Title :
Present and future ICT infrastructures for a smarter grid in Japan
Author :
Serizawa, Yoshizumi ; Ohba, Eiji ; Kurono, Masahiro
Author_Institution :
Central Res. Inst. of Electr. Power Ind., Komae, Japan
Abstract :
This paper first provides a vision of a future power delivery and utilization grid in Japan, and reviews the present information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure for existing power grids. Based on this vision and review, future ICT infrastructure to cope with the significant penetration of photovoltaic generation, legacy communication equipment and aged power assets is proposed for wide-area monitoring and emergency protection and control, demand area secure communications, and ad-hoc and plug-and-play sensing for maintenance. This will enable the renovation of ICT infrastructure for a future Japanese smarter grid.
Keywords :
maintenance engineering; photovoltaic power systems; power engineering computing; power system measurement; power system protection; smart power grids; ICT infrastructures; Japanese smarter grid; emergency protection; information and communication technology; legacy communication equipment; photovoltaic generation penetration; plug-and-play sensing; power grids; wide-area monitoring; Aging; Communication equipment; Communications technology; Monitoring; Photovoltaic systems; Power generation; Power grids; Protection; Smart grids; Solar power generation; SCADA; Smart gird; customer; distributed generation; maintenance; metering; protection;
Conference_Titel :
Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT), 2010
Conference_Location :
Gaithersburg, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6264-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6333-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISGT.2010.5434775
