2. CONTENT
• Introduction
• What is Smart Grid??
• Who are using Smart Grid?
• How Smart Grid is used?
• Comparison
• Smart Grid components
• Advantages
• Disadvantages
• Smart Grid Future
• Conclusion
3. WHAT IS SMART GRID?
An intelligent electricity- delivery system:
energy suppliers and consumers: interconnect through a network
Smart meters:
are installed at homes and business
monitor energy consumption
transmit that information back to energy providers
Energy providers :
track energy consumption
automatically throttle down energy consumption on a granular level
when demand gets too high.
4. WHO ARE USING SMART
GRID?
Individual consumers
Corporate participation
Government regulators
5. HOW SMART GRID IS USED?
Foster communication between the energy
company and the end consumer
Electricity is sent from:
Allows energy companies to track areas of high
use, identify possible outages, and provide the
proper service.
Energy
company
Distribution
center
destination
7. SMART GRID COMPONENTS
SMART METER
PHASOR MEASUREMENT
INFORMATION TRANSFER
DISTRIBUTED GENERATION
8. SMART METER
RECOGNIZES AND DETAILS ELECTRIC CONSUMPTION
RELAYS INFORMATION TO CENTRAL MONITORING
STATIONS
WILL REPLACE TRADITIONAL METERS
POWER OUTRAGE NOTIFICATION AND POWER QUALITY
MONITORING
TIME OF DAY CHARGES.
10. ADVANTAGES OF SMART
GRID
Reduces the cost of blackouts $$$
Helps measure and reduce energy
consumption and costs
Helps businesses reduce their carbon footprint
Opens up new opportunities for tech
companies meaning more jobs created!!!
11. DISADVANTAGES OF SMART
GRID
Biggest concern: security and privacy
Smart Grid: use
automated meters,
two-way communications: between a power
consumer and provider
and advanced sensors
Some types of meters can be hacked
Hacker:
gain control of thousands, even millions, of meters
increase or decrease the demand for power
12. DISADVANTAGES (cont.)
Not simply a single component
Various technology components:
software, the power generators, system
integrators, etc.
Expensive for consumer: $60 per month
13. WHAT WILL HAPPEN?
Fastest growing business in the Green-Tech market
Was included in Obama’s stimulus bill
U.S. Congress “act without delay”
Very few companies invest and utilize: Austin Energy
(Texas) and Pacific Gas & Electric (California)
14. SMART GRID FUTURE
In the near future, will not be any vast
development
Risky because of financial demands and
regulations
In the long-run, attitudes will change, wide
spread usage of the smart grid from every
business to every home just like the Internet
15. CONCLUSION
Smart Grid is a concept designed to provide
electricity in more efficient way by better
allocating electricity according to consumer’s
wants.
It integrated multiple energy sources and
avoid over-generation as well.
In foreign countries, namely the UK and USA,
started to implement as they see it as a
solution of energy and environment pressure
in their own country.