State-run utility Taiwan Power Co. has retained its second-place ranking among 94 utility providers across 39 countries in the 2022 Smart Grid Index released by Singapore’s SP Group, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
Scoring 94.6 out of 100, Taipower finished behind only France-based Enedis, 98.2. The local company tied with UK Power Networks and led Japan’s Chubu Electric Power Co. and Tokyo Electric Power Co., both at 80.4; as well as Korea Electric Power Corp., 73.2.
According to Taipower, the company has partnered with research units since 2007 to establish a smart grid task force integrating power generation, power transmission, power distribution, communication and information capabilities.
The electricity provider is also working hand in hand with the government to accelerate industry transformation in six major areas, namely smart distribution and generation, power grid management, energy storage systems, demand management, information and communication infrastructure, and laws and regulations, the company said.
To complement the adoption of smart grids, Taipower has rolled out technology to enhance monitoring of the country’s power supply while strengthening the resilience of its power grid and improving the overall efficiency and quality of the electricity supply.
The index measures seven key dimensions of power grids around the globe, namely customer empowerment and satisfaction, security, green energy, distributed energy resources integration, supply reliability, data analytics, and monitoring and control. The framework assesses proxies of each dimension using publicly available information. (DL-E)
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