{"id":13129,"date":"2018-08-16T11:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T19:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2018\/08\/16\/news-6896\/"},"modified":"2018-08-16T11:00:04","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T19:00:04","slug":"news-6896","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2018\/08\/16\/news-6896\/","title":{"rendered":"Flood, heat, storm? No matter. Electric utilities can keep power flowing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Simon Mouat| Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2018 11:26:50 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Electric utilities provide\u00a0vital\u00a0continuous\u00a0and critical electricity supply\u00a0to\u00a0billions of\u00a0people across the globe. But some areas face extreme weather: floods,\u00a0high winds,\u00a0storms,\u00a0fires,\u00a0hurricanes\u00a0or\u00a0heat waves. These\u00a0conditions create exceptional challenges for\u00a0power supply\u00a0continuity and can\u00a0result in widespread damage to the power\u00a0infrastructure and cause\u00a0severe outages, affecting significant numbers of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneider-electric.com\/en\/work\/solutions\/for-business\/electric-utilities\/\">electric utilities\u2019<\/a>\u00a0customers.\u00a0The best way to deal with\u00a0extreme\u00a0weather conditions is the creation of a robust power network that improves\u00a0monitoring and control\u00a0and automatically responds\u00a0to any major crisis &#8212;\u00a0enhancing confidence in supply continuity during extreme events.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schneider-electric.com\/promo\/ww\/en\/getPromo\/73940P\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50885 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Flood-heat-storm-No-matter.-Electric-utilities-can-keep-power-flowing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Flood-heat-storm-No-matter.-Electric-utilities-can-keep-power-flowing.png 600w, https:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Flood-heat-storm-No-matter.-Electric-utilities-can-keep-power-flowing-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Below\u00a0are\u00a0two\u00a0examples\u00a0of the challenges electric utilities operating in\u00a0places with frequent severe weather\u00a0or environmental events, like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com.au\/south-australia-has-lost-all-power-after-a-huge-storm-and-the-state-has-ground-to-a-halt-2016-9\">Australia<\/a>, need to face:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Power outages:\u00a0When a\u00a0power outage\u00a0occurs, finding the source can be a challenge at any time. In\u00a0large parts of regional and rural Australia, the reality of isolating the problem along hundreds of kilometers of line is formidable due to lack of full SCADA coverage and the distances to travel\u00a0to locate the fault.<\/li>\n<li>Safety issues:\u00a0In some regions hit by heat waves during summer, there is a high\u00a0risk\u00a0of\u00a0bushfires because of the hot and dry climate. Faults on overhead lines may cause bushfires, power poles can fall due to high winds or fire\u00a0and\u00a0so\u00a0must be identified, disconnected and isolated as quickly as possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Taking on this kind of challenges and solving\u00a0these\u00a0issues,\u00a0requires\u00a0a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneider-electric.com\/en\/work\/solutions\/for-business\/electric-utilities\/explore-our-offer\/grid-efficiency-smart-grid\/\">highly capable grid management system<\/a>\u00a0that provides real time monitoring, pinpoint accuracy, and a high degree of automation\u00a0and control.<\/p>\n<p>The installation of an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneider-electric.com\/en\/work\/solutions\/for-business\/s4\/electric-utilities-advanced-distribution-management-system-adms\/\">advanced\u00a0distribution\u00a0management system<\/a>, together with grid automation equipment and pole-mounted switchgear, provides\u00a0one of the best solutions\u00a0for electric utilities.\u00a0It\u00a0gives\u00a0them better visibility of their network, allowing them to capture\u00a0their network structure for one centralized source of truth.<\/p>\n<p>The modern\u00a0advanced network management system\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2017-06-24\/sa-power-networks-paid-out-more-than-$18.45-million\/8648162\">reduces the duration of power outages<\/a>\u00a0and the number of households the outage affects. It does this in a split second, by identifying where a line outage has occurred and rerouting the electricity grid to bypass this section.\u00a0Then, the location\u00a0of the outage is precisely pinpointed so maintenance crews can\u00a0be dispatched efficiently.\u00a0Additionally, most current networks\u00a0have\u00a0many schematics and feeder plans that are recorded on paper. With the implementation of\u00a0a\u00a0new system, these\u00a0are\u00a0recorded electronically\u00a0and\u00a0consolidated.<\/p>\n<p>Not only does this reduce safety concerns but it improves SAIDI1\u00a0&amp; SAIFI2\u00a0figures resulting in a more cost effective utility network.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s important to remember?\u00a0Ensuring electrical supply in\u00a0harsh\u00a0environments\u00a0is\u00a0never going to be easy. The power of nature can sometimes defeat even the most robust electrical engineering.\u00a0But\u00a0a good partner can always help handle these conditions and actively provide solutions when outages\u00a0are\u00a0experienced.<\/p>\n<p>Due to climate change,\u00a0extreme weather events are becoming\u00a0more frequent\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0and\u00a0it\u00a0often means\u00a0power blackouts. In today\u2019s climate, it\u2019s useful to\u00a0know more about the evolution of utility outage management and understand why implementing an\u00a0advanced distribution management system helps\u00a0electric utilities: Read\u00a0our free white paper\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.schneider-electric.com\/promo\/ww\/en\/getPromo\/73940P\">Enhancing Utility Outage Management System (OMS) Performance<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xd5a_qjd-u4?feature=oembed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" ><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1\u00a0System Average Interruption Frequency Index (SAIFI) which is a measure of the average number of interruptions a customer experiences in a year<\/p>\n<p>2\u00a0System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI) which measures the number of interrupted minutes a customer experiences in a year.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/utilities\/2018\/08\/16\/flood-heat-storm-no-matter-electric-utilities-can-keep-power-flowing\/\">Flood, heat, storm? No matter. Electric utilities can keep power flowing<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\">Schneider Electric Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/utilities\/2018\/08\/16\/flood-heat-storm-no-matter-electric-utilities-can-keep-power-flowing\/\" target=\"bwo\" >http:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Simon Mouat| Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2018 11:26:50 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Electric utilities provide\u00a0vital\u00a0continuous\u00a0and critical electricity supply\u00a0to\u00a0billions of\u00a0people across the globe. But some areas face extreme weather: floods,\u00a0high winds,\u00a0storms,\u00a0fires,\u00a0hurricanes\u00a0or\u00a0heat waves. These\u00a0conditions create exceptional challenges for\u00a0power supply\u00a0continuity and can\u00a0result in widespread damage&#8230;  <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/utilities\/2018\/08\/16\/flood-heat-storm-no-matter-electric-utilities-can-keep-power-flowing\/\" title=\"ReadFlood, heat, storm? No matter. Electric utilities can keep power flowing\">Read more &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/utilities\/2018\/08\/16\/flood-heat-storm-no-matter-electric-utilities-can-keep-power-flowing\/\">Flood, heat, storm? No matter. 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