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Smarting up the electric grid

Vaasan yliopiston tutkijatohtori Petri Välisuo seisomassa

Vaasan yliopiston tutkijatohtori Petri Välisuo painottaa sähkönsiirron ja -tuotannon olevan osa yhteiskunnan kriittistä toimintaa. Tästä johtuen mahdolliset viat systeemissä pitää korjata millisekunneissa.

Digitalization and the various innovative solutions and tools offered by it are part of our lives, whether we notice them or not. However, few of us pause to ponder about how widely-spread the revolution actually is, when we connect our charger to our smartphone or tablet. But even the electricity coming out of the socket has travelled far from the powerlines, and more and more, the journey is a smart one.

One of the concrete actions aimed researching and studying the smart electric grids was an ERDF-funded project. Read more about it.