With the focus on environmental sustainability and energy security, power system planners are looking at renewable energy as supplements and alternatives. But such generation sources have their own challenges – primarily intermittency.  It is expected that the smart grid – due to its inherent communication, sensing and control capabilities – will have the ability to manage the load, storage, and generation assets (including renewables) in the power grid to enable a large-scale integration of distributed generation. In a smart grid, information about the state of the grid and its components can be exchanged quickly over long distances and complex networks. It will therefore be possible to have the integration of sustainable energy sources, such as wind, solar, offshore electricity, etc. for smoother system operation. But for this to be possible, the electric utility will have to evolve, and change their ways of operation to become an intelligent provider of these services. This lecture introduces the operational characteristics of renewable energy sources, and various aspects of the smart grid – technology, standards, and regulations. It also addresses the interplay among distributed generation, storage, and conventional generation to provide an efficient operational strategy in the context of the smart grid.

Topic: Role of the Smart Grid in Facilitating the Integration of Renewables into the Power Grid
Venue: E1-06-01, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Time: 16:00 – 17:00 (SGT, UTC+08)

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