This series is your orientation for the control room of the most complex machine on Earth: the power grid. You will be placed in the operator’s chair and taken on a complete journey through this invisible world we call The Fantastic Machine, following the path of power from the massive generators where it is born, across the high-voltage transmission superhighways, and down the final, intricate mile to the customer’s doorstep. But our tour doesn’t stop with the physical hardware.
We will dive into the unseen world of the competitive markets that set the price of electricity, the long-term planning that designs the grid of tomorrow, and the sophisticated software models that form the grid’s “digital twin.” From the fundamental physics of a single electron to the complex, software-driven future of a decentralized and decarbonized grid, this is your 1000-foot guide to the system that powers modern life. The full briefing is detailed in the training modules below.
- Part 1 – The Building Blocks
- Part 2 – Generation – coming soon!
- Part 3 – Transmission – coming soon!
- Part 4 – Distribution – coming soon!
- Part 5 – Managing the Grid – coming soon!
- More to come…
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