Enabling pervasive deployment of renewable and distributed energy resources

Summary form only given. This presentation will explore the role of smart grid technologies in facilitating the pervasive deployment of renewable and distributed energy resources (RDER). Integrating renewable and distributed resources into the grid is not a new concept and in fact it has been occurring for decades. On a small scale and occasional basis, the unique characteristics of RDER have been accommodated effectively. What is changing today is the exponential growth of interest, demand, and ability to deploy RDER on a large scale. On a large scale, the unique characteristics of DRER begin to dominate the performance of the transmission and local distribution grids and must be mitigated using a more disciplined and consistent systems engineering approach. This presentation discusses the key issues and requirements to support pervasive RDER and shows how the technologies and applications that constitute what we call smart grid are required to ensure successful deployment.