Abstract
This paper presents a Western Power Distribution network innovation allowance (NIA) project that utilises Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology for multi service and multi-vendor connectivity to a range of distributed energy network assets. The trial LTE system covers a 25km radius from the central base station located in Taunton, South West England on the Western Power Distribution (WPD) network. Greater awareness of distributed energy network flows, more active management and interconnectivity control are creating more challenges as the power network facilitates flexibility in services by dynamically adding, removing power or time shifting energy demand customers. In order to manage this new energy landscape and support legacy assets, new communication technologies must be investigated. As the electricity distribution system evolves, there is a need for enhanced real time monitoring and control to facilitate real time asset monitoring. This communication must support many application characteristics: throughput, quality of service, latency and redundancy while balancing economic and investment dimensions in order to deliver maximum value for the end service user.
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