Making grids “smart” requires effort which impinges on different areas of knowledge, from power system, power electronics, measurement, control and automation technologies through ICT and cyber security to marketing, social science and business aspects. To supply to the need for professionals with new skills to manage RES-based energy networks we, the European project RESERVE - Renewables in a Stable Electric Grid – (www.re-serve.eu/), created the interdisciplinary t course “Challenges and solutions in future power networks”, held at the RWTH Aachen University on 11-15 March 2019.
The topics covered during the RESERVE course addressed the main challenges when it comes to building future power networks with a high share of renewable energy sources and presented the solutions developed by the project. These challenges include issues such as frequency and voltage control, cyber security and ICT aspects as well as the need for a set of new network codes and ancillary services.
