First Group Meeting of UWI T&T RDI Funded Project

First Group Meeting of UWI T&T RDI Funded Project on Capacity Building and Research on Smart Grid Technology for the Caribbean Region

Wednesday May 7th 2014, 9:00 am-12:00 pm Faculty Board Room, Block-I, Faculty of Engineering Building, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine.

Most of the developed countries are now looking at enhancement to their 20th century grids and a new concept called Smart Grid (SG) is emerging. The smart grid can be regarded as an electric system that uses information technology, cyber secure communication technologies and computational intelligence in an integrated fashion across electricity generation, transmission, substations, distribution and consumption to achieve a system which is clean, safe, secure, reliable, resilient, efficient and sustainable. The Smart Grid is an opportunity to use new ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) to revolutionise the electrical power system. Through this project we are aiming at evaluating the suitability of our power grid for deployment of smart grid technology, capacity building in this area through a Workshop and a Training Program, public awareness through Public Lectures and electronic media, research on smart infrastructure development and establishing network of policy makers, field professional, industries, researcher and teacher within the Caribbean region. The aim of this meeting is to build up a working network of all the stakeholders for deployment of Smart Grid Technology in the Trinidad & Tobago.

Agenda:

9:00-9:15:- Welcome and Introductions Dr. Patrick Hosein, Senior Lecturer, DCIT, UWI.

9:15-9:45:- Introduction to Smart Grid Technology and UWI Initiatives. Dr. Davinder Pal Sharma, Project Leader & Lecturer, Department of Physics, UWI.

9.45-10:15:- T&TEC Initiatives for Deployment of Smart Grid Technology in T&T. Mr. Curvis Francois , Manager, Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission.

10:15-10:45: Renewable Energy Integration with Smart Grid. Mr. Kiran Harnanan, Research Specialist, Ministry of Energy & Energy Affiars.

10:45-11:30 Communication Technologies and the Implementation of SGT in the Region. Mr. Denzil Ali, Manager Regulatory Affairs, TATT.

11:30 – 11:50pm: Group Discussion. Dr. Ajay Joshi, Senior Lecturer, DECE, UWI.

11:50-12:00 Vote of thanks and Closing remarks. Dr. Sanjay Bahadoorsingh, Lecturer, DECE, UWI.

12:00: Lunch

For further information please contact Dr. Davinder Sharma [email protected] (Office: 6622002 Extn. 83105; Mobile: 7709361)