电力系统保护与自动化专注于解决方案的研究，开发和演示，以应对由于电力网络架构的发展而出现的保护挑战。在将分布式和可再生能源发电连接和集成到电力系统中时，存在许多技术，经济和商业挑战。该团队正在使用台式机，实验室，现场研究和实验来解决这些问题。在配电系统级别，团队正在开发用于发电集成的保护和控制解决方案，并在诸如DG集成，保护和控制实验室中的快速开发平台上测试这些解决方案。该团队还致力于主动配电网络管理解决方案，并已与行业合作伙伴SSE成功测试了其中一种。在输电系统层面，该团队与GB输电被许可方一起解决输电
Numerous technical, economic and commercial challenges exist in connecting and integrating distributed and renewable generation to power systems. Using desktop, laboratory, field study and experimentation, these are being tackled by this team. At the distribution system level, the team is developing protection and control solutions for generation integration, and testing these solutions on rapid development platforms such as those sited in our DG integration and protection and control labs.<br><br>The team is also working on active distribution network management solutions and has successfully tested one of these with industry partner, SSE. At the transmission system level the team have worked on transmission capacity expansion issues with the GB transmission licensees and are working on offshore renewables grids and spatial and temporal data modelling issues.