Review of Advanced Transmission Technologies Towards the Smart Grid

Abstract

The progressive re-engineering of the existing power networks requires the innovative transmission technologies, which will be able to adapt to new concepts of operation and management of Smart Grid. Moreover, the level of implementation of these technologies by Transmission System Operators (TSOs) will vary from one control area to the other, also based on past experiences and today’s operation constraints. This paper presents an overview of general groups of such technologies, namely, passive equipment, active equipment, real time system monitoring equipment as well as the impacting TSOs’ operations equipment with the main purpose to analyze the prospective opportunities of realization of examined technologies as well as for achieving the better assessment of advantages of Smart Grid. The advanced technology such as High Temperature Low Sag (HTLS) conductors was examined based on a real line design case.