The power shift: Why the future of the electric grid will be software-defined

Source: Red Hat Blog

Overview

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The electric grid is no longer just a feat of physics and copper; it’s becoming a sophisticated data engine. For decades, substation secondary equipment—the relays and controllers that protect the expensive primary equipment—was seen as auxiliary. Today, it is the primary driver of grid innovation: if you can’t compute at the substation, you can’t innovate the grid.

But here’s the challenge: modern digital secondary equipment must rely on modern IT…