The Łukasiewicz Research Network – Tele and Radio Research Institute (ITR) from Warsaw is participating in the international project ‘Metrology for digital substation instrumentation’, which aims to digitise substations. The project is funded by the Horizon Europe programme.

Electricity grids need measurement systems that monitor their capacity in real time. Such a system is expected to ensure the protection of the grid, as well as the correct billing of prosumers for electricity supplied and used.

The aim of the project jointly led by Łukasiewicz – ITR researchers is to develop a metrology infrastructure for tracking measurements and calibrating digital substation instrumentation (i.e. SV (Sampled Values) handling equipment such as SAMU (Stand Alone Merging Unit), digital transformers and measuring bridges for transformer testing).

The researchers, as part of a project funded by EURAMET (European Association of National Metrology Institutes) with Horizon Europe funds, will provide power companies with solutions for the calibration and synchronisation of new types of digital substation instrumentation. The solutions developed are also expected to fill a gap at the metrology level, allowing the testing and validation of the performance of smart electronic devices.

The substation digitalisation project is being carried out by a consortium of 13 research units from 10 European countries. In addition to Łukasiewicz-ITR, the Polish partner is the Central Office of Weights and Measures, with which it has been working since August 2022. The Łukasiewicz Research Network cooperates in the research and development area. The project is led by the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, with which the Łukasiewicz Research Network recently signed a partnership agreement.

Adrian Andrzejewski