Moreover, the Summer School organised an exciting visit to the Meltemi smart grid living lab. The participants experienced an eco-friendly community combined with cutting-edge technology and tools installed by Smart RUE researchers, such as intelligent load controllers, small wind turbines, PVs, batteries etc. The field deployment of smart grid solutions in several EU projects was explained.
The last section of the Summer School was dedicated to the industry session organised by the Greek distribution network operator HEDNO. The participants had a unique chance to visit the control rooms of Attica’s Distribution Network Control Center, observe the SCADA in operation and be informed of the DMS functionalities. Moreover, they visited the Network Major Installations Department, where damaged HV/MV and MV/LV transformers are repaired. HEDNO experts presented the company profile, their EU projects, the distribution control centers, telemetering challenges and metering issues, among others. Informative discussions with HEDNO experts concluded the Summer School.