Electricity networks – handling a shock to the system a report from the Institution of Engineering and Technology

Decarbonisation of energy is probably the biggest peace-time change to
national infrastructure that the UK will have seen. Ensuring the future
stability of the grid while creating a system that can deal with two-way
local power flows and less-predictable generation and new demands such as
charging of electric vehicles will be a big challenge. The IET brought
together experts from industry, government and the regulator to share
learning and knowledge and identify long-term and cost-effective solutions
to this challenge. The changes needed across the nation’s power networks
are huge and a ‘one system’ approach, rather than one that only looks at
parts of the system in isolation, is vital. Among the recommendations, the
report calls for steps to be taken to establish the functionality of an
electricity “System Architect”.

The report can be downloaded from

http://www.theiet.org/factfiles/energy/elec-shock-page.cfm