Nature Communications (Dec 2020)

Open database analysis of scaling and spatio-temporal properties of power grid frequencies

  • Leonardo Rydin Gorjão,
  • Richard Jumar,
  • Heiko Maass,
  • Veit Hagenmeyer,
  • G. Cigdem Yalcin,
  • Johannes Kruse,
  • Marc Timme,
  • Christian Beck,
  • Dirk Witthaut,
  • Benjamin Schäfer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19732-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Power grid frequencies mirror the state of the grid. Here, Rydin Gorjão et al. analyse measurements of power grid frequencies across areas and continents and uncover scaling laws of their fluctuations and spatio-temporal dynamics, which could aid the design, operation and control of power systems.