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Adoption of Smart Grid in Libya challenges and opportunities

2016

As the electricity demand is continuously increasing and aged typical national power grid operating at their critical capability and stability limits, innovative techniques for more effective electrical energy generation and management is a vital desire for the Libyan electricity sector. This implies different challenges and vital opportunities that can be utilized to propose a smarter ways to provide and manage electricity to the consumers. These novel technologies will become the mile stones of our upcoming Smart Grid. This paper reviews the key features of the Smart Grid general concept, and argues some of the leading challenges and offered prospects of applying appropriate applications of the Smart Grid in Libya. Keywords— Smart Grid, Libyan grid overview, Smart Grid challenges and opportunities for Libya.

GT 12 - Educação Ambiental Para a Sustentabilidade

2018

A smart grid is an electrical grid which includes a variety of operational and energy measures including smart meters, smart appliances, renewable energy resources, and energy efficient resources. Electronic power conditioning and control of the production and distribution of electricity are important aspects of the smart grid. Smart grid policy is organized in Europe as Smart Grid European Technology Platform. Roll-out of smart grid technology also implies a fundamental re-engineering of the electricity services industry, although typical usage of the term is focused on the technical infrastructure.

Novel Approach based Smart Grid Involved in Energy Consumption using Signal Transmission

The objective of this deliverable is to explore several cases for smart grid in the ICT point of view and identify necessities and architectural consideration. There is a use case for demand response signal generation for scheming home appliances. Electricity service provider's operating system makes several of DR (Demand Response) signals that is generated by multiplication of individual CBL (Customer Baseline Load) in lieu of the customer's electricity usage patterns and dynamic pricing from power exchanges. And DR signals in the operating system are transmitted to the gateway in customer houses. DR signal pass to the consumer electronics and appliances. Power consumption of appliances varies depending on DR signal.

The Impact and Application of Smart Grid on Global Energy Delivery

Asian Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

This paper presents a detailed survey of global energy delivery and smart grid approaches. Particularly in the sense that shows the impacts on the production of energy resources globally. How can energy losses be reduced, primarily by implementing smart grid approaches? Power transfers and reduction of energy sources can be made by smart grids with information technology (I.T) such as sensors digital meters and communication networks. Energy from photovoltaic and wind power are some of the energy delivery systems that have gained attention since they are cheap and environment-friendly and do not emit greenhouse gas. Presently available grid is insufficient to serve future systems. For this reason, an intelligent grid system is required to support future needs for society. This paper expounds on the impacts of the existing power delivery system and suggests a smart grid for global energy delivery on a better management system.

Smart Grid projects in Europe

2011

The mission of the JRC-IE is to provide support to Community policies related to both nuclear and nonnuclear energy in order to ensure sustainable, secure and efficient energy production, distribution and use.

A review on smart grids and experiences in Brazil

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015

The paper presents a literature review on smart grid concepts, considering generation, transmission and distribution of electricity besides smart consumption, including smart home, Demand-Side Response Programs, and Active Demand-Side Management. An analysis of the smart grid development in Brazil is performed, presenting the policy and regulation efforts beyond investments. This analysis takes account a pattern for smart grid development, and one may observe that Brazil is going towards a smart grid full implementation; however it could take decades and requires adjusts from govern, regulatory agency, utilities and consumers, and more investments. Moreover, some of the major smart grid projects in Brazil are presented, and their characteristics are compared considering the technologies used, location and electric utility goals. Depending on the electric utilities objectives, one may observe similarities and differences between concepts adopted and location of the Brazilian smart grid pilot projects. The first objective is the validation and replicability of the pilot project implemented; once, the project location is a sample of the utility's energy market or it is a particular area of interest, like an off-grid powered island with high environmental restrictions, for instance. The second objective is creating a model of sustainable smart grid with national visibility, once the project location is a touristic place. The conception of smart grid is aligned with sustainability, and it is a tendency in Brazil a massive entry of smart grid technologies in the next years.

Statistical Energy Information and Analysis of Pakistan Economic Corridor Based on Strengths, Availabilities, and Future Roadmap

IEEE Access

In Pakistan, the performance of conventional electrical grids is inefficient, resulting in severe energy crises. To overcome the alarming challenges persisting in the energy grids, Pakistan must focus on system protection, grid reliability, distribution and transmission, and power quality. The inefficiencies in grid protection and management signify an overall problematic energy scenario. The solutions to these problems include the improvement of domestic, commercial, and industrial demand-side management and the reduction in distribution network losses. A smart grid (SG) is a critical requirement as it can overcome the shortcomings of the existing grid owing to its promising features, enhanced consumer empowerment, utmost security; efficient and optimized energy flow; and demand-supply management. Thus, the SG is essential to overcome the energy crisis in Pakistan and achieve the standards of other developed nations in the energy sector. This study aims to highlight the significant prospects of SGs within Pakistan with the key objectives of its availability requirements. We compare the energy scenario in Pakistan with that of other countries and recommend various aspects that require improvement through SG implementation. Additionally, we discuss the incorporation of renewable energy resources and present a market analysis regarding SGs to illustrate the SG scenario and its implementation in Pakistan. Moreover, we analyze and evaluate detailed taxonomies of energy generation, energy projects, renewable energy assessment, power market trends in Pakistan, and the basic requirements of SGs. Furthermore, a critical analysis of the energy sector in Pakistan is elaborated, which describes the possibilities, requirements, and strengths pertaining to the transformation of the modern electric grid with respect to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Thus, we believe that our work is more versatile in improving the energy system of Pakistan for the implementation of the SG.

Survey of Smart Grid Concepts and Technological Demonstrations Worldwide Emphasizing on the Oman Perspective

Applied System Innovation

The Smart Grid (SG) is considered as an imminent future power network because of its fault identification and self-healing capabilities. Energy sustainability, renewable energy integration and an efficient control system are the key factors to be considered in developing SG system. Among various SG concepts, the term virtual power plant (VPP) integrates renewable energy to the grid and provides higher operational flexibility, but it requires extra capital costs for control system and software. The operational activities of a smart grid largely depend on the active customer demands. This paper defines and discusses various SG system concepts such as virtual power plant, and active demand in consumer networks, and also presents drivers and roadmaps for development of smart grids worldwide. Furthermore, this work provides an insight into present research and development on smart grids around the world, and sheds light on developing and establishing SG for the Sultanate of Oman.