DEPsys – Energy Northern Perspective

4 reasons to digitalise your grid today

15 September 2020 Editor 0

According to IEA’s Global Energy Review, renewable energy has so far been the energy source most resilient to COVID-19 lockdown measures, with renewable electricity being largely unaffected while demand has fallen for other uses of […]

Investments in deep digitalisation can both help overcome the challenges of today and build-in resilience for those of tomorrow (illustration: DEPsys)

What might COVID 19 mean for DSOs in the long-term?

4 August 2020 Editor 2

Summer is here and COVID-19 is still with us. Though parts of society are reopening, full normality will be a slow, potentially irregular process – three steps forward, two steps back. Nonetheless, the situation has […]

The challenge for DSOs and DNOs will be speed and agility, and grid managers must consider what they can do quickly to prepare for further disruption (illustration: DEPsys)

Keeping the lights on at the end of the tunnel

28 July 2020 Editor 2

Across Europe, new COVID-19 cases are declining, and economies are taking tentative steps to ease restrictions and return to something like normality. Assuming we do not see a second peak, this is cause for celebration: […]

Changing loads on the grid create challenges for DSOs who must ensure frequency and voltage stay within operational parameters at all times (illustration: DEPsys)

Operating a distribution network during a pandemic: The challenges and threats

21 July 2020 Editor 2

Overnight, COVID-19 lockdowns have transformed our economies and societies. Factories are quiet, shops are shuttered, offices are empty as people stay at home to stop the spread. The IEA’s most recent report reveals that global […]