A New Generation of Power Grid Monitoring Device : Integration of AI-Enabled Edge Computing Technologies (2026-2027)
Abstract
This project develops an Australian innovation, a new generation of power system monitoring device prototype, enabling intelligent computing technology at a local device level. Current power system monitoring devices only have the measuring capability and send everything back to a data centre managed by network service providers for data processing and analytics. Extensive real-time data from high precision monitoring devices introduces high costs to network service providers for data communication, data management, and centralised computation. To address these limitations, the proposed technology will perform data analytics in real-time at the device level. The extracted useful information will be sent to network service providers with a clear picture of what is happening on the grid. This will make it easier to detect network faults and respond quickly to problems. If successful, this technology will boost Australia's competitiveness in manufacturing power system monitoring devices
