Smart grid: Challenges, research directions and possible solutions

Power system is migrating from the conventional grid to the smart grid creates many active research areas to realize the objectives and the expected requirements from it. Different challenges facing the transformation of the conventional grid into a smart grid exist and need to be addressed by future research. This paper identifies the challenges facing the development of the smart grid, future research directions and suggests possible solutions to these challenges therefore realizing the objectives and the expected requirements of the smart grid.