b'14 Member News November 2023EventsProtecting our power systemsRannveig Lken presenting at DPSP 2022An insider view into challenges and advancements New technologiesThe IETs International ConferenceIts also important that the powerThe adoption of new technologies on Developments in Power Systemprotection community ensures thatis an equally important topic for the Protection (DPSP) is currently planning itseveryone in the sector is up to speed asprotection community and the committee 17 thiteration, with over 250 engineerssystems change. We need to educateshared the technologies they think expected to meet in Manchester nextnew people. We also need to educateare particularly exciting right now.March. Ahead of the event, we spoke tothe people whove been in the industryVirtualisation of protection functions members of the organising committeefor many years said Rannveig Lken,is the technology that tops the list for to find out about challenges and newHead of Team Protection, Statnett SF. me, says Abraham Varghese, citing innovations for the sector. benefits including protection functionality As the proportion of renewable energybecoming independent of hardware, and Current challenges that feeds the power grid increases,the possibility of new business models power system protection methods alsofor delivering protection systems.Integrating renewables is one of theneed to evolve. Here, the flexibility biggest challenges in the world of poweravailable in existing protection and controlRemotely interrogated voltage and system protection, as it presents aschemes can prove advantageous, as theycurrent transformers that do not require massive change in the way systems arecan be adapted to the changes in gridcontrol power is something Bogdan operated. Dave Hewings MIET, Head ofparameters. However, depending on theKasztenny FIET, Power System Protection Engineering and Asset Management atlevel of penetration of renewables, thereEngineer, Schweitzer Engineering Network Rail, explains:may be a need to go beyond adaptingLaboratories (SEL), is keeping an eye existing schemes; it may be necessaryon. Bogdan describes them as a great to review the power system modelsenabler for distribution protectionThe existing electricitythat are used to validate protectionthey allow protecting complex feeders schemes explains Conference Chairwith difficult requirements by using networks cant easily beAbraham Varghese MIET, Next Generationdifferential protection, eliminating changed from their existingTransmission Networks Advisor for Gridthe need for time-coordinated and configuration. If you cant easilyAutomation, GE Renewable Energy.insensitive overcurrent protection.extend the network, then theDave Hewings adds: We will see a flexibleArtificial Intelligence hasnt been greatly approach of load and storage and theused yet in power protection, but is an answer has to be to do it withuse of battery storage at a large scale.exciting possibility in the future, shares more smart systemsandAnd I guess the big challenge is: how youRannveig Lken. As protection engineers, thats where protection anddo that without completely ripping upwe want to manually do the simulation these networks and starting again? Howchecks, to ensure that everything works. control come into their own. do we use the existing network structureBut with this kind of technology, you to build for these future requirements? really have to change your mindset.Find out more about the DPSP conference and how you can get involved: theiet.org/dpsp'