SMART GRIDS

Presenter : Eng. BEDOUR AL-SHARRAH

Specialist Electrical & ICT Engineer

(PUBLIC AUTHORITY FOR HOUSING WELFARE - KUWAIT)

OBJECTIVE

• What is SMART GRID

• SMART GRID Characteristics

• SMART GRID vs. Traditional Grid

• Growth in Electricity Sector

• Visions, Aims & Pathways Of SMART GRID & SMART CITIES

• Codes & Standards

• Infrastructure & Components of SMART GRID & Supportive Innovative Smart Technologies

• How to Design & Implement SMART GRID In New/Existing Cities In GCC & Other Middle East Countries

• Kuwait’s Leadership In The Race Of New Technologies & Smart Solutions

• Advantages

• Challenges & Obstacles of Smart Grids & Smart Cities

• Conclusion

What Is a “SMART GRID”

A network that uses digital & advanced technologies to monitor & manage

the transport of various ranges of commodity infrastructure from all

generation sources to meet the varying demands of end-users,

It enables bidirectional flows of energy & users’ two-way

communication & control capabilities

Infrastructure Ranges Include:

Overall Objective

Smarter / best / optimal utilization of all the available resources

TRANSPORTATION ELECTRICITY OTHERSGASWATER

Characteristics of SMART GRID

Advanced two-way

communications system

Enables real-time

monitoring & control

Identify & resolve faults on

electricity grid

Automatically self-heal the

grid

Identify devices or subsystems

that require maintenance

Enables cost reduction &

efficiency improvement

Provide greater visibility

& transparency

SMART GRID vs. Traditional Grid

Traditional Electric System

SMART GRID vs. Traditional Grid

Modern Power System – A.K.A. “Smart Grid”

Growth in Electricity Sector

These findings support the urgent need to find a solution for the increased energy demand

The figure shows the world

electricity consumption by

region up to the year 2030

Visions, Aims & Pathways Of SMART GRID & SMART CITIES

Grid Self-

Optimization

Demand

Management

Load

Curtailment

Capacity

Highly

Differentiated

Reliability

Local Power

Parks

Emergency

Power

Power

Quality &

Reliability

Automated

Efficiency

Online Energy

Efficiency &

Management

EE Programs

Energy

Efficiency

End-To-End

Automation

Distribution

Automation

Advanced

Metering

Operational

Efficiency

Clean

Resource

Optimization

Electric

Vehicle

Management

Distributed

Renewables

Clean

Technology

Vis

ibil

ity

Co

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ol

Foundation / Infrastructure

Codes & Standards

& OTHERS…

Infrastructure & Components of SMART GRID & Supportive Innovative Smart Technologies

Generation Transmission Distribution Operation

ManagementService

ProvidersMarketsCustomer

Participation

Infrastructure & Components of SMART GRID & Supportive Innovative Smart Technologies

How to Design & Implement SMART GRID In New/Existing Cities In GCC & Other Middle East Countries

• Create a roadmap to switch the existing power grid to smarter one

• Following leading companies expertise to guideline our own roadmap

• Following international standards & regulations

• Defining the roadmap as an increasingly intelligent & highly automated

electric power system utilizing technologies in telecommunications,

information, computing, sensing, controls, & materials

ST

EP

1

How to Design & Implement SMART GRID In New/Existing Cities In GCC & Other Middle East Countries

ST

EP

2

• Provide a plan outline to have new technologies installed

• This plan should cover the transmission of power, distribution of power &

customer related technologies

• 5 stages of the plan: foundation, inform & automate, interactive, intuitive &

transactive grid

• integration of new clean energy power resources

How to Design & Implement SMART GRID In New/Existing Cities In GCC & Other Middle East Countries

• Grid operation

• Grid infrastructure

• Integrating large scale intermittent generation

• Information & communication technologies

• Active distribution networks

• New market, users & energy efficiency

The new grid will take over the traditional grid without any discontinuation of the power or discomforting consumers

How to achieve optimal SMART GRID

Kuwait’s Leadership In The Race Of New Technologies & Smart Solutions

• Smart Metering system application by Ministry of Electricity & Water (MEW)

• Kuwait’s first smart city South Saad Al-Abdallah Smart City designed by Korean

Land and Housing corporation (LH) with Public Authority for Housing Welfare

(PAHW)

• Energy saving & technologies upgrade

• Banning production & importing nonenergy saving components such as lamps

• HVAC power saving components

• Rising the electricity fees on commercial sectors

• The adoption of ON-Grid photovoltaic solar system to MEW grid

• Energy management & monitoring

Advantages

Allow customers to play a part in optimizing the operation of the

system

Consists of more than one technology that benefits extend far

beyond the power system

Intelligent meters that will control energy flows & failures of the

grid

Minimizing back-up power plants & energy efficiency

enhancement

Deliver enhanced levels of reliability & security of supply

Advantages

New level of cooperation between industry, public, consumers &

private energy co-operatives

Better facilitate the connection & operation of generators of all

sizes & technologies

Self healing grid

Improving power reliability & quality by better monitoring

Better facilities for the connection & operation of generators of all

sizes & technologies

High quality of

service

Challenges & Obstacles of Smart Grids & Smart Cities

Lack of faster & more comprehensive

development standards & local regulations

Lack of long-term strategies &

roadmaps

Changing the market to smart mode

technologies

Upgrading existing grids & cities with poor

infrastructure

Government Support: funding and to ensure

coordinated development

Privacy & security

problems

Educating consumers, governmental

& private sectors & shareholder

The establishment of electric vehicles & their stations

Conclusion

Better manage of energy delivery & transmission

Consumers controlling energy decisions &

reduction in electricity bills

Incorporates the benefits of advanced ICT

Real-time information delivery & balance of supply

& demand on electrical grid

Renewable energy & sustainability

Revolute utility & transportation sectors by

integration of electric vehicles

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