Keeping the Grid in Step
In short: How electricity grids keep supply and demand matched, from frequency and forecasting to reserves, storage and interconnectors.
A 2:05 short film in the series “How Things Work”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: House of Commons Library (UK Parliament), “Electricity grids”; Engineering College of Technology (ECT), “FREE webinar: Frequency response services by NESO in the UK”; EDF Energy (Talk Power blog, large business), “How NESO Keeps Electricity Supply Stable Using Balancing Services, Part 1”; U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Electricity, “Connecting the Country with HVDC”; Springer Nature (Energy Informatics journal), “Revealing interactions between HVDC cross-area flows and frequency stability with explainable AI - Energy Informatics”.
Sources used in this film
- House of Commons Library (UK Parliament) — Electricity grids · View →
- Engineering College of Technology (ECT) — FREE webinar: Frequency response services by NESO in the UK · View →
- EDF Energy (Talk Power blog, large business) — How NESO Keeps Electricity Supply Stable Using Balancing Services, Part 1 · View →
- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Electricity — Connecting the Country with HVDC · View →
- Springer Nature (Energy Informatics journal) — Revealing interactions between HVDC cross-area flows and frequency stability with explainable AI - Energy Informatics · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: House of Commons Library (UK Parliament): Electricity grids
- Also: Engineering College of Technology (ECT): FREE webinar: Frequency response services by NESO in the UK
- Also: EDF Energy (Talk Power blog, large business): How NESO Keeps Electricity Supply Stable Using Balancing Services, Part 1
- Also: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Electricity: Connecting the Country with HVDC
- Also: Springer Nature (Energy Informatics journal): Revealing interactions between HVDC cross-area flows and frequency stability with explainable AI - Energy Informatics
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