The Energy Control Center of the Future in the 100 Percent Clean & Renewable Energy Systems

In The Energy Control Center of the Future in the 100% Clean & Renewable Energy Systems, you'll learn ...

• Various system operations’ challenges
• Familiarization with transmission and distribution systems
• Familiarization with distributed energy resources at a high level

Overview

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Credit: 2 CPD

Length: 31 pages

This course will establish the critical role of the energy control center operator and the need for advanced system operations to manage the energy system that is going through a massive transformation and digitalization phase. Political and customer demands need to be met, such as:

• Building smart grids,
• Transportation electrification (electric vehicles, vehicle 2 home grid),
• Building electrification (converting gas heating to electric heating),
• Cybersecurity,
• Transactive energy,
• And accommodating distributed energy resources, i.e. solar, onshore, offshore wind, and energy storage.

Several governors, commissioners, cities, states, and the U.S. as a whole have set goals to achieve 100% clean or renewable energy by 2050 or sooner.

The utility world is split on the stability and reliability of the future grid, where senior engineers and energy control center operators argue that the future system is not promising due to the lack of large power plants. This lack results in a much weaker system inertia when compared to the current system.

Also, the intermittent nature of renewables is another major issue that must be addressed. The importance of advanced system operations for the success of the future grid cannot be overstated.

Various energy storage types, stacking options, the difference between DSOs and TSOs, and various management systems, i.e. GMS, EMS, DMS, DERMS, ADMS, etc, will be discussed.

This course is intended for electrical, mechanical, and computer engineers as well as others involved at a technical and non-technical level in the energy world who are interested in learning more about the future of energy systems, system operations, advanced system operations, and the impact of solar, wind, energy storage, fuel-cells, distributed generation, etc. and how to maintain a reliable grid.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Classify major energy-storage technologies used in clean and renewable power systems.
• Evaluate energy-storage stacking options for multiple grid services.
• Explain critical functions performed by a modern energy control center.
• Differentiate the responsibilities of an energy control center operator and an advanced system operator.
• Compare system-operations activities with system-planning activities.
• Analyze load forecasts in relation to available system capabilities.
• Demonstrate restoration priorities following a transmission-feeder and substation-transformer failure.
• Assess how smart grids, microgrids, electric vehicles, and related technologies change grid operations.

Certificate of Completion

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 15 questions. CPD credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.