Resilient Dynamic Energy Production - REDEP

The REDEP project (Resilient Dynamic Energy Production) addresses the urgent need to strengthen the electricity networks of the Aurora region in the face of rapid growth of distributed renewable energy and the harsh conditions of the Arctic climate. Long rural feeders, sparse customer density, and severe weather events create vulnerability to outages and limit hosting capacity for small-scale production. At the same time, producers and consumers are increasingly installing solar and wind resources, creating fluctuating and often reverse power flows. Without innovative solutions, this situation risks reducing network reliability, slowing the green transition, and undermining the competitiveness of rural regions.

REDEP brings together Luleå University of Technology (Sweden) and Lapland University of Applied Sciences (Finland) to jointly develop, test, and demonstrate new methods that increase grid resilience and utilization. The partnership combines LTUs expertise in power line monitoring and measurement systems with Lapland UASs nanogrid test environment and strong links to local DSOs. The project is structured into two cross-border work packages. WP1 focuses on resilience for distributed energy production (DEP), delivering guidelines, demonstrators, and operational solutions that help operators integrate renewables and storage while maintaining voltage quality and system stability. WP2 develops and validates distributed line and weather monitoring systems, including energy-autonomous sensors, to enable dynamic line rating, real-time diagnostics, and faster fault localisation.