DIGITAL SUBSTATION - SUSTAINABILITY BENEFITS:

SUSTAINABILITY IS THE NEED OF THE HOUR, AND HENCE, IT IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF AND A DRIVING FACTOR FOR ALL THE UPCOMING TECHNOLOGIES. SOLUTIONS THAT ARE ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY ARE THERE TO STAY IN THE LONG RUN, AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE DIGITAL SUBSTATION OFFERS. I HAVE TRIED TO SUMMARIZE BELOW MAJOR SUSTAINABILITY BENEFITS THAT THIS SOLUTION OFFERS:

COPPER AND CO2 EMISSION SAVINGS:

This solution reduces the need for copper cables. It is true not only for AIS substations, but surprisingly also for GIS substations (with Merging Units installed right in the GIS LCC panels). Say for a 400KV Substation with approx. 10-15 bays, Copper savings will be in the magnitude of tons of copper. It further results in massive CO2 emission savings as well. Factors leading to it are as summarized below:

• Reduction in CO2 emission associated with copper mining.
• Reduction in CO2 emission associated with copper transportation.
• Reduction in CO2 emission associated with cable manufacturing and cable transportation.

LOWER SUBSTATION FOOTPRINT:

• Reduction of GIS size, with the use of Low Power Instrument Transformers.
• Further optimization of Control Center Building size, with the use of centralized protection realizable with this solution.

EASE OF MAINTENACE:

• This solution offers the possibility to do remote testing, thus reducing operations and maintenance efforts.
• Elimination of copper cables result in reduced maintenance efforts in a long run.

Sustainability benefits do not end here. Mentioned above are only some of the benefits.

Link to POST-1:?https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/digital-substation-weekly-series-nimish-rastogi/?trackingId=tfVyk0P5SVKPiugc1%2FXFzQ%3D%3D

Link to POST-2: https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/post-2-major-building-blocks-digital-substation-nimish-rastogi-lo70f%3FtrackingId=JFEOPeDxQcGzNcxT9YjF%252BA%253D%253D/?trackingId=JFEOPeDxQcGzNcxT9YjF%2BA%3D%3D

Please follow for more in coming weeks.....

#Business Impact, #Sustainability, #Digital Substation, #Process Bus, #Digitalization, #Environment.