves

– Electric vehicles

• Distribution grid need investments to handle thesenew energy resources

Can we reduce future grid investments?

• Increase the utilization factor of the existing grid capacity

– Require better and more detailed predictions of load and generation

– Control flexible loads to shift load in time and reduce peak loads

• Only build new grid capacity when required

– More accurate, bottom up calculations of Load flow analysis.

– Based on more detailed metered and predicted data

• These challenges require new technology

New technology requirements

• Big Data

• Analytics

• Control

• Real time

What is Big Data?

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• Customer information

• Weather data

• Market information

• Geography/Map

• Grid and network topology

• Smart meters

• Social media / Twitter

• Video (Web Camera / Drone)

• News

Combining data - See the whole picture

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