Assumption 9: Employing state-of-the-art information and communication technology in the energy system
Network structures need to accommodate the demands on energy supply described here by employing state-of-the-art information and communication technologies.
The growing number of distributed electricity generators will need to be interconnected with each other via information technology. This will require high-speed, high-accuracy data flows, which in turn will necessitate the use of cutting-edge ITC technologies. New technologies have the potential to create a commercially optimal balance between distributed and centralised generation, customer demand for electricity and the ecological requirements for the electricity market of the future. We should aim to invest in the “intelligence” of the networks in order to maximise the efficiency of existing low and medium-voltage network infrastructure.