

It integrates a comprehensive set of tools to support automatic and parallel grid security analysis such as ENTSO-E D2CF/DACF/IDCF, and outage planning. PowerFactory is also perfectly suited to transmission system operation planning. Just by changing the study time, the right network configuration will be automatically used for calculations. Network Variations with time-related Expansion Stages allow the user to model network development projects including the (de-)commissioning of power system equipment. Operation Scenarios can be used to save operating points, thus enabling the user to study different scenarios with just a few clicks. To maintain such a rich data model, PowerFactory comes with comprehensive planning tools. Its fast and robust simulation algorithms can be applied to any AC or DC network topology and support the simulation of new technologies such as converter-based power generation, FACTS, voltage-sourced converters (VSC), HVDC, cables and overhead lines, DC breakers, filters, and various types of MW- and Mvar-controllers and virtual power plants.

PowerFactory offers a complete suite of functions for studying large interconnected power systems and addressing these emerging needs. The displacement of conventional generation by wind and solar power generators imposes new challenges on the ability of the grid to maintain system stability. Transmission grids are currently undergoing major changes, to reliably accommodate increasing amounts of non-dispatchable resources while maintaining operational efficiency and minimising system-wide cost.
