The IDPR: An intelligent device for the active management of the electrical grid

Electrical systems must evolve toward renewable, distributed, and digital sources.

In this context, power electronics converters such as the IDPR by Energy in the Cloud, S.L. emerge as an advanced technological solution to ensure stability, quality, and resilience in modern electrical grids, both for DSOs (front the meter) and for the industrial sector (behind the meter).
 

What is an IDPR?
 

The IDPR (Intelligent Distribution Power Router) is a device capable of actively interacting with the electrical grid.
Thanks to its grid-forming operating mode, it can:

• Generate grid conditions (requires batteries) even when there is no LV grid from the distributors, behaving like a voltage source—just as synchronous machines used to.

• Manage voltage, enabling distributed contributions to grid stability.

The experience of Energy in the Cloud, S.L. highlights several technical benefits:

• Stable and sinusoidal voltage: Waveforms show values of approximately 230 V L-N, with only 2.5 V variation (fig-2) 

• Active and dynamic phase current balancing: When the IDPR operates in following-grid mode, current imbalances and associated losses are reduced.

• Reduction of harmonics and irregular spikes: It acts as an active filter, minimizing the impact of end-user nonlinear loads.
   

In critical situations —when the grid experiences faults or instability— the IDPR can:

• Supply reactive power to stabilize voltage.

• Temporarily reduce demand (load shedding) in a controlled manner.

• Energize low-voltage zones autonomously.

This ability to restore the system from scratch and locally is key to grid resilience.
 

Toward the electric future:

IDPRs not only improve the present but are essential for the energy transition:

• They enable massive integration of renewables.

• They provide local and intelligent control.

• They support a decentralized and resilient grid.

With years of accumulated experience, Energy in the Cloud has built a reliable, scalable technology aligned with the needs of a 100% green future.
 

Energy in the Cloud with IDPR → Grid control + Stability + Quality + Renewable-readiness