Energy network optimization platform

Depsys

Incorporated

27.11.2012

Headquarters

Puidoux

Support

The increasing use of renewable energy (solar, small hydro, wind) creates a large number of injection points in the power distribution grid. This new trend, although positive, has its drawbacks. The final consumer becomes as well a producer of electricity, causing high energy flows in both directions in an infrastructure that has not been designed for this. An uncontrolled injection of energy into the grid is a factor of instability. This phenomenon, which has already created serious stability problems in different European power grids, must absolutely be controlled.
An additional challenge is the emerging electromobility. The trend towards electric vehicles can be seen as very positive, but the charging stations pull more energy than what the grid can provide.