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“The Digital Transformation of Electricity Networks”

The RTE Chair is a partnership between RTE and CentraleSupélec. The construction of the Chair has been starting in 2016 and is official since 2017, for a period of 5 years. In May 2022 this has been renewed for 5 years and is currently coordinated by Sorin Olaru.

Origin and Philosophy of the project:

For several years, RTE has been studying the potentialities offered by digital technologies in the management of the electrical system.

Building on its close scientific and educational relationships with CentraleSupelec, RTE has sought to strengthen this collaboration and establish this new partnership in the long term in order to accelerate its innovation processes and benefit from the scientific expertise of leading research teams with which to interact in the field of engineering sciences.

Originality of the project:

The development of digital technologies represents a powerful lever that transforms the management, development, and operation of the electrical system. Integrating these technologies into the electricity transmission network will allow RTE to make the most of existing infrastructure and propose new ways to fulfill its missions within the framework of the energy transition.

The design of the communication network that will be deployed to observe and control the electricity transmission network will require addressing multidisciplinary challenges specific to energy networks. Through its programs and laboratories, CentraleSupelec has been a leading actor in developing this vision, which has become essential today: the convergence of the Energy and Communications fields. This chair will thus involve several laboratories and teams at CentraleSupelec recognized in France and internationally across four key disciplines: Communications, Computer Science, Control and Decision, and Electrical Engineering.

Strategy

To make significant progress towards the digital transformation of electricity networks, transmission networks, in particular, our vision is to exploit the synergies between CentraleSupelec’s research laboratories and RTE R&D teams with a focus on at least 4 disciplines  :

  • Communications and signal processing;
  • Control and decision;
  • Power systems;
  • Computer Science.

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