Russia develops smart power grid

In 2018, Russia will complete the program to universally apply "Smart Grid" technology in the Northwest region, including Novgorod, Pskov provinces and the Karelya autonomous republic, according to information. October 24 report of the Russian National Electricity Network Administration Rossety.

Russia develops smart power grid

In 2018, Russia will complete the program to universally apply "Smart Grid" technology in the Northwest region, including Novgorod, Pskov provinces and the Karelya autonomous republic, according to information. October 24 report of the Russian National Electricity Network Administration Rossety.

Smart Grid network is a smart power supply system established on the basis of applying information - communication networks and digital technology to collect information about electricity production, transmission and consumption.

Smart Grid network allows to automatically increase performance and reliability, help save electricity, and ensure stability in power production and distribution.

Previously, Rossety successfully implemented a similar project in the Vologda region, and in early November 2017, in the city of Cherepovets, Russia's first 110/35/10 kV digital transformer station will be launched. The construction of digital substations is within the framework of the National Program on Development of New Generation Electric Substation Systems assigned to Rossety by the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation.

In 2018, the project in the Northwest will be expanded. In the Novgorod region of the Northwest region, Rossety planned to complete the majority of the necessary work in 2018 and the Smart Grid system will begin operation from early 2019.

The cost of the program to digitize the power network in the Northwest region is 1.5 billion rubles. It is known that the cost of digitizing Russia's entire national power grid will be about 2 trillion rubles, according to calculations by the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation.

Rossety is allocated from the budget about 250 billion rubles/year, but due to some legal constraints, only a small part of this amount is allowed to be used for the nationwide electricity network digitalization program.

Head of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation A. Novak said that efforts will be made to accelerate this process.

Minister Novak has officially called on private businesses to contribute capital to the Smart Grid program and assured that the investments will be profitable quite quickly.

Ba Thuy

According to RT