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Future Networks - Microgrids and the Regulation

4/18/2018

 
Renewables, battery technologies, microgrids. They’re coming, in one form or another, that’s a given. But do they need to be a threat to the utilities of today? Or, could we think of ways to cooperate in order to turn the development into something great for us all – the utilities, the energy consumers, the entire society?
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Drawing from his interest that I introduced previously, the backcasting methodology, Tarmo Mere, Segment Director for Electric & Gas at Trimble Energy, encourages utilities to consider their decisions and actions today, in order to gain a better tomorrow. “As for the technologies affecting the utility business, for example the solar power will evolve, and it will become more efficient and more affordable for households and companies alike,” he states.

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Future Networks - Utilities Out of Business?

2/28/2018

 
Looking at the development pace for alternative energy sources, it’s only a question of time when a disruptive innovation wipes over the utility business. So what could be done today to keep the utilities in business, and what does the regulation have to do with it?
​Working on his doctoral dissertation on the future of electrical networks, Tarmo Mere, Segment Director for Electric & Gas at Trimble Energy, became familiar with the backcasting method a couple of years ago and found it interesting also for his professional life. “It is a process, or a methodology, not just to design the imaginable future but also to organize today’s work in order to make the preferred kind of a future a reality,” Tarmo explains.
What Future Utilities should Avoid Today to Stay in Business

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Utility Maintenance - Risk-Based Decisions

1/30/2018

 
When thinking about the different ways of doing maintenance, we often consider either taking a time-based approach, or taking the focus only on the condition of our assets. But what role does criticality play in the decision-making? How well are we able prioritize keeping the supply to a, say, hospital in the best possible condition?
Are All Network Components Equal in Importance?
As Teemu Heusala, a product manager at Trimble Energy, puts it: “It’s one thing to have the maintenance data in a database but another thing to also be able utilize it efficiently.” And truly, also the maintenance talk gets to a whole new level of efficiency when you start looking at prioritizing your maintenance efforts to the network components where the effects of a fault for the rest of your network would be the highest.

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Network Optimization - Who Cares about the Post-Construction Costs?

11/8/2017

 
Earlier I wrote about the basics of electricity network optimization and the man who knows it inside out, Eero Saarijärvi, Consultant for Electricity and Gas at Trimble Energy. Since that was just a scratch in the surface – there is literally so much into it – today I’ll lead you a little deeper.
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As we’ve learned, minimizing life-cycle costs while keeping the technical aspects in mind is one of the key factors of the optimization, and it plays an important role in your asset investment planning. To open that up a bit more, the solution that Eero has worked on actually allows you to choose what kind of a network you are aiming at, and whether you are interested solely in the construction costs or want to take into account the entire network life-cycle, considering, for example, the reliability, operating, and maintenance costs. The most optimal network, of course, is the one designed for the entire life-cycle.

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Industry Expertise - Talk about Know-How from Overseas!

10/29/2017

 
From electrical engineering to network modeling, software development to customer deliveries, this man rightfully plays a key role when developing our software for North American utilities. Originally from Europe, he has also faced the structural and technical ​differences between the American and European style electrical networks – and truly knows what he’s talking about!
The man is Vasile Dragu, manager of engineering at Trimble Energy North America. He not only combines his academic education in the electrical engineering with 20+ years of experience in the software industry, but also makes it spot-on about the people operating the power systems and the issues they face in reality.
Power Grid Know-How from Overseas

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