The Control Room of the Future (CROF) Implementation Council, under the Global Power System Transformation Consortium (G-PST), convened virtually on March 27, 2025. Building upon the momentum from the meeting in Copenhagen (June 2024), the council continues its mission to expedite the integration of innovative research into practical control room operations, fostering a collaborative environment among system operators, researchers, and industry experts.

View a video of the meeting.

Key Discussions and Presentations
  • Advancements in Real-Time Grid Operations:​
    • Sebastian Wende-von Berg (Fraunhofer IEE) presented on the opportunities and implications of implementing open-source grid calculation and optimization tools in real-time processes.
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    • Christian Merz (Elia Group) and Sjoerd Kop (TenneT NL) discussed decision support mechanisms for topological remedial actions in congestion management.
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  • Innovations in System Monitoring and Control:
    • Dominik Gross (50Hertz) introduced the MCCS Windup Scale project, focusing on enhancing system resilience.
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    • Lina Ramirez and Gord Stephen (NREL) shared insights on inertia monitoring and system strength assessment using the Real-Time Phasor Analytics (RTPA) framework.
  • Strategic Roadmapping and Control Room Improvements:​
    • Adrian Kelly (EPRI) provided updates on Pillar 2 activities, including consulting and roadmapping efforts aimed at future-proofing control room operations.​
    • Robert Eriksson (Svenska Kraftnät) detailed ongoing projects aimed at refining control room functionalities.​
Research Challenge Updates: The Research Challenge, an initiative of the G-PST, driven by the Elia Group and Energinet was launched in 2024 with the aim of reducing the time from R&D to operational implementation. To achieve this, we propose a new agile and dynamic way of collaboration between TSOs and researchers to bridge the gap between academic research and industry needs, focusing on practical, scalable solutions that can be rapidly implemented in control room operations. A total of eight research questions were posed, attracting applications from various research institutes, universities and companies. Four were selected for further development and work will continue over the next 12 months. These questions were presented at the meeting:
  • Monitoring: How to design a power system simulator and the corresponding communication interface to effectively test key functionalities (end-to-end) of a modular control system?
  • Control: How to integrate impedance frequency scans into system operation?
  • Grid Analysis A: How can we speed up the solution of large batches of similar loadflow computations?
  • Grid Analysis B: How can we in Modelica express and design a simplified model representation from a black box model (dll) given an interface and an accepted error tolerance?

Further details on the winners and their ongoing progress will be presented in September 2025.

Future Engagements: The council discussed plans for an in-person meeting scheduled for 25 September 2025 in Berlin, emphasizing the importance of continued collaboration and the effective implementation of innovative technologies in control room settings.
For more information and resources on the Control Room of the Future, please visit the G-PST Resource Library.​