Coordinated network protection: the way to the optimized power supply system

In the context of deregulation of the energy market, all kinds of network structures are emerging. On the one hand there are power supply systems that have grown and been adapted in line with the short-term requirements imposed on them, on the other there are those planned with a long-term objective in mind. All these networks and their structures must be provided with optimized protection if maximum availability of their equipment is to be assured.