Enea Operator implements innovations in its grid

Enea Operator introduced an innovative technology in its grid allowing for an automatic detection of damages (short circuits) and limitation of their reach to the place of their occurrence. Due to that, in the case of a failure, most Customers will have the electricity supplies restored during just a few minutes.

The application of an innovative solution was possible due to launching by Enea Operator of another function of SCADA dispatcher system, and more accurately the so-called FDIR model (Eng. Fault Detection, Isolation and Restoration), which is able to “omit" the damaged section of the grid.

– Intelligent power grid, which is the so-called smart grid, is a project which foresees not only a new form of information transfer and automation of the infrastructure, but also a completely new approach to the safety and grid management. The heart of these innovative solutions are IT systems – convinces Michał Jarczyński, president of Enea Operator. Therefore, the company has been consistently implementing the concept of grid “smarting” via a programme of improving its reliability and development of smart grids.

Innovations introduced in the company as regards the medium-voltage grids foresee e.g. the development of a system of automatic isolation of the damaged section of the grid. Due to that the system may “omit” the damaged section of the grid in the shortest possible time and switch on a significant number of citizens. The first solutions of this type have been already tested in the area of Gorzów Wielkopolski, Szczecin and Inowrocław. And that is just the beginning.

The core of building the smart grid on the area of Enea Operator’s operations is modernisation of stations transforming medium voltage to low voltage, implementation of AMI application (for smart grid management) and - as for now - pilot installations of smart meters. There will be around 100 thousand of them - on Uznam island, in Inowrocław and on Poznań’s Rataje.

Enea Operator is also installing the so-called balancing meters in transformer stations. They are to e.g. facilitate the reduction of the level of energy losses in the grid, potential infrastructure thefts, and will also allow for an ongoing monitoring of grid loading, which will raise the level of energy security. Until the end of 2019, on the area of operations of the north-western operator, there will be 36 thou. of such meters.