Network load
The network load indicates the current load or an average load over a specified period (hours, days, weeks) in a network.
The network load is a simple indicator for the dimensioning of networks. If the average network load is very high over a long period of time, it can be assumed that the network capacity is insufficiently dimensioned if the load fluctuates strongly.
Computer network
In computer networks , the network load indicates, for example, what percentage of the actually available data transmission rate is being used.
power grid
In power grids , the network load indicates how high the electrical load is on a power grid. In addition, a distinction is made between other network loads, such as the vertical network load , which indicates the transfers from the transmission networks to the distribution networks .
The maximum network load in Germany's electricity network in winter 2011/2012 was around 54.5 GW. This winter, the network load was observed particularly intensively and also publicly received, because this winter was the first in Germany after the nuclear phase-out in 2011 . The Merkel government had after the start of the nuclear disaster in Fukushima (Japan), the seven oldest German nuclear power plants and the controversial due to many mishaps Krümmel nuclear power plant taken (in Hamburg) from power and deprived them of the operating license. The European power grid proved to be stable even during the cold spell 3rd to 7th week of 2012 . The Federal Network Agency published a comprehensive report.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Technical article vertical network load of the Research Center for Energy Industry , accessed on November 23, 2011
- ↑ http://www.energie-lexikon.info (April 2, 2013)
- ↑ Report on the state of the grid-bound energy supply in winter 2011/12 ( Memento from January 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (pdf, 120 pages)