Strata Grid 3.8: Faster, Smarter, Built for Real-World Use
Designed to tackle the challenges of distributed energy resources (DER), Strata Grid is a leading DERMS (Distributed Energy Resource Management System) that empowers Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) with a best-in-class, operationally ready solution. By seamlessly filling gaps in data and network models, we help customers deploy robust operational systems faster and more efficiently than any competitor.
Guided by direct customer feedback, we continuously refine our product. Our latest release Strata Grid 3.8 brings several key enhancements, such as expanded pre-event contingency limits supporting many network topologies, a new streamlined load-flow analysis workflow, and improved overall performance.
Built Around Customer Feedback
Strata Grid 3.8 addresses the most critical challenges DNOs and utilities face in managing modern, complex smart grid networks. Customers highlighted issues such as the over-curtailment of DER when unknown or unmodelled network topologies are encountered, as well as the growing difficulty of managing complex, meshed networks with many possible network topology configurations. In response, we have enhanced our DERMS platform, focusing on delivering a more adaptable, data-driven platform that can accurately handle high volumes of network topologies, reduce unnecessary curtailment, and provide greater confidence and control in increasingly dynamic grid environments.
What’s New?
Key features and functionalities of Strata Grid 3.8:
1. Scalable topology handling for enhanced DER management
Strata Grid 3.8 significantly expands our platform’s ability to scale, with before-the-loop load flow analysis used to derive Sensitivity Factors and Pre-Event Limits, whilst maintaining our deterministic real-time control functions. This enhancement is designed to allow reliable maximisation of grid capacity utilisation whilst reducing unnecessary curtailment of DER caused by unknown or unmodelled network configurations. By supporting complex, meshed networks and maintaining a large library of pre-primed topologies, the system minimises the likelihood of encountering unknown states, ensures fast transition to topology-appropriate operating configurations, helping avoid fail-safe triggers, and enabling more stable, efficient grid operations.
2. Streamlined load flow analysis workflow
We’ve simplified and enhanced the load flow analysis workflow to improve usability and efficiency within our smart grid software. Network model data can now be uploaded directly through the user interface, reducing complexity and manual effort. Related analyses are clearly grouped together, making it easier to manage and extend studies with additional network states. A dedicated activation step has also been introduced, providing clear visibility into which analyses are currently active and which additional ones are available, supporting better decision-making and control.