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www.indiasmartgrid.org2 | SMART GRID Bulletin | Volume 1, Issue 8 | August 2014

ISGF signs MoU with OpenADR

ISGF hosted a luncheon for US DOE Delegation

US, China sign MoU for EV

China mandates 30% state vehicles to be EV

Net Metering in Nepal

Odisha to Strengthen Power System

GETCO, USTDA sign agreement for Integration of RE

ETSI releases global KPI on energy-efficiency in ICT

ISGF and OpenADR recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in order to facilitate and strengthen theirrelationship. The aim is to furtherance of respective work by mutual exchange of drafts and documentation, apart from seekingopportunities to work together in the furtherance of each partys mission. Read more: http://bit.ly/1rqAPT7

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between US and China for cooperation on electric vehicles and industrialenergy efficiency. This will not only help the field of electric vehicles and related technologies, but also improve energyefficiency in end use products. Read More: http://bit.ly/Vlk412

China has mandated 30 per cent of its State Government vehicles to be EVs by 2016. This recent measure intends to fightpollution and reduce energy consumption. It is believed that the ratio of 30 per cent is likely to be further increased beyond2016. Read more: http://bloom.bg/1rj9u6q

Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) plans to pay for the excess energy generated by an individual consumer or an institution frominstallation of a solar energy system. For the first time in the country, the government has provisioned a separate net meteringsystem which would allow an individual or an institution to bank on ones own energy generated from the installation of rooftopsolar PV system for later use or share for credits from NEA through the connection to the national grid system.

Read more: http://bit.ly/1q8fmMH

The Odisha government has estimated an investment of Rs 54,000 crore for improving the power sector in the state over thenext five years. Currently, Odisha faces the challenge of providing quality and stable power supply on a 24-hour basis, both inurban as well as rural areas. Therefore, the state government has envisaged building disaster resilient power structures alongthe coastal regions, ensuring round-the-clock quality power supply for Bhubaneswar, the capital city, and a smart grid system.

Read more: http://bit.ly/1kB5E98

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) and state-run Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited (GETCO)signed an agreement for integration of renewable energy sources into the latters power transmission system. This agreementaims at supporting GETCO as its supply of solar and wind power grows. Also, the technical assistance will enable GETCO to

analyze its power system through modeling and statistical techniques, apart from helping develop strategies to ensureappropriate load balancing and frequency regulation for its transmission operations. Read more: http://bit.ly/1BdQax7

ETSI recently published the Data Centre Energy Management (DCEM) indicator standard to measure energy efficiency andcompare energy management efficiency in data centres. This indicator, the DCEM Global KPI, has been developed by ETSIsOperational Energy efficiency for Users (OEU) Industry Specification Group and is defined in ETSI GS OEU 001. This groupcomprises ICT companies from various sectors which include banking, telecommunications, the automotive and aeronauticalindustry. Read more: http://bit.ly/1prv897

ISGF hosted a luncheon for Honable Deputy Secretary Mr. Daniel Ponemon and the Delegationfrom US Department of Energy that came for India-US Strategic dialogue on 30 July 2014 atNew Delhi. The event was attended by Senior Officials from Ministry of Power, Ministry of Newand Renewable Energy and Planning Commission in India etc.

Smart Grid Updates: Policy, Regulations & Standards


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CPUC settlement recognizes value of demand response

Kerala Finalized its Policy for Solar Rooftop Systems

Haryana Releases Draft Policy on Rooftop Solar Grid Interactive System based on Net Metering

Key appointments and transfers

The doors for Demand Response will open in California owing to a new settlement agreement filed with the California PublicUtilities Commission (CPUC) and is likely to accelerate the state's transition to a clean energy economy. Furthermore, thesettlement recognizes the increased value of demand response and supports a cost-effective transition toward more renewable

energy. California IOUs will collaborate with various organizations to push forward the viability of demand response. Also, aworking group will be formed to guide the modernization of demand response and provide recommendations for preparation ofa demand response roadmap to be developed in 2015. Read more: http://bit.ly/1p5tVE5

Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (KSERC) finalised its Solar Rooftop policy named as Grid Interactive DistributedSolar Energy Systems. Rated capacity of the system to be installed as per this policy should not be less than 1 kWp and shallnot exceed I MWp. Net meters will be installed for the rooftop solar systems and solar energy systems installed under thisregulation are also eligible for banking facility.

Read More: http://erckerala.org/regulations/ROOFTOP_SOLAR_DRAFT%20REGULATION-10.06.2014.pdf

Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) released draft solar net metering Policy and is open for the publiccomments till Aug 11, 2014. As per the policy, maximum solar system capacity to be installed at any eligible consumer premiseshall not exceed his connected load in case of LT connection and contact demand in case of HT consumer and maximuminstalled capacity shall not exceed 1 MWp for one consumer. Read More: https://herc.gov.in/WriteReadData/Pdf/D20140710.pdf

A S Bakshi has been appointed as new member of Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC).

Dr Kajal has been appointed Managing Director of Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam, Uttar Pradesh.

Policy, Regulations & Standards (Contd...)

Smart Grid Updates: Technology & Projects

GSGF releases report on large-scale rollout of EVs

Grid20/20 collaborates with Itron and Landis+Gyr

Cybersecurity analytics software offered by C3 Energy

The Global Smart Grid Federation (GSGF) recently released astate-of-the-art overview of the international developmentsin electric vehicles. Highlighting business opportunities, key

trends, developments and policy initiatives, it provides anoverall global view on the large-scale rollout of electricvehicles. The report concludes with a series ofrecommendations designed to overcome the obstacles andaccelerate the use of EVs. Read more: http://bit.ly/1lUaQQQ

ISGF Member Grid20/20, Inc., a leading DistributionTransformer Monitoring (DTM) sensor provider, will integrateits devices with smart grid communication networks fromItron and Landis+Gyr. The objective will be to provide real-time data access and historical information gathered fromthe heart of the grid. Recent testing has satisfactorily proventhat Grid20/20 devices can seamlessly integrate withLandis+Gyrs and Itrons networks.

Read more: http://bit.ly/1oJ56Jr

C3 Energy, an enterprise application software firm, recentlyannounced the release of its latest smart grid analyticssoftware C3 Grid Cybersecurity Analytics. The softwarewill provide utilities with advanced diagnostics and predictivetools to identify, monitor and reduce risks of gridcybersecurity vulnerabilities. Intelligent alerts, IT teamdiagnosis and response, and advanced analytics areessential parts of this software.

Read more: http://bit.ly/1ougkYm

Trend Micro and Broadcom to offer cybersecurity for homegateways

EPRI reports key findings from its seven-year smart griddemonstration

NICTA and LANL to R&D smart power/gas systems

Trend Micro Incorporated, a global pioneer in security software,will collaborate with Broadcom Corporation for developing a

solution for home gateways. Protection of home securitynetworks from cyber-attacks and improving network visibilitywithout compromising performance will be the key objectivesof this collaboration. Broadcoms leading technology platformswill provide the high performance needed to seamlessly runTrend Micros advanced security solution.

Read more: http://bit.ly/1r8NC0Y

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), USA, recentlyreleased a six-minute video which provides key findings from itsseven-year (2008-2015) smart grid demonstration project. Thevideo depicts several demonstrations that were focussed onmaking DER more consistent and reliable. It also showed thatbuildings with independent power generation can function asend node of the grid. Moreover, losses were controlled withinan acceptable range and the peak demand was reducedsignificantly. View video: http://bit.ly/1mISCBW

The National Information Communications TechnologyAssociation (NICTA), Australias largest organisation dedicatedto ICT research, will collaborate with Los Alamos NationalLaboratory (LANL) on R&D to create systems for connectingand managing power and natural gas supplies on a sharedplatform. The tight coupling between the gas and power sectorsin Australia increases the possibility of coupled failures. This


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collaboration will aim to build a new algorithm for optimaldesigning of coupled gas and power networks.

Read more: http://bit.ly/1kB67s5

EnergyHub, a backend DR service provider, launched itsBring Your Own Thermostat (BYOT) program last year forconsumers who wanted to engage themselves in DR.Within one year, the number of consumers involved in thisprogram grew around four to five times. In this uniqueprogram, the utility involves only those consumers whichhave a thermostat installed and requests permission tocontrol it operation. As an incentive, the customers receiveeither money or something for free, which otherwise, wouldnormally cost them something.

Read more: http://bit.ly/Y4hjU5

Tokyo-based organisation, Wi-Sun Alliance, has appointed

the Telecom Engineering Centre (TELEC), as an authorizedtest lab for providing testing and certification services inJapan. Conformance as well as interoperability will be testedfor various functionalities in the smart grid. TELEC is thesecond authorized test laboratory appointed by the Wi-SunAlliance. This is an indication of rapid growth and expansionenvisaged by the alliance.

Read more: http://www.wi-sun.org/wi-sun-alliance-appoints-telec-authorized-test-laboratory

IBM, through its subsidiary INSA, will help the city of Madridin providing citizens more efficient environmental serviceslike communication with citizens, anticipation of issues andcoordination resources, to operate more effectively. This is

the largest environmental services management project inSpain and will improve city life of three million citizens inMadrid. The estimated value of the contract is 14.7 millionEuros and it will use Big Data and analytics to transformMadrids supplier management model, allowing the city tomanage and pay each service provider based on servicelevels, in an effort to improve the management of publicservices such as street management, lighting, irrigation,trees and green spaces, cleaning and garbage and wastemanagement. Read more: http://ibm.co/1mISKBp

Energy-Hubs BYOT program for DR grew 400-500% in a

year

Wi-SUN Alliance appoints TELEC as testing lab in Asia

IBM to contribute towards a smart city project in Spain

RFaxis, GreenPeak Technologies team up for IoT initiatives

DoE announces $4 billion for projects in renewable energy

Grid-scale storage system offered by UniEnergy

Princeton Power to deploy fast EV chargers in Los AngelesAir Force Base

RFaxis, a leading fabless semi-conductor maker of RF solutions,will partner with GreenPeak Technologies, the industrys leadingsmart home low-power radio communication semi-conductor

company, to design a chip for addressing the needs of theInternet of Things (IoT), focussing on home automation andsmart home/smart living initiatives. The final product will be asimplified RF design with robust RF link quality that developersrequire for efficient and effective IoT performance in a variety ofhome automation/smart home applications.

Read more: http://bit.ly/1lUb5vl

The US Department of Energy (DoE) recently announced that ithas up to $4 billion in loan guarantees available for innovativerenewable energy and energy efficiency projects located in theUS. The five key technology areas include advanced gridintegration and storage, drop-in biofuels, waste-to-energy,enhancement of existing facilities, including micro-hydro orhydro updates to existing non-powered dams, and efficiencyimprovements. Read more: http://1.usa.gov/1lEyfV2

UniEnergyTecnhologies (UET), manufacturer of large-scaleenergy storage systems, recently announced the availability ofits Uni.System grid-scale energy storage system. The system isfactory-integrated, modular and is comprised of five 20containers that require only a concrete pad and interconnectionto provide power. Furthermore, it is rugged, versatile and builtfor enhanced reliability and minimised maintenance.

Read more: http://bit.ly/1urHOzZ

Princeton Power Systems, Inc., a leader in global design and

manufacturing of technology products and embedded softwarefor energy management, microgrid operations, and electricvehicle charging, will install fast EV chargers at the Los AngelesAir Force Base (LAAFB). Thirteen charging stations will bedeployed using bi-directional multiport inverters developed byPrinceton Power. LAAFB will be the Department of Defencesfirst deployment of bidirectional DC fast charging.

Read more: http://mwne.ws/1yvmxDe

Smart Grid Updates: Pilot Projects in India

Telangana Southern Power Distribution Company Limited,

Telangana (formerly Andhra Pradesh Central PowerDistribution Company Limited, Andhra Pradesh)

Jeedimetla Industrial Area

11,904

AMI R, AMI I, PLM, OMS, and PQM

CPRI

Released on May 23, 2014

Bid submission date extended to end ofAugust 2014. Target date for award is end of September 2014.

Project Area:

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Functionality covered:

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Project Update:

Assam Power Distribution Company Limited, Assam

Guwahati Distribution Region15,000

AMI R, AMI I, PLM, OMS, and PQM, DG

Medhaj Techno Concept Pvt. Ltd.

Released on March 4, 2014

Three bids received and opened on July 162014 from (1) AMI Tech + HPL Meters + IBM; (2) EMC + RFArray + SPANCO + L&T Meters; and (3) Rebenius TeamTarget date for award is August 31, 2014.

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Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited,

Mysore, KarnatakaAdditional City Area Division, Mysore

21,824

AMI R, AMI I, PLM, OMS, and PQM,DG/MG

PGCIL for Project Management

Released on October 3, 2013. Contract awarded on30 April 2014

Sole bidders consortium led by Enzen GlobalSolutions Pvt Ltd

Revised KPIs have been obtained fromMinistry and these are being updated.

Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Limited,

ChhattisgarhSiltara Urla area of Raipur District

Around 1,900

AMI I, PLM

PGCIL

NIT issued. Awaiting bids.

Notice Inviting Tender was issued on March 1,2014. Bid submission date extended upto Aug 20 2014. Targetdate for award of contract is by October 2014.

Electricity Department of Government of Puducherry

Division 1 of Puducherry

87,031

AMI I, AMI R

PGCIL

Not Released

RfP yet to be finalized by PuducherryGovernment since the approval of Cabinet is required.

Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd, HimachalPradesh

KalaAmb

650

AMI I, PLM, OMS, and PQM

PGCIL

NIT issued on May 23, 2014

Pre bid meeting was held on June 2014.Last date for receipt of technical bids extended to August 25,2014. Final award to be by September 2014.

Jaipur Vidhyut Vitaran Nigam Ltd, Rajasthan

VKIA Jaipur

34,752

AMI R, AMI I, PLM

PGCIL

Not Released

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RfP prepared. Board approval awaited.

Kerala State Electricity Board, KeralaSelected Distribution Section offices spread over

the geographical area of Kerala

25,078

AMI I

None

Released on December 18, 2013

Bids were opened on March 7, 2014. Only twocompanies (L&T and EDMI) submitted bids.

Price bids opened on June 28 2014 revealed anincrease of 219% from estimated cost. The higher bid price hasdelayed process of award and time extension has been sought.Request for sanction to re-tender and time extension is being

initiated through Power Dept, Govt of Kerala to the Ministry ofPower.

Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited,Maharashtra

Baramati Town

25,629

AMI I, AMI R, and OMS

None

Released on October 28, 2013

Four Bids received: Wipro + Alstom, L & T, Ami Tech +OSI Inc, and Rubenius.

Revised DPR was submitted. Since lowestbidder was nearly 90% higher than the estimated cost, a note isunder process for decision with the management.

Punjab State Power Corporation Limited, Punjab

Industrial Division of City Circle Amritsar

9,818

OMS

PGCIL

Released on June 12, 2014

The pre-bid meeting was held on July 2, 2014.Bids opening date has been extended to August 14, 2014. Targetdate for award of contract is August 31, 2014.

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Pilot Projects in India (Contd...)

Abbreviation Functionality

AMI R Advanced Metering Infrastructure- Residential

Consumer

AMI I Advanced Metering Infrastructure-Industrial

Consumer

OMS Outage Management System

PLM Peak Load Management

PQM Power Quality Management

MG Micro Grid

DG Distributed Generation


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Automation, smart metering and AMI, Enterprise ApplicationIntegration and a Pilot Project. The aim is to developrequirements and specifications, to help address a range ofelectrical grid improvements and smart grid investments,

including the integration of smart meters and automated meterreading into CESC's distribution system. The CESC teamvisited several US smart grid projects in May 2014.

TPDDL has successfully implemented the country's first largescale ADR and AMI project, which has connected 165commercial and industrial customers. 6 ADR events werecarried out in May and June 2014 with 7MVA of DemandResponse curtailment achieved This project has successfullydemonstrated Demand Response in an automated way, withSmart Meters and AMI including integration with: the Head EndSystem (HES), Meter Data Management System (MDMS), SAPetc. The integration has been done using an Enterprise ServiceBus (ESB) and Sub GHz RF and 3G Communications technologyhave been deployed.

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd has floated a tender for 3demonstration projects on grid connected battery energystorage. The technologies specified are: (i) Lithium Iron Batteries;(ii) Advanced Lead Acid Batteries; and (iii) Flow Batteries orSodium Sulphur Batteries. The capacity envisaged is 500kW &250 kWH. Pre-bid conference was held on July 25, 2014. Lastdate of submission of bids is August 26, 2014.

Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL)

Battery Energy Storage demonstration projects

from ADB. This project involves implementation of the latesttechnology in the power supply system and enables it towithstand very high-speed cyclones, with wind speed of upto350-kmph. Under the scheme, the power supply would be

made through underground and over ground cables and gasinsulated sub-stations with full automation and control.Consumers would be alerted of power cuts through SMS etc.The project is divided into 2 packages: Package-I deals with132 kV Sub-Station works and Package-II deals with 33 kVSub-Station works, 11kV and LT Network works. The tenderwas floated on February 28 and March 3 respectively. Theproject is likely to be awarded by end of June 2014.

A Smart Grid pilot project covering 5800+ consumers is beingtaken up with State Government funding at Chhatrapur inOdisha. The DPR prepared by M/s PRDC Bangalore, ispresently under review by the Odisha Smart Grid SteeringCommittee.

A Smart Grid Roadmap for the Calcutta Electric SupplyCorporation Limited (CESC) is being prepared by Tetra Techand ESTA International, Inc under a USTDA grant. Theconsultants working closely with CESC experts haveperformed a detailed review of the CESC system and maderecommendations for further reliability and power qualityimprovements, SCADA/DMS/EMS enhancements,communications infrastructure for AMI and Distribution

Chhatrapur Smart Grid Pilot Project

Roadmap underway for CESC

India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF), in association with National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC),

Central Board of Irrigation and Power (CBIP) and VJTI, Mumbai, conducted a workshop on Cyber Security for Power

Systems from August 7 to 9, 2014, in New Delhi. The faculty for this workshop included experts from the Government,

ISGF Member Organisations and leading R&D organisations in India.

This workshop, the second in a series, aimed at providing training in the field of cyber security for power system

professionals. The topics included Smart Grid Pilot Projects, Cyber Security for Critical Infrastructure, Threats and Attacks

on Smart Grids, Cyber Security Framework for Smart Grids (Design and Implementation), Smart Grid Communications,

Network and Information Security, Building Cyber Attack Resilience, Cyber Security Audit and Assessment, and ISGF-

NCIIPC Cyber Security Assessment Project for the Indian Power sector. Over 40 delegates from Utilities (Generation,

Transmission and Distribution), Industry, Academia and R&D organisations from India and overseas attended the

workshop.

While the inaugural workshop was held in January 2014 in Mumbai, the third workshop will be held in Bangalore inOctober 2014.

Workshop on Cyber Security for Power Systems

Smart Grid Capacity Building Initiatives by ISGF

Other Smart Grid Projects in India (Contd...)


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Smart Grid Foundation Course

Introduction: With the increasing demands for stable,

reliable and un-interrupted power supply, utilities all overthe country are adopting Smart Grid technologies.However, the technology is just one piece of the puzzle.Success of Smart Grid squarely depends on smart andknowledgeable engineers who operate the newsystems. India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF) has developed aunique and first-of-a-kind course on Smart Grids. At abroad level the objective is to raise interest andawareness about the inevitable advancement of today'sgrids towards Smart Grids. This course not only coversthe foundations of the Smart Grids but also adds apractical flavor by going into the details of corechallenges that need to be addressed on variousdimensions of it.

The course will be self-contained with presentations andaccompanying detailed lecture notes. This initiative wastaken up by ISGF upon multiple requests from variousutility heads, concerned about knowledge gap amongthe workforce in a fast changing Smart Grid industry.

India Smart Grid Vision and Road Map

Smart Grid Maturity Model

S CA DA / DM S an d ot he r Op er at i on alTechnologies

Communication Technologies and Last MileConnectivity Options

Asset Mapping and Consumer Indexing on GISMaps

Automated Metering Infrastructure

Smart Substations

Distribution Automation, Renewable Integration,

Energy Storage Technologies

Regulation and Policy Initiatives

Tariff Design

Enterprise IT Systems

Digital Architectures and Cyber Security forSmart Grids

This course is designed as a 5-

day workshop targeted at engineers of the utilities andthe industry.

September, 2014;Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

For more details, please visit:

Program Outline:

Who should attend?:

Tentative month and venue:

www.indiasmartgrid.org

Smart Grid Bootcamp

Introduction:

Program Outline:

Who should attend? :

Fees:

What you get? :

Tentative month and venue:

The Smart Grid market is set to cross

$170B in 2014 globally. This represents a multi-billiondollar opportunity which is going to require hundreds ofthousands of smart grid professionals.

Smart Grid Boot Camp is ISGFs flagship program forstudent outreach and awareness. It is designed as a oneday workshop to comprehensively cover Smart Gridtechnologies and industry trends. As a participant, youwill learn about the what and how of Smart Gridsand discover opportunities to ride this technologicalwave in the power sector globally. This program is a pan-India initiative, starting with the city of Pune and willmove to many other cities in future.

Challenges in Indian Power Sector and SmartGrid Vision and Roadmap for India.

Introduction to Smart Grids.

Techn ica l Overv iew cover ing di f fe renttechnologies, key terms and overall Smart GridArchitecture.

Opportunities in Smart Grid domain for youngengineers.

India needs few lakhs ofengineers to build Smart Grids and Smart Cities in thenext decade. Smart Grid BootCamp is designed as anorientation program for those interested to pursue theircareer in Smart Grids and Smart Cities.

ISGF Student Members: Rs. 1800

Non-ISGF Student Members: Rs. 2500

Others: Rs. 3000

Participation in the Smart Grid BootCamp

Complementary ISGF Student Membership

All benefits of ISGF Members

Rebate on registration fee of ISGFs India SmartGrid Week 2015 (ISGW 2015)

Certificate of participationSeptember, 2014; Pune,

India

For more details, please visit: www.indiasmartgrid.org

Coming up:Smart Grid Program for Regulators in November, 2014

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Smart Grid Events

INDIANth

Aug 21 - 23, 2014:5 World Renewable Energy TechnologyCongress, New Delhi, http://wretc.in/index.htmlAug 22 - 23, 2014:Smart Cities Summit, Mumbaihttp://www.asappconferences.com/smartcities/

Sept 3 - 5, 2014:Renewable Energy India Expo, GreaterNoida, India, http://bit.ly/1dGmkDo

Sept 10 - 12, 2014:Cleantech India 2014, New Delhihttp://bit.ly/WeqmRC

Sept 22 - 24, 2014:Envirotech Asia - 2014, Gandhinagar,Gujarat, http://www.envirotechasia.com/

Oct 8 - 9, 2014:India Sol 2014, New Delhihttp://bit.ly/UlVP2p

Nov 6 - 8, 2014:India Nuclear Energy - 2014, Worli,Mumbai, http://www.indianuclearenergy.net/

Nov 19 - 21, 2014:2014 IEEE IAS Workshop on ElectricalSafety in India, Pune, www.wesi.in

Nov 26 - 28, 2014:IntelliSub India 2014, New Delhihttp://bit.ly/SwKBHH

Dec 3 - 5, 2014:International Conference and Exhibition onEnergy Storage and Microgrids, New Delhihttp://esiexpo.in/index

Aug 24 - 29, 2014:CIGRE 2014, Parishttp://www.cigre.org/Events/Session/Session-2014

Sept 3 - 5, 2014:World Smart Energy Week, Osaka, Japanhttp://www.wsew.jp/en/

Sept 8 - 11, 2014:Power Grid Resilience, San Francisco,California, http://bit.ly/1jU1vWS

Sept 16 - 17, 2014:4th Annual Smart Grids and SmartMeters, Abu Dhabi, UAE,http://energy.fleminggulf.com/SGSM2014

Sept 18, 2014:IV Smart Communications and Technology

Forum, Warsaw, Poland, http://cbepolska.pl/en/iv-smart-communications-technology-forum.html

INTERNATIONAL

thSept 23 - 26, 2014:The 6 China International Conference &Exhibition on Electricity Distribution, Shenzhen, China

http://www.ciccst.org.cn/ciced2014/Oct 1 - 3, 2014:Smartgrid Canada Conference MTL 2014,Montreal, Quebec, http://bit.ly/1oey5J5

Oct 7 - 8, 2014:Innovation for Cool Earth Forum, Tokyo, Japanhttp://www.icef-forum.org/

Oct 12 - 15, 2014:IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative SmartGrid Technologies Conference Europe, Istanbul, Turkeyhttp://bit.ly/1pHzbiz

Oct 12 - 16, 2014:Gitex Technology Week, Dubaihttp://www.gitex.com/

Oct 14 - 16, 2014:IEC 61850 Conference, Prague, Czech Republichttp://www.iec61850-europe.com/

Oct 26 - 30, 2014:Conference of Electric Power Supply Industry2014 (CEPSI), JEJU, Korea, http://www.cepsi2014jeju.org/eng/

Oct 27 - 31, 2014:Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW),Singapore, http://www.siew.sg/

Nov 3 - 6, 2014:IEEE International Conference on Smart GridCommunications, Venice, Italyhttp://sgc2014.ieee-smartgridcomm.org/

Nov 8 - 14, 2014:Korea SmartGrid Week, JEJU, Koreahttp://www.ksgw.or.kr/eng/index.htm

Nov 18 - 20, 2014:Australian Utility Week, Melbourne, Australiahttp://www.australian-utility-week.com/audience

Dec 7 10, 2014:ITU Telecom World 2014, Doha, Qatarhttp://telecomworld.itu.int/

Feb 3 5, 2015:DISTRIBUTECH, San Diego, CA, USAhttp://www.distributech.com/register.html

WEBINARSAug 11, 2014:ISGF Webinar Series: GridON's Fault CurrentLimiter successfully suppresses faults in live operation

http://bit.ly/X3KXbV

Aug 21, 2014:Webinar on Guarding Rs485 CommunicationNetworks from Harmful EMC Events, http://bit.ly/1pfx3xD

Aug 21 22, 2014:Demand Response Training Seminar, Lyon &Chambery, France, http://bit.ly/1upVDfF

Aug 22, 2014:Free Webinar Based on ScottMadden's Summer2014 Energy Industry Update - State of the Energy Industry: A

Mid-Year Review, http://bit.ly/1og3kFq

Disclaimer:This information is from the public domain. ISGF does nothold any responsibility for the information provided in this section.

If you wish to share information for this section, please write [email protected]

KEY CONTACTS

03-07 March 2015 | Bangalore, India

www.indiasmartgrid.org

Editorial BoardMs. Bridgit Hartland-Johnson

Dr. Pradeep Yemula

Dr. Rahul Tongia

Mr. Reji Kumar Pillai

Managing Editor

EditorMs. Reena Suri, Manager Communications, Training and Outreach, ISGF

Ms. Sapna Gopal, Communications Executive, ISGF(For suggestions and feedback on the ISGF SMART GRID Bulletin,

please write to [email protected])

KEY CONTACTS

India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF), registered under Indian Societies Registration Act (Act XXI of 1860) is a Public Private Partnership initiative

of Ministry of Power, Government of India for accelerated development of Smart Grid technologies in the Indian power sector.


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New to Smart Grid? SMART GRID Gyan on Microgrids

What are Microgrids?

What are the driving factors for Microgrids?

A local grid with integrated energy system that intelligently

manages interconnected loads and distributed energyresources and is capable of operating in parallel with, orindependently, from the existing utilitys grid.

The generation and distribution of power can be operated inisland mode or grid connected mode.

Microgrids can customize local energy demand curve for aparticular area by integrating conventional power supply withlocally installed distributed generation viz. solar, wind,biomass, waste to energy etc. As a result, they reduce loadon main grid, encourage distributed power generation, allowfor islanding from main grid which in turn lead to grid

independence and offer a reliable and un-interrupted sourceof energy to the users connected to the microgrid.

Efficiency: Microgrid has the ability to operate, commandand control the system assets generation, storage, loadsetc. through a smart microgrid controller that monitors andmanages the entire system. This minimizes theft and sincepower is being consumed close to where it is generated, thesystem has less losses.

Reliability:Microgrids can be customized for a fixed territory,which allows the system to be more reliable than the maingrid that is designed for large territories and a diversecustomer base. Microgrids can disconnect from the main gridwhen outages occur and continue to provide un-interruptedpower to the customers.

Energy Security:Microgrids ensure supply for the must-runcritical loads using locally available generation and storageand can meet peak demands more quickly. Even if the maingrid fails, microgrid can shut itself off from the main grid(islanding) making it less vulnerable to outside attacks.

Economic Savings: It enables hedging against energy costfluctuations, reduction of cost of electricity and effectiveenergy management with higher control and monitoring ofconnected loads.

Generates Revenue:Consumers and businesses can act asprosumers (producers + consumers) and supply to the grid in

return for payments from the utility company. Microgridsenable peak shaving and peak load shifting by participating indemand response and dynamic pricing programs that savethe main grid from over-loading. In the future microgrids canalso offer balancing support for variable RE sources throughvoltage support, capacity support, and spinning reserve etc.These smart microgrids also set the stage for additionalconsumer revenues from distributed power generation, plug-in electric vehicles and carbon credits.

Sustainability:Distributed generation based microgrids arean ideal source of power for far flung areas where the maingrid cannot reach. In these cases the microgrid model issustainable and can be replicated to supply power to largesections of people spread across various regions.

Cyber Security: As the dependence on moderncommunication technology increases (wireless, cloudcomputing, etc.), power systems are vulnerable to cyber-attacks and hackers. In some specific customer segments,such as the military and research labs, there is significantvalue in a secure network. Microgrids are an ideal solution forthese kinds of applications that offers the option to islandfrom the main grid in case of a grid threat.

Master Controller: It matches the load with generation inboth cases- isolated and grid connected mode. It optimizesintegration, dispatching and control of DER and loads.Controller manages frequency and voltage to maintain thereliability of power supply. When a fault occurs in the system,controller can recognize it and provide real-time response tothe system.

When renewable energy power output is low (cloudy or lowwind day) or when the main grid faces a blackout/brownout,the microgrid controller can send messages to the loads toreduce their electricity usage. When unusually high electricity

What are the main components of a Microgrid?

Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory

EconomicOptimization

GenerationAssessment

Energy SuretyOptimization

EnergyManagement

System

LoadShedding

Dispatchable andNon-Dispatchable

Generation

EnergyStorage

CyberSecurity

DispatchableGeneration to

Cover LoadController

SeamlessTransition


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Microgrids for India

Smart Grid Vision and Roadmap for India envisions 1000microgrids by 2017; 10,000 microgrids by 2022 and 20,000microgrids by 2027. A National Mission for Smart Grids issoon to be released that would serve as the implementationbody of these projects.

The World Bank is in the process of rolling outimplementation of microgrids in 7 districts in Uttar Pradesh.With solar energy being an abundant resource in most partsof our country and the sharp decline in cost of solar PVtechnology in recent years, community level Solar PVmicrogrids can be a viable option to achieve the power for allgoal. JNNSM is also taking steps in setting up solar PV mini-grids. Microgrids are the way forward towards energyindependence and security.

usage occurs, it can help identify inefficiencies such as poorinsulation, equipment that is at the end of its lifecycle oroperating out of bounds.

Fast and secure communication: Smart Microgridsintegrate various systems such as renewable energygeneration, energy storage, Building Management System(BMS), the utilitys Distribution Management Systems(SCADA/DMS) etc and facilitate active participation in theDemand Response and Ancillary Services markets, createenabling platform for roll out of Electric Vehicles (EV) andtransition to Net Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB). This requiresa reliable and robust communication network.

AMI: AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) is thecollective term to describe the whole infrastructure fromSmart Meter to two way-communication network to controlcenter equipment and all the applications that enable thegathering and transfer of energy usage information in near

real-time. AMI makes two-way communications with

SMART GRID Gyan on Microgrids (Contd...)

customers possible and is the backbone of microgrids. Thisinfrastructure built extensible and persistent informationnetwork in microgrids.

DER: Distributed Energy Resources (DER) provide on-sitegeneration for electricity consumers. Microgrid not onlyallow DERs to operate as dispatchable assets to providepower to the microgrid when appropriate, but also toaggregate several DERs and energy storage devices tooptimize their use on behalf of the electricity users. Whenone DER goes down, the microgrid can reduce energy usagein other locations and utilize other DERs to adjust for theelectricity generation capacity loss.

Energy Storage: Energy storage is the most compellingcomponent of a microgrid. When there is excess powergenerated or grid power is cheaper, the microgrid can chargethe battery or other energy storage devices. When there isless power, no power available or there are power qualityissues, batteries can be dispatched to balance the system.

What are the benefits of Microgrid?

Reduction in bills through participation in DR programs and other markets

Benefits to utilities Benefits to end users

Electrification at lower investment 24*7 un-interrupted power for essential needs

Self-healing to avoid blackouts Improves life style and economic activity

Seamless integration with renewables andexisting grid

Energy efficient- distribution losses reduction Secure power supply

Power demand reduction peak shifting and shaving Reliable power supply even during outages and other contingencies

Remote monitoring and troubleshooting for easy maintenance

Sustainable business model based onrenewable energy

Elimination of fossil fuel (kerosene) local DER usage

What are the business opportunities in Microgrids?

Utilities are always concerned about blackouts and gridfailures. Corporates want secure and reliable power. At thesame time energy consumers have become more concernedabout the quality of their supply. Blackouts and power cutsand costly nature of diesel sets have driven consumers,especially industrial consumers and specific communities to

look for alternate sources of power. 79 million households inIndia that have no access to electricity are willing to payreasonable cost of electricity as all other alternate means aremore expensive than electricity supplied from a grid. Theaspirations of the people in such inaccessible and far flungareas has also increased. Simple need to charge a cell phonewhich has become a source of income generation for manyfrom these areas has driven them to walk several kilometersto the nearest village to charge their cell phones. Providingthem a source of power that utilizes locally available sourcesof generation is an endeavor towards this.


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ISGF is pleased to announce India Smart Grid Week (ISGW) 2015scheduled from 03 - 07 March, 2015 in Bangalore, India. ISGW2015 is planned as a Conference and Exhibition that will bringtogether India's leading Electricity Utilities, Policy Makers,Regulators, Investors and world's top-notch Smart Grid Experts and

Researchers to discuss trends, share best practices and showcasenext generation technologies and products.

Day 1rd

(Tuesday, 3 March, 2015):

Day 2th

(Wednesday 4 March, 2015):

Day 3th

(Thursday 5 March, 2015):

Day 4th

(Friday 6 March, 2015):

Day 5th

(Saturday 7 March, 2015):

Smart Grid Tutorial

Full Day Conference andInauguration of Exhibition

Full Day Conference andExhibition

Full Day Conference andExhibition

Site Visit

ISGW 2015

To participate in ISGW 2015 as an Exhibitor, Speaker or Delegate, please write to us:

Messe Dsseldof India Pvt. Ltd. India Smart Grid ForumMs. Reena [email protected]

Mr. Sachin [email protected]

Utility Partner Knowledge Partner Organiser Co-organiser

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

For details of the Conference, please visit www.isgw.in

EXHIBITION THEMES

Smart Meters, DCUs, Head-end Systems and MDM

Communication Solutions

Transformer MonitoringSystems

SCADA/DMS

Distribution Automation andSubstation Automation

HVDS

Gas Insulated Substations

WAMS, PMUs, PDCs, WACS

EV Charging Infrastructure andPayment Systems

V2G and B2G Technologies

Microgrids

Energy Storage Technologies

Smart Homes and HAM Solutions

Renewable Energy Resources Tools for forecasting, schedulingand dispatching

Demand Response

Net Meters

Smart Cities

Big Data and Analytics

Cloud Computing for SmartUtilities/Smart Cities

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