STRI

STRI is a leading independent company specializing in high voltage testing and consulting within high voltage technology and power system applications. STRI’s specialists and engineers deliver solutions to help improve performance, efficiency, reliability, profitability, and to minimize impact on the environment. STRI’s clients are power grid companies, power producers, industries, railway companies, authorities, agencies and manufacturers of electrical equipment all over the world.

STRI has developed its micro grid lab over several years and in collaboration with universities. STRI’s laboratory provides a platform for prototyping, and to perform testing, and for demonstration in a real-grid environment. This has been used to study integration of renewable energy from solar, wind and hydro as well as different types of storage in a microgrid for DC and AC. It has also been used to validate smart grid control and decision making functionalities in a European project.

STRI has developed its micro grid lab over several years and in collaboration with universities. STRI’s laboratory provides a platform for prototyping, and to perform testing, and for demonstration in a real-grid environment. This has been used to study integration of renewable energy from solar, wind and hydro as well as different types of storage in a microgrid for DC and AC. It has also been used to validate smart grid control and decision making functionalities in a European project.

STRI has been involved in several projects, which have been financed by, and in close cooperation with several European transmission system operators, the Swedish agency for innovation, the Swedish Ministry of Enterprise and others in the T&D industry. These among others resulted in the development of one of the first IEC 61850 interoperability laboratories for power utility automation. STRI has also helped the Swedish Coordination Council for Smart Grid by mapping the challenges.

STRI has since 2012 been active as Operating Agent for Power T&D Systems within ISGAN, International Smart Grid Action Network, an initiative by International Energy Agency (IEA) and Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM). STRI has participated in several conferences arranged by Power Grid India and in the testing for BHEL of equipment for UHVDC.