How technology is helping make electricity distribution greener and more resilient to climate events, pandemics
- Digital technology is helping power distributors realise their decarbonisation goals while making them more resilient to energy supply disruption
- Technologies like cloud computing and artificial intelligence can help isolate faulty sections of the grid and restore power in seconds
“The recent power crisis in Texas is a great reminder that having a flexible power grid to maintain demand-supply balance is very important, while the Covid-19 pandemic saw many of our hospital customers realise how critical reliable power supply is – without it you have no emergency service, no ventilator.”
Winter storms that struck the southern US state last month left 4.5 million homes and businesses without electricity for days, causing water, food and heat shortages.
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Digital technology is playing a growing role in making the power distribution system more flexible. It helps it better cope with supply fluctuations brought about by the rising contribution of wind and solar power.