Operating electricity grid on small island a ‘particular challenge’

Operating an electricity grid on a small island is a “particular challenge”, Marios Pappoutis, the transmission system operator’s assistant network operator said on Friday.

“The operation of the grid on a small, isolated island constitutes a particular challenge in itself. Maintaining the balance between supply and demand, and by extension the frequency of the system, is critical,” he told a summit of the international renewable energy agency (Irena) in Abu Dhabi.

He added...