Background
National Grid lies at the heart of a transforming energy system.
Our business areas play a vital role in connecting millions of people to the energy they use, while continually seeking ways to make the energy system cleaner. National Grid Ventures and National Grid Partners also enable innovations to help revolutionise and decarbonise the future of energy.
National Grid will play a leading role in enabling the transition to a clean energy system. We are looking to accelerate the transition, while balancing decarbonisation, affordability, and reliability. It is our aim to be a global leader in demonstrating technical and commercial solutions for the energy sector.
As we support the transition through the development and operation of critical infrastructure, we are also focussed on protection control area of the system. We have set ourselves challenging and ambitious goals based on Science Based Targets building on the achievements we have already had in our own activities.
Challenge
To make our transmission system reliable and efficient, below are areas under protection control, National Grid are looking for innovative solutions to improve efficient and reliable PAC systems:
- Protection
- Wide Area Protection Automation and Control (WAMPAC)
- System awareness, modelling, and optimisation
- System monitoring
- Digital substation innovation
- Asset Lifecycle management
The innovation work will support the business to be ready for lower system inertia and fault levels because of more converter connected renewable generation.
What's in it for you?
A successful collaboration could mean, for individuals, becoming part of the wider National Grid group, while for organisations, forming a potential partnership with one of the world’s most iconic brands to co-develop and co-launch the idea to market.
These are global challenges and National Grid are willing to collaborate with both individuals/freelancers and other industry participants/universities etc. and solutions can be at any stage of development.
If you have or are developing solutions, or if you have expertise in the above, please click "Apply" to submit your solution/expertise to the Network.