India, June 30 -- DSOs must turn vast but fragmented datasets into "business-ready" intelligence to manage grid congestion.

A new report proposed a bronze-silver-gold data architecture, AI-based load reconstruction and quantified flexibility needs.

This can become a strategic alternative to costly grid reinforcement.

As electrification accelerates across Europe, distribution system operators (DSO) are facing mounting pressure to manage increasingly complex electricity networks, while accommodating electric vehicles, heat pumps, rooftop solar and other distributed energy resources, according to a new report.

The report, The Grid's New Gold: Harnessing DSO Data to Unlock Flexibility, argues that local grid flexibility could help utiliti...