Title :
Ensuring future clean electrical energy supply through cloud computing
Author :
Bitzer, B. ; Gebretsadik, E.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Autom. Technol., South Westphalia Univ. of Appl. Sci., Soest, Germany
Abstract :
Power delivery systems are composed of generation, transmission and distribution system networks, loads, control and management systems. In the effort of providing a clean electric power to the consumer not only the energy sources need to be reformed but also all the above components have to be considered simultaneously using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to reduce cost, save energy, increase sustainability and reliability. In addition to the traditional energy generation, transmission and distribution networks, the future grids expected to accommodate the distributed renewable energy generation, energy storage, demand side management systems, the ability to moderate consumption through dynamic pricing and demand response load reduction signaling based on grid and market conditions. Such smart grid applications require computing infrastructures that guarantees scalability, real-time, consistency, privacy and security. This paper tries to assess the smart grid applications computing requirements, review literatures in this topic and suggest green solutions.
Keywords :
cloud computing; cost reduction; demand side management; energy conservation; energy storage; power consumption; power engineering computing; power generation reliability; power markets; power system security; pricing; renewable energy sources; smart power grids; sustainable development; ICT; clean electrical energy supply; cloud computing; cost reduction; demand response load reduction signaling; demand side management system; distributed renewable energy generation; dynamic pricing; energy saving; energy storage; information and communication technology; power delivery system; power market condition; smart power grid application; Cloud computing; Energy consumption; Memory; Monitoring; Servers; Smart grids; SCADA; cloud computing; smart grid;
Conference_Titel :
Clean Electrical Power (ICCEP), 2015 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Taormina
DOI :
10.1109/ICCEP.2015.7177616