Grid & low voltage

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Grid & low voltage

Digitalising the energy transition

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Low voltage is becoming an active part of the grid: heat pumps, wallboxes, PV and storage change load flows nobody used to measure. We order the projects around grid state estimation, digital secondary substations, redispatch and grid connection and put them in a sequence that keeps the grid stable and meets the deadlines.

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Articles in this field (17)

5 September 2026 · 8 min read

Quality Regulation 2026, the BNetzA Data Collection and the Evolution of SAIDI

In 2026 the BNetzA collects data for quality regulation. What the ruling requires, how SAIDI changes and what network capacity means for distribution grids.

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31 August 2026 · 8 min read

Medium-Voltage Cable Diagnostics: Tan Delta and Partial Discharge as Predictive Maintenance

Tan delta and partial discharge assess medium-voltage cables without digging. How cable diagnostics turns distribution-grid maintenance predictive.

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29 August 2026 · 8 min read

Grid Connection Bottlenecks for Charging Parks: Digitalising Grid-Operator Processing

Powerful charging parks wait over a year for their grid connection. Germany's 2026 grid connection package and digital grid-operator processes aim to change that.

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25 August 2026 · 8 min read

Transformer Online Monitoring: Condition-Based Maintenance for the High-Voltage Grid

Online monitoring makes transformers condition-based: DGA, partial discharge, hot-spot. Why that matters when a replacement takes 18 to 36 months.

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19 August 2026 · 8 min read

IEC 61850 in the digital substation: protection and control

IEC 61850 makes the substation digital: station bus, process bus and sampled values replace up to 80 percent of copper. SCL and security explained.

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13 August 2026 · 11 min read

LV Control System & CLS-Management under §14a

Westfalen Weser Netz couples a low-voltage control system (LV-SCADA) with CLS-management for the first time. How §14a EnWG becomes real-time grid control.

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5 August 2026 · 9 min read

AI Grid Simulation: Congestion Analysis for the Section 14d Plan

From 31 October 2026, section 14d EnWG requires grid expansion plans. How AI grid simulation speeds up congestion analysis for distribution grid operators.

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20 July 2026 · 8 min read

LiDAR Corridor Surveys: Grid Vegetation Becomes Measurable

Netze BW finds a third more vegetation risks with LiDAR, E.DIS cuts costs 30 percent with satellite analysis. What grid operators can take from it.

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8 July 2026 · 8 min read

AI Load Forecasting for Grid Operators 2026

Load and generation forecasting is now mandatory for distribution grid operators. How AI lifts forecast quality and cuts balancing energy costs.

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6 July 2026 · 8 min read

The Common European Energy Data Space (CEEDS)

The Common European Energy Data Space (CEEDS) connects national data spaces. What the EU roadmap of June 2026 means for utilities and grid operators.

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5 July 2026 · 7 min read

Digital Secondary Substations: Low-Voltage Grid in View

Digital secondary substations make the low-voltage grid observable: E.ON's rollout, around 28,000 stations by end of 2026 and the basis for section 14a EnWG.

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19 June 2026 · 7 min read

AI-assisted drone inspection of power grids: BVLOS and automatic image recognition

Grid operators inspect overhead lines and pylons with drones and automatic image recognition. What BVLOS flights make possible, which EU rules (SORA 2.5, U-space) apply and what TenneT, Netze BW and other operators already do.

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12 June 2026 · 8 min read

Grid Package 2026: Flexible Connection & EEG Reform

Germany's grid package and EEG reform want faster connections at the bottleneck. The redispatch proviso versus the EWE and EnBW FCA model, explained.

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12 June 2026 · 6 min read

Redispatch 3.0: Congestion Management with Flexibility

Redispatch 3.0 is industry framing, not law. How EVs, heat pumps and home batteries become grid flexibility, and what the DataFleX project tests.

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3 June 2026 · 11 min read

AI Against Blackouts: Keeping Europe's Grid Stable

Fraunhofer uses AI to prevent blackouts: 500 grid interventions a day, explainable operator assistance and what companies should do now.

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28 March 2026 · 11 min read

Agentic AI in Energy Utilities: Autonomous Grid Management

Agentic AI reaches energy utilities. GridMind, Fraunhofer IEE and real deployments show how AI agents make grid operations more autonomous.

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5 January 2026 · 9 min read

Digital Grid Insights 2025: Digitalization of Distribution Networks in DACH

Digitalization of distribution networks stagnates. 61% of network operators see themselves below 50% digitalization level. Learn where the biggest hurdles lie and how PlanOps shapes the future.

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