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The math being used to solve the electricity grids most complex
power flow equations today is, well, kind of fuzzy.
Gridquant, a startup created by Spanish software development firm
Grupo AIA, says its new math for power flow modeling can make
those grid calculations far more accurate. While the company was
only recently incorporated in the United States, versions of its
Holomorphic Embedding Load-Flow Method (HELM) modeling have
been put into action at grid operations centers by Spanish utility
Endesa and Mexicos Comisin Federal de Electricidad since the
1990s, as well as since 2002 at California utility Pacific Gas & Electric
(PDF).
Last month, Gridquant announced that research heavyweight Battelle
has joined as a new partner to bring its HELM technology to a wider
audience. Battelle invested an undisclosed amount in the Savannah,
Ga.-based company, and will take its technology to market as
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Stuart sees several roles for Gridquant to play in todays power grids,
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based on how he saw the same math used at PG&E:
- First, it can be used to allow the grid to operate more reliably on the
margins of safety, by more accurately modeling just how much power
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is actually flowing through transmission lines and substations.
- Second, it can be used for the daily 'whats happening tomorrow'
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- Third, it can be used to restore the grid once its gone down, he said.
So-called 'black-start' operations are complex, with grid operators
trying to orchestrate the restarting of multiple generation plants and
the reconnecting of loads in a balanced manner.
Beyond plugging into these existing grid operations needs, Stuart sees
a growing need for technologies like Gridquants to solve the new
problems emerging with the growth of intermittent wind and solar
power on the grid, the spread of plug-in vehicles, and other
grid-disrupting technologies.
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The grid today, with whats going on with growth, with renewables, is
being turned upside down, he said. Ive been at control centers all
over where the operators dont have that comfort of knowing exactly
where theyre at.
Neither Gridquant nor Battelle would discuss details of the companys
funding or plans for future developments of the technology, though
Harding said that the company was in the process of seeking
additional funding.
The two companies will also have to overcome a certain uncertainty
in the utility industry over such a novel approach to an age-old way of
managing power calculations, Black said.
There is absolutely an acceptance curve. The math is totally new, he
said. Still, Battelle did its due diligence on the existing deployments in
Spain, Mexico and California, and found examples where the utilities
involved described real-world benefits of using the new math to catch
grid anomalies or inefficiencies that traditional EMS platforms didnt,
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