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AUTHOR
Nicolas Retière
Fractal Grid – towards the future smart grid
International audience; In the last two decades, electricity grids have faced many challenges that they were not designed to handle. These include integrating weather-dependent renewables, distributed generators, storage units and other advanced components, as well as taking into account active demand. These challenges, together with the ageing of infrastructures, make it more difficult to deliver cost-effective, reliable power. To overcome these issues requires creating new network architectures. The research project Fractal Grid proposes fractality as a core concept to model, analyze and design smart grids in their evolution up to 2030 and beyond. This paper presents the project, its meth…
ANALYZING THE FRACTAL BEHAVIOUR OF THE DISTRIBUTION POWER GRID IN THE CITY OF GRENOBLE-FRANCE
International audience; We analyze the fractal properties of the distribution power grid of the city of Grenoble. We introduce the scaling behavior as a useful tool to compare the fractal behavior of multiple systems. We conduct a geographical concordance analysis between the power grid and both the road network and built-up areas of the city of Grenoble. We analyze the fractal behavior of electrical properties of the distribution network.