Wide Area Monitoring Systems

The Electrical Power Ecosystem

Since its inception, electrical power has been put to use by means of a multi-level electrical grid. Like a great neural map, it is elaborate and interconnected. Whereas the grid used to be operated in a centralized state-run fashion, the modern grid includes many micro-grids, which are independently operated energy sources, presenting yet further challenges.

As an ecosystem, the slightest disturbance generated in a specific location can instigate an event resulting in full power outage. This entails a double challenge. The one: enabling a rigorous and reliable post-event analysis of data recorded during such occurrences. The other: perfecting the accuracy and communication speed of monitoring systems to actually detect, extrapolate and prevent such events in real-time.