Volta – Grand Optimiser Design Philosophy

This project aims to lay out the design principles for a whole system balancing optimisation engine, that include the interaction with the underlying power system model, this security constrained economic dispatch (SCED) approach will assist NESO in modernising their process and systems. This project will include looking at architecture and road-mapping of development and integration with the wider systems, including the Open Balancing Platform.

The project will consider the strategic direction of control room processes, impact of approach on people and systems, by understanding balancing from a wider whole energy system perspective and how it can be included into a more comprehensive and systematic balancing process while creating a robust design that is future proof.

Benefits

• Strategic Clarity: Will provide a clear vision and strategic direction required for control room optimisation that will reduce uncertainty for following development phases
• Design Robustness: Will deliver a robust design that will be capable of dealing with the growing levels of uncertainty and need for whole system optimisation that will reduce the efforts required to deliver that phase of future projects
• Accelerate Benefit Realisation: The output of this phase will enable the NESO to start to put in place the building blocks to start the successfully delivery of this vision, this will reduce the time required to deliver benefits to the consumer

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