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THIRD ISGAN AWARD OF IN THIS ISSUE EXCELLENCE IN • Third ISGAN award of...... 1 SMART GRIDS Excellence in Smart Grids • Third EU-India Smart Grid Workshop ...... 2 at Bornholm Denmark in International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN) brings together 25 countries from September 2016 across five continents to advance the development and deployment of smarter, cleaner electricity grids around the world. On the other hand, Global Smart Grid • European Utility Week 2016 ...... 2 Federation (GSGF), established in 2010, aims at facilitating the collaboration of national • Smart Grid Updates: and international Smart Grid non-governmental organisations and governmental o Policy, Regulations & Standards ...... 3 organisations, to conduct and foster research in the application of Smart Grid o Key Appointments and Transfers ...... 4 technologies. o Technology & Projects ...... 4 ISGAN, in partnership with the GSGF announced the winners of the third annual • Smart Grid Events...... 6 ISGAN Award of Excellence. During a special ceremony at the Seventh Clean Energy • Key Contacts...... 6 Ministerial in San Francisco, United States. Carlos Moedas, the European • ISGF & TPDDL announce ...... 7 Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, presented the ISGAN Award to Certificate Program on Smart Grids the winning projects. • The Future of Transportation...... 8 • Second Canada – India Smart Grid ...... 11 Workshop in September 2016 in Montreal and Toronto • Global Summit on Smart, Secure...... 12 & Sustainable Cities at Windsor • Announcing ISGW 2017 ...... 12
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1 | SMART GRID Bulletin | Volume 1, Issue 9 | June 2016 Price: `50 www.indiasmartgrid.org India's First Smart Village Nanogrid (Contd...)
The ISGAN Award of Excellence international competition showcases leadership and innovation in smart grid projects around the world. The 2016 ISGAN Award of Excellence recognizes exemplars in the field of smart grids with a special focus on the delivery of reliable electricity services, setting the stage for replication of proven smart grid concepts. For the third Annual ISGAN Award of Excellence competition, a wide range of smart grid project nominations were received, representing projects from 8 different countries throughout the world.
The winning projects were selected by an independent, international jury of smart grid experts, led by Dr. Ronnie Belmans, Executive Director of GSGF. The jury included Bob Darwin (Australia), Manager Emerging Opportunities for Ergon Energy; Giovanna Dondossola (Italy), Senior Scientist, ICT and Cyber Security in Power Systems, RSE; Steve Hauser (United States), CEO, GridWise Alliance; Ikuo Kurihara (Japan), Executive Research Scientist, CRIEPI; Oscar Miranda Miranda (Mexico), Co-founder and Chairman, Smart Grid Mexico; Reji Kumar Pillai (India), President of the India Smart Grid Forum; Georges Simard (Canada), President, S.I.M.A.R.D. SG Inc. and Jerry O'Sullivan (Ireland), Deputy Chief Executive, ESB. The projects were judged on four criterias: potential impact, economic rationale, potential for replication, innovation and other benefits.
The 2016 ISGAN Award of Excellence, which focused on "Smart Grids for Reliable Electricity Service," was awarded to CenterPoint Energy Smart Grid, from United States. Two other projects were honored with the title "Honorable Mention": ESS for Frequency Regulation of KEPCO, from Korea, and Automated Impedance Fault Map Prediction for Smart Grid Systems, from United States. A project from Columbia was honored with the title "Special Recognition for Potential for Replication": Unlocking Reliable Demand-Side Capacity in Columbia Without Adding Generation.
CenterPoint Energy's CenterPoint Energy Smart Grid was also honored with the GSGF Best Smartgrid Project Award, which recognized its excellence of advanced data and communication technologies. For details, log on to www.iea-isgan.org
Third EU-India Smart Grid Workshop at Bornholm Denmark in September 2016* ISGF and European Commission (DG ENER) & the European Union Delegation in Delhi are jointly organising a series of Smart Grid Workshops in India and Europe. The first of the series was held in Nice, France in June 2015 and second was held in Vienna in Nov 2015. Leading technology companies and utilities from Europe and select group of policy makers and industry members from India participated in the workshops. The Third EU-India Smart Grid Workshop will be held during 01 – 03 September 2016 in Bornholm Island, Denmark. Bornholm Island is experimenting with integration of wind energy and electric vehicles to be completely independent from the Danish grid; and well on its way to be the first in the world that will meet 100% electricity from renewable energy sources. The focus of the workshop will be on upscaling and deployment of smart grid demonstrations in India and the lessons learned from large renewable energy and smart grid deployment projects in the EU nations. Several key decision makers from utilities, ministries and regulatory commissions from India will be participating in this workshop. To join the India delegation, please write to Alakh: [email protected]. *This Workshop earlier scheduled from 06-08 July 2016 has been rescheduled to 01-03 September 2016.
European Utility Week 2016
European Utility Week (EUW) is the largest event in Europe for the entire smart utility sector, accumulating over 10,000 international smart energy stakeholders and 500 exhibitors.This 3-day event offers a notable multi-track strategic conference programme, a free 3- day utility case study programme on the exhibition floor and a highly revered innovation hub. During the 2016 edition, 15-17 November 2016, Barcelona, Spain we will see the launch of new initiatives including the Energy Revolution, Intelligent Buildings and a revamped Innovation Programme, all under one roof! This year EUW 2016 is scheduled in conjunction with the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona (http://www.smartcityexpo.com/en/). To join the Indian Delegation to EUW 2016, please contact Reena Suri: [email protected] Find out more here: www.european-utility-week.com/Visit
2 | SMART GRID Bulletin | June 2016 www.indiasmartgrid.org Smart Grid Updates: Policy, Regulations & Standards
Government of Delhi Approved Solar Policy 2016
Government of Delhi approved the solar policy which recommends the installation of a 1 GW solar power capacity in the capital by 2020. The policy outlines a combination of regulations, mandates, incentives, and tax breaks for the growth of rooftop solar power in the capital. The policy also entails tax breaks, benefits and subsidies. Solar systems up to 200 KW will be exempted from certification by an electrical inspector. The policy promotes net metering for all solar plants above 1 KW based on the net metering regulations already issued by the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission. Read More: http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-cabinet- approves-policy-to-promote-solar-power-in-capital-2838341/
MNRE issued Draft Micro/Mini Grid Policy
MNRE issued draft policy for renewable energy based mini and micro grids. The Ministry targets to achieve deployment of at least 10,000 RE based micro and mini grid projects across the country with a minimum installed RE capacity of 500 MW in next 5 years. RE sources such as solar, biomass, wind, small hydro or other notified sources and can have diesel-based generator as a backup. Hybrid systems using a combination of resources like those that of solar-wind, solar biomass, solar-hydro etc. can also be deployed to improve system reliability and for back up. Either Alternating Current or Direct Current (AC or DC). AC is intrinsic to rotating generators (wind, hydro, diesel etc.), while solar photovoltaic (PV) generates DC. A combination of AC & DC in mini-grids is also possible. DC Micro grids are recommended where loads are closely located. Read More: http://mnre.gov.in/file-manager/UserFiles/draft-national-Mini_Micro-Grid- Policy.pdf
MNRE issued Draft National Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy
The main objective of the Policy is to provide a framework for promotion of large grid connected wind-solar PV system for optimal and efficient utilization of transmission infrastructure and land, reducing the variability in renewable power generation and thus achieving better grid stability. The goal of the Policy is to reach wind-solar hybrid capacity of 10 GW by 2022. The Policy envisage the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) should lay down the guidelines for determination of generic tariff for wind-solar hybrid system. Further, the Commission is required to frame regulations for forecasting and scheduling for the hybrid systems. All fiscal and financial incentives available to wind and solar power projects may also be made available to hybrid projects. Read More: http://mnre.gov.in/file-manager/UserFiles/Draft-Wind-Solar-Hybrid-Policy.pdf
Railway plans 1000 MW solar energy by 2020
Indian Railways proposes to harness 1000 Mega Watt (MW) solar and 150 MW wind energy by 2020. A total of about 50 MW renewable energy capacity has been installed till date, including approximately 11 MW solar power and 37 MW wind power. “In addition, installation of 6.5 MW is in progress and for about 50 MW solar capacities, request for qualification (RFQ) has been issued by zonal railways,”. Read More: http://www.financialexpress.com/article/economy/indian-railways-to-harness-1000-mw-solar-power-by- 2020/244138/
SAE International Approves TIR J2954 for PH/EV Wireless Charging
SAE International approved for publishing “SAE TIR J2954 Wireless Power Transfer for Light-Duty Plug-In/ Electric Vehicles and Alignment Methodology,” a milestone industry guideline to establish wireless power transfer between infrastructure, vehicle suppliers and OEMs for plug-in electric and electric vehicles (PH/EV). Wireless power transfer, using SAE TIR J2954 is a game changer for PH/EVs. This first in a series of documents will enable consumers to simply park their vehicles into spaces equipped with TIR J2954 equipment and walk away without doing anything to charge their PH/EV. Read More: http://www.sae.org/news/3391/
California PUC approves expedited storage buy to guard against gas shortages
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved plants to allow Southern California Edison to expedite the purchase of battery energy storage to help prevent potential blackouts that could result from the troubled Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility. The commission and other state energy agencies have warned that without the Aliso Canyon field, the state's largest natural gas storage facility, Southern California could face blackouts during as many as 14 days this summer. The procurement will be expedited through a competitive solicitation; the PUC did not designate a level of storage for the procurement. Read More: h tt p : / / w w w. u t i l i t y d i v e . c o m / n e w s / c a l i f o r n i a - p u c - a p p r o v e s - e x p e d i t e d - s t o r a g e - b u y - t o - g u a r d - a g a i n s t - g a s - s h o r t a g e / 4 1 9 9 9 1 / ? u t m _ s o u r c e = S a i l t h r u & u t m _ m e d i u m = e m a i l & u t m _ c a m p a i g n = I s s u e : % 2 0 2 01 6 - 0 5 - 31%20Utility%20Dive%20Storage%20%5Bissue:6053%5D&utm_term=Utility%20Dive:%20Storage
3 | SMART GRID Bulletin | June 2016 www.indiasmartgrid.org Smart Grid Updates: Policy, Regulations & Standards
FERC grants NYISO request to give behind-the-meter resources market access
Federal regulators have approved tariff changes that will allow behind-the-meter (BTM) resources in New York to participate in capacity and energy auctions, so long as they meet certain size and load requirements. Resources participating in the markets must have nameplate generation of at least 2 MW, a minimum load of at least 1 MW, and an interconnection capable of exporting 1 MW into the state's transmission system. Read More: http://www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-grants-nyiso-request-to-give-behind-the-meter-resources- market-access/419791/
SGIP Standard will Integrate Control Technologies into the Grid
Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) announced the publication of the new ANSI/ASHRAE/NEMA Standard 201P, Facility Smart Grid Information Model (FSGIM), which will open the door for electrical energy consumers to participate in smart grid networks. The Facility Smart Grid Information Model (FSGIM) was developed in a collaboration by SGIP, the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) and ASHRAE (a society advancing the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and refrigeration). The kinds of functionality that will be enabled by the model include: On-site generation management; Demand response; Electrical storage management; Peak demand management; Forward power usage estimation; Load shedding capability estimation; End load monitoring (sub-metering); Power quality of service monitoring; Use of historical energy consumption data; Direct load control. Read More: http://www.sgip.org/newly-published-standard-will-integrate-control-technologies-grid/ Key Appointments and Transfers
• Sujit Gulati, IAS, has been appointed as Additional Chief Secretary, Energy and Petrochemicals Department, Govt of Gujarat • BA Shah, IAS, has been appointed as Managing Director of Uttar Gujarat Vij Company Limited (UGVCL) • Rajendra Cholan, IAS, has been appointed as Managing Director, Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) • SK Sharma has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL)
Smart Grid Updates: Technology & Projects
Cyan Technology to acquire Connode to expand global distribution franchise in Kota and Bharatpur towns in Rajasthan reach and portfolio State in India. The company had floated two SPVs for the license, and won the bid by offering the highest rate for input power at Rs Cyan Technology, an ISGF Member, recently announced its 4.26 a unit from the Rajasthan State Electricity Board. While the intention to acquire standards-based software company Kota distribution franchise is spread over 150 sq km with 176,000 Connode. Connode is the supplier of wireless communication registered consumers, the Bharatpur franchise has an area of 50 sq products for IoT and has successfully deployed over 650,000 km with nearly 48,000 registered consumers. legacy units with utilities. Connode provides a standards-based Read more: http://bit.ly/297hTvk IPv6 6LoWPAN solution for developed markets in Europe and Asia. The acquisition of Connode will accelerate Cyan's product Global smart water metering market worth $ 5.51 billion by roadmap with the addition of IPv6 6LoWPAN, expand Cyan's 2021 geographic coverage and allow the combined company to become the world number one in narrowband mesh networks. As per a study by RnRMarket Research, the global market for smart The combined company will support multi-application networks water metering is expected to grow by 7.23% between 2016 and and enable communication with any device including gas, 2021 due to an increased focus on reducing non-revenue water, water and electricity meters, lighting and traffic lights. replacing of aging water infrastructure and accurate water billing. Read more: http://bit.ly/1UwNntu The US and Europe are the two regions predicted to continue their domination in the market, as utilities will increasingly adopt CESC wins bid for power distribution in Kota, Bharatpur automated water metering infrastructure to monitor their networks (Rajasthan) and reduce water leakages and operational costs. RnRMarket Research notes that key players in the smart water metering CESC, Kolkata, an ISGF Member and India's first electric utility market include Itron Inc. (US), Elster Group GmbH (Germany), engaged in generation and transmission of electricity in Kolkata Sensus (US), Landis+Gyr (Switzerland), and Kamstrup A/S and Howrah since 1897 has won the bid for 20 years power (Denmark), among others. Read more: http://bit.ly/28Gofqa
4 | SMART GRID Bulletin | June 2016 www.indiasmartgrid.org Smart Grid Updates: Technology & Projects (Contd...)
Silver Spring selected by Jamaican utility for providing This triboelectric nanogenerator is coupled with silicon-based solar smart grid communications cells. The device is about 120 millimeters (mm) long, 22 mm wide and 4 mm deep, and could be installed on the roofs of buildings. Silver Spring Networks recently announced that it has been Read more: http://bit.ly/1W0snMQ selected by Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS), an integrated electric utility company and the sole distributor of India becomes the second largest user of internet in the world electricity in Jamaica serving over 600,000 residential and C&I customers, for its smart grid program. JPS will deploy Silver India recently surpassed the United States of America in terms of Spring's open standards-based platform and SilverLink the number of internet users. With 277 million users, India is now the second largest internet user in the world, after China. Overall, Software-as-a-Service to help ensure better grid reliability, there are 3 billion internet users globally, which is about 42% of the improve operational efficiency and drive revenue realization. The world's population. The Indian internet user numbers grew by 40% project envisages to empower JPS customers to manage their in 2015 and by 33% in 2014. Furthermore, to capture the next set of energy costs more effectively through a web portal with more users, India will not have high barriers as it falls under the medium- timely and granular insights into their energy use. Read more: high barriers category. http://bit.ly/23cY8TL Read more: http://bit.ly/21nKJqy Juniper Research names Singapore as 'smartest' city in the Delhi Municipal Council powers ahead with its Smart City plan world DMC has already issued RFPs for 10 mini-sewage treatment plants Juniper Research has ranked Singapore as the 'smartest' city in ranging from 100-500 kilo liters per day. Subsequently, these plants the world, followed by Barcelona, London, San Francisco and will be developed on a public-private partnership model. It is Oslo. The strengths, weaknesses and opportunities of the top expected that these projects will be an additional water resource for 10 smart cities of the globe were analysed in terms of New Delhi, which is grappling with water scarcity. The selection of technology, transport, energy, open data and economy. Smart the concessionaire will be based on the quality of water output grid, smart traffic management, smart parking and smart street from these plants. The concessionaire is expected to improve the lighting were the major smart city verticals that were examined. quality of water and the same can be supplied for various purposes Read more: http://bit.ly/21nKI5U (except for drinking). Read more: http://bit.ly/1O6tqJj DEWA signs MoU with Tata for R&D in sustainability China and OSI Soft collaborate on smart grid project
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) recently Operational intelligence software provider OSIsoft announced its signed a MoU with Tata Consulting Services (TCS) to support collaboration with the China Electric Power Research Institute on a research and development to further promote sustainability. smart grid project. The China Smart Grid Substation Operations and Key areas of this initiative include solar power generation, smart Communication Project is designed to form the basis for China to grid initiatives, energy efficiency and water. TCS will utilize the develop relevant new standards for future Smart Grid operations solutions developed by its dedicated research and innovation and communication architectures and deployment. The project laboratory that focusses on energy and water sustainability. announcement was made at the US - China Climate-Smart / Low- Read more: http://bit.ly/1UkJwyn Carbon Cities Summit taking place in Beijing. Read more: http://bit.ly/29f9PII China planning to deploy electricity-powered gliding buses to run over cars Power in your palm: 'Smart trees' installed in Dubai to offer Wi-Fi and phone charging at the beach China is considering to deploy an electricity-powered transit system that runs on rails embedded in roads. The vehicle sits • State-of-the-art trees store energy to be discharged in the high enough over the ground so that other cars can pass evening beneath it. This will make most efficient use of the road space • There are eight charging points and Wi-Fi ranges for 100 in a clean and eco-friendly manner. Called as the 'hover bus', it metres has a capacity of 1200 people and is powered by solar panels embedded in the roof. Read more: http://bit.ly/21nJOqd • The 20-feet high structures have leaves measuring 18 square metres Wind and solar energy from the same device Smart Palm is the company behind this ingenious endeavour and Researchers from the Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and have so far set up two Smart Trees - one on Surf Beach and another Nanosystems, and the Georgia Institute of Technology have in a park near the waterfront. The company plans to plant them in developed a device that can generate energy from both, sun 103 locations around Dubai as part of a contract with the city. and wind. It uses the triboelectric effect, that leads to everyday Towering at 20 feet high and with leaves measuring 18 square static electricity, in which two thin sheets of plastic and Teflon metres, the high-tech palms, understandably, are also equipped are repeatedly touched and separated. As a result, electrons w i t h s c r e e n s a n d s e c u r i t y c a m e r a s . Re a d m o r e : from one surface travel to the other, thereby building up charge. http://dailym.ai/1fLKZyq
5 | SMART GRID Bulletin | June 2016 www.indiasmartgrid.org Smart Grid Events
International Conference and Exhibition 08 - 10 March, 2017 on Smart Grids and Smart Cities Manekshaw Center, New Delhi, India 2017
Please visit www.isgw.in and @isgw2017
INDIAN Sep 6-9 2016: IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) Conference, Minneapolis, http://sites.ieee.org/isgt-2016/ July 8 2016: National Conference on 'Enabling Policy Sep 13-15 2016: Latin America Utility Week, Brazil Frameworks for Climate Resilient Cities' http://www.latin-american-utility-week.com/ http://www.teriin.org/index.php?option=com_events&vie Sep 20-23 2016: Hardware Security Conference, Netherlands w=details&sid=885&Itemid=110 www.hardwear.io Aug 12 2016: REIFF-India Sep 26-28 2016: Smart Grid Canada Conference, Canada http://firstviewgroup.com/index.php http://www.smartgridcanadaconf.ca/program/ Aug 21 – 23 2016: 7th World Renewable Energy Technology Congress & Expo-2016, New Delhi Oct 25- 27 2016: Asia Clean Energy Summit, Singapore http://wretc.in/index.html http://www.asiacleanenergysummit.com/events/asia-clean- energy-summit-2015/event-summary- Sep 7-9 2016: Renewable energy India Expo ef92883b35e14a42b65a73522cc02443.aspx http://www.renewableenergyindiaexpo.com/ Oct 18-20 2016: IEC 61850 Europe 2016, Amsterdam, The Oct 19-21 2016: Inter Solar India Netherlands, http://www.iec61850-europe.com/ http://www.intersolar.in/en/home.html Nov 15 – 17 2016: European Utility Week, Barcelona, Spain April 26-27 2017: InRec – India's Renewable Energy Congress, http://www.inreccongress.com/ www.european-utility-week.com/Visit May 17-19 2017: Power Gen India & Central Asia Nov 29-30 2016: Australian Utility Week, Sydney , Australia http://www.power-genindia.com/index.html http://www.australian-utility-week.com/ Nov 29-30 2016: SmartSec Europe 2016, Amsterdam, The INTERNATIONAL Netherlands, http://www.smartsec-europe.com/ March 08-10 2017: India Smart Grid Week, New Delhi, India July 07-09 2016: Solar Africa 2016, Tanzania http://www.isgw.in/ http://www.expogr.com/tanzania/solarexpo/ March 28-30 2017: SGTech Europe 2016, Amsterdam, The July 17-20 2016: The Global Summit on Smart, Secure and Netherlands, http://www.sgtech-europe.com/ Sustainable Cities, http://s3cities.com/
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Editorial Board Managing Editor Key Contributors Ajoy Rajani Reena Suri, ISGF Akshay Ahuja - Sr Smart Grid Specialist, ISGF Sneha Tibrewal - Communication Executive, ISGF Alok Chandna Amol Sawant - Sr Smart Grid Specialist, ISGF Poonam Chadha - Manager - Operations, ISGF Reji Kumar Pillai Hem Thukral - Sr Smart Grid Specialist, ISGF Sushant Chopra - Research Officer, ISGF Rupendra Bhatnagar Rahul Vikram - Sr Business Analyst, ISGF Poorva Sardana - Engineer Trainee, ISGF Sandeep Pathak
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6 | SMART GRID Bulletin | June 2016 www.indiasmartgrid.org ISGF & TPDDL announce Certificate Program on Smart Grids Duration: 8 weeks full time course
After the successful completion of first Certification • Participants will be imparted with skills and Course on Smart Grids in 2015, India Smart Grid Forum is knowledge to better appreciate/understand smart pleased to announce 2nd Batch starting from 1st August grid -related issues, leading to better business 2016 in collaboration with Tata Power Delhi Distribution decisions. It will also help them keep abreast of Ltd (TPDDL) and VJTI, Mumbai. contemporary issues affecting different business Course Objectives & Rationale: activities and the way other countries are tackling them • Smart Grid technologies are essential for successful implementation of all flagship programs of Course Details: Government of India such as • 8 weeks full time program o 24x7 Power for All • Accommodation and Food provided at CENPEID, o 100 Smart Cities Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd (TPDDL) o 175 GW Renewable Energy by 2022 • Training Venues: New Delhi (CENPEID - TPDDL, CBIP, Technical Tours to Smart Grid Labs, SCADA o 6-7 million Electric Vehicles by 2022 Centre, NLDC/NRLDC, Labs of top Technology o Separation of Carriage and Content as Companies) envisaged in the amendments to Electricity Act • Second Batch is scheduled from 1st August 2016 to 2003 30 September 2016 o UDAY and IPDS Who Should Attend: • The Model Smart Grid Regulations issued by Forum 1. Engineers from Discoms and Transcos of Regulators mandates all licensees to establish a executing/intending to execute Smart Grid projects Smart Grid Cell within 3 months of issuance of including the engineers from utilities implementing smart grid regulations by respective SERCs the 14 Smart Grid Pilot Projects • National Smart Grid Mission (NSGM) framework 2. Engineers from Regulatory Commissions and envisage a state level Smart Grid Mission and Smart Smart Grid Project Management Units in state Grid Cell in the Energy Department in each state energy/power departments • The electric grid in India is fast changing with 3. Engineers from Technology Companies increasing share of renewable energy resources connected at the low voltage grid and to operate and 4. Fresh Engineering Graduates looking for a career in maintain the grid with two-way power flow Smart Smart Grids domain (need to pass a screening test Grid technologies are required to qualify) • In order to address the above requirements, it is 5. Smart Grid/Smart Cit y Enthusiasts and imperative to build a cadre of Smart Grid Experts in Entrepreneurs all electric utilities in India Course Fee: • The 8 weeks full time certificate course on smart Rs 350,000 for residential (include accommodation, all grids aim to supplement technical and managerial meals, local transportation, training material and practical skills by providing updated knowledge in smart grid classes) areas through conceptual knowledge and Rs 170,000 for non-residential experiential learning
Contact details: India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF) CBIP Building, Malcha Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi – 110021 Telephone: +91-11-41030398 Contact person: Mr. Amol Sawant, Sr. Smart Grid Specialist, Ph: +91 7042129429 | [email protected]
7 | SMART GRID Bulletin | May 2016 www.indiasmartgrid.org The Future of Transportation
The world of transportation is about to see a big revolution - both with each other and in a line in order to reduce the drag force and personal as well as mass transportation. Autonomous or Self subsequently decrease their fuel consumption. For example a Driving Vehicles, Flying Cars, Hyperloops, Passenger Drones, truck moving at 55 miles per hour uses half of its energy to move Personal Jet Packs and Hoverbikes are fast nearing realities. So the air around it and the truck moving at 65 miles per hour uses far transport planners were worrying how to fuel the projected 2 about a two third. In case of platooning the movement of air is billion plus automobiles by 2050[1] and where to drive them as it done by the first truck in the line only, hence a lot of energy is would have chocked every inch of roads that we could construct, saved by following tricks in the platoon. To avoid incidents like leave alone tackling the pollution from billions of vehicles. Now collisions and over speeding, all platooning vehicles communicate with each other in real time. The truck on the forefront relays the we have new problems – how to set rules and safety procedures signal to its predecessor which in turn sends to the truck at its for operating these new modes of transportation which are rear and hence the signal is propagated to all the trucks which are mostly aerial vehicles, and how to supply energy (electricity) to moving in tandem. run (fly) them. This paper is an abridged version of the recently released ISGF's White Paper on Future of Transportation which 2. Electric Vehicles gives an overview of some of the exciting flying machines and Electric Vehicle (EV) is not a new concepts. In fact the other futuristic mass transportation systems which are likely to automobiles started in the late 19th century with electric drives, be available in the market by 2030. but later given way to vehicles driven by internal combustion engines (ICE) as fuel transportation was easier compared to supply of electricity to vehicles. However, owing to pollution in cities and other considerations, EVs have made strong come back now and are likely to replace all ICE based vehicles in next 2-3 decades. EVs are propelled by electric motors which are driven by rechargeable batteries that are the energy source for the vehicle. EVs also employ regenerative braking (which makes them much more efficient), instant speed and torque control using advanced power electronics and are quieter in operation which makes them much more desirable in the current energy starved planet. EVs can help the electric grid in load management and peak load shaving as they may be connected to the grid when they are not in driving mode. In this condition they act as virtual power plants (VPP) capable of supplying power to the grid from the batteries or act as loads on the grid charging the battery depending on the grid condition – Vehicle to Grid (V2G) technologies are fast approaching the top of the maturity curve. This reduces the need Figure 1: EHANG 184 to install more peak load power plants which are generally polluting and expensive to operate. 1. Autonomous Vehicles [1] 3. The Hyperloop [2] [3] [4] The idea of autonomous or self-driving vehicles stems from the Hyperloop is concept proposed by Elon Musk and is currently fact that as vehicle population increases, people spent more time under testing phase in the USA. This is a high speed transport on the congested roads and pollution levels increases which system to instantly transport people and cargo from one place to adversely affect the quality of life. An intuitive alternative to this would be to utilize the roads in a more efficient manner in order to cater to the increasing traffic. Autonomous vehicles make use of this idea by continuous 3D mapping by the vehicles on the roads in order to make real time decisions regarding the speed, distance of the vehicle from other vehicles, estimated time to reach the destination etc. Vehicles talk to each other in real time and help each other make decisions regarding their mobility on the road in the most efficient manner in terms of space, time and distances. It can be said that every vehicle is a robot in itself which is continuously exploring what it can do next in the coming second. This type of self-driving technology can eliminate problems like over speeding, vehicles suddenly changing lanes, vehicles moving hap hazardously on roads etc. It helps the cars drive as closely as possible, maintaining their safety so that the utilization of road is increased. Scania, a Swedish truck company has started taking advantage of a technique known as 'Platooning'. In this concept the trucks move in close proximity Figure 2: Elements of a Hyperloop
8 | SMART GRID Bulletin | June 2016 www.indiasmartgrid.org The Future of Transportation (Contd...) another. In Hyperloop, the passengers sit in a pressurized capsule 6. Transit Elevated Bus (TEB) [9] [10] that rides on a cushion of air. The capsule operates in a sealed An electricity operated elevated bus that runs on rails and high near vacuum environment and the propulsion system is either above the ground has been recently unveiled at the 19th China magnetic levitation. It is proposed to travel at speeds of 1000 to Beijing International High Tech Expo. It is the first of its kind and 1220 Km per hour – faster than jets! It is expected to be relatively the working model presented the proposed TEB concept. A demo cheaper and faster to build than bullet trains and hence would bus is under construction and its testing is scheduled to begin in boast of cheaper tickets. It can also generate more energy than it consumes through solar energy as it is a closed system on top of Quinhuangdao City in 2016. Engineers have claimed that this which solar panels can be installed. The excess energy thus electrically powered bus would travel at around 30 miles per hour produced can be fed to the grid hence increasing our share of and would be able to carry upto 1200 passengers. Its cost would cleaner and greener energy. be less than one fifth of that of the construction of a subway and it can be completed in a year. 4. EHANG Autonomous Aerial Vehicle [5] [6] EHANG 184 AAV is an Autonomous Aerial Vehicle aimed at providing medium short distance communication and transportation solutions. Since the biggest concern with aerial vehicles has been their safety, EHANG 184 has been built keeping safety of passengers as the top priority. EHANG 184 works on 3 basic philosophies viz. absolute safety by design, automatic computer control systems, Sync–Flight Management Systems (see Fig-1: EHANG 184 in previous page). The navigation process of this aerial vehicle is completely backed by real time flight command centre, but on the downside there are no manual controls to take care in case of emergency. EHANG 184 is currently under trials. 5. The Lilium Jet [7] [8] Lilium Jet by Lilium Aviation is claimed to be the world's first vertical take-off and landing jet. It is easy to fly and is equipped Figure 4: Transit Elevated Bus with a fully computer assisted control system and can house 2 passengers at a time. It has a cruising speed of 300 to 400 kmph 7. Hoverbikes [11] [12] [13] and has a range of about 500km and the power consumed by the Jet is around 320 KW (435 hp). The Lilium Jet merges the The Hoverbike, an ingenious idea by the British inventor Colin benefits of helicopters and airplanes while avoiding their Furze, is making waves due to its clever design. It is actually a drawbacks. It can take off vertically and hover like a helicopter but homemade Hoverbike which is easy to use and has a simple also functions like an airplane that can travel at high speeds. structure. Its huge hoverboard consists of 2 motors and propellers which are fixed in opposite directions so that it can cut down gyroscopic spin. But the whole system is in effect not very stable and would require a lot of practice to ride.
Figure 3: Lilium Jet The jet has a side-by-side cockpit, touchscreen, fly-by-wire joystick controls, retractable landing gear, wing doors, automatically folding wings, panoramic windows and its battery that can be Figure 5: Hoverbike charged using any normal wall plug. Lilium Jet is expected to rollout in 2018.
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This is still a prototype, it requires further research to refine the car of one of its kind and has a range of about 500 miles and a design and also evaluate its commercial viability. But several cruise speed of around 200 MPH, powered by a 300HP engine. In other enthusiasts are already working on different designs of order to ensure the safety of the passengers while cruising, Hoverbikes. Malloy Aeronautics, UK is currently developing a backup full-vehicle parachute system can be activated by the operator in an emergency if the operator believes the TF-XTM to quadcopter hoverbike for the US Department of Defence. It be incapable of auto-landing. Finally, on reaching its destination all consists of 4 rotors, 2 in front and 2 at the rear each of which are the propellers and wings fold inwards and it becomes a car which driven by electric motors. The goal is to develop a rugged air is ready to run on the roads. TF-XTM is still a concept and vehicle for military applications to carry people, ammunition and considering the complexity and research involved, it may take food supply over difficult terrain. around 8-12 years to fully develop into a commercial venture.
[14] [15] Many other inventors are working on different variations of VTUs 8. Personal Jetpacks for over a decade now and we expect commercial models in the David Mayman and Nelson Tyler have finally developed a jet next decade. turbine powered backpack that is capable of vertical take-off and 10. Passenger Drones [17] [18] landing (VTOL). It is light, small and can be easily carried around by the pilot. David Mayman on November 3rd 2015 became the Volocopter VC-200 combines the advantages of a helicopter and a first person to fly past the Statue of Liberty and also the first drone, carrying passengers and still maintaining the ease of person to demonstrate the viability of personal flying devices. control of a drone. VC-200 developed by e-volo, a German company consists of 18 separate rotors for its stability which is This is almost like what we saw in the movie Iron Man. believed to be at par with a conventional helicopter. VC-200 The latest JB-9 is safe, powerful, fast and easy to operate. The weighs 450 Kg and has 9 individual batteries to power the electric device can carry a total of 10 gallons of fuel, which it burns at motors of the 18 rotors and has the top speed of 100 Kmph. around a gallon a minute. It has been approved for flight by More number of rotors means an increased efficiency during lift periods and higher levels of redundancy during events of failure. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and US coastguard. German aviation authorities have granted permission for VC-200 after a series of flight tests and it has been categorised as “ultra- light”. Presently e-volo is developing a 4 seater version, the VC- 400 that will be fitted with petrol powered range extenders.
Figure 6: Personal Jetpack 9. Vertical Take-off Units (Flying Cars) [16] Vertical Take-off Unit (VTU) is a concept which consists of a 4 Figure 8: Volocopter VC-200 seater hybrid car with wings. It is an automatic vehicle which just needs the destination as its input and it flies you to the destination. The TF-XTM being developed by Terrafugia is a flying There are very good youtube videos on all these concepts described above and the links are mentioned in the references below. Conclusion It is exciting times similar to early 1900s when flying enthusiasts were testing various designs of aeroplanes. The present generation of aerial vehicles are all going to be powered by electricity and supplying reliable electricity to charge these flying objects where it is required will be the challenge for electric grid operators. Imagine each house or apartment (or blocks of apartments) with “Drone Pads” (similar to helipads on buildings now) where Drones, VTUs or Hoverbikes can land and take-off. Can those Drone Pads be built with super charger which can wirelessly (or with wired connection) charge the batteries of Figure 7: Vertical Take-off Unit (TF-XTM)
10 | SMART GRID Bulletin | June 2016 www.indiasmartgrid.org The Future of Transportation (Contd...) those flying machines? On flyway routes, can there be aerial 13. http://www.gizmag.com/malloy-hoverbike-department-of- charging lanes where these machines can fly closer and get defence/38015/ charged in wireless mode? Could emergency aerial recharge 14. http://jetpackaviation.com/the-worlds-only-jetpack-soars- vehicles can fly closer to another aerial vehicle and inject charge past-the-statue-of-liberty-new-york/ in to it – like jets are fuelled mid-air presently? Possibilities are numerous, but what would prove to be commercially and 15. http://www.gizmag.com/jetpack-aviation-new-york- logistically viable and commonly adopted by all stakeholders is flight/40286/ difficult to predict now. It would be interesting to watch this space in the coming days. 16. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1007521/The- vertical-take-off-car-concept.html References: 17. Passenger Drones: Those incredible flying machines, The 1. 'Earth 2050 - The future of transport from advanced 3D Economist, June 25th 2016 mapping to autonomous electric vehicles' Video by www.gogeteco.com 18. http://www.gizmag.com/volocopter-manned-flight/42704/ 2. A video by ColdFusion: Hyperloop - 1000 km/hr Ground Picture Courtesy: Travel! (Link: Figure 1: EHANG 184 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x_IB45ySAQ) (https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1iyCgy1juHc/maxresdefault.jpg) 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperloop Figure 2: Elements of a Hyperloop (Reference: 4. https://hyperloop-one.com/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article- 3493007/Hyperloop-coming-Europe-Superfast-tube-people- 5. http://www.ehang.com/ehang184 continent-just-25-minutes-2020.html) 6. A video by Recode: EHANG 184 Launch Video from Figure 3: Lilium Jet (http://magazine- CES2016 (Link: mn.com/news/engineers_from_technical_university_of_munich_a https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vGd1Oy7Cw0) re_developing_fast_speed_electric_jet/2016-04-27-310) 7. http://lilium-aviation.com/ Figure 4: Transit Elevated Bus (http://it-it.info/hi-tech/it- news/transit-elevated-bus-exciting-project-from-chinese- 8. http://www.esa-bic.de/index.php?anzeige=lilium.html engineers/) 9. A video by CCTV+: China's Transit Elevated Bus Debuts at Figure 5: Hoverbike (http://img.gizmag.com/colin-furze-home- Beijing Intel High Tech Expo (Link: made-hoverbike- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeLAidJl5aw) 3.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&ch=Width%2CDPR&fit=crop 10. A video by BoredPandaArt: Elevated Bus That Drives above &h=394&q=60&rect=74%2C0%2C726%2C408&w=700&s=8ad Traffic Jams (Link: 4a3b3a3b3de8e985af5379cce8874) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vVlBe94dCs) Figure 6: Personal Jetpack (http://jetpackaviation.com/) 11. A video by Colin Furze: Lets Make A Flying Machine-The Figure 7: Vertical Take-off Unit (TF-XTM) Plan (Link: (http://i.ytimg.com/vi/UoJ71B8vtLo/maxresdefault.jpg) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQxPGOnwBGs) Figure 8: Volocopter VC-200 (http://encrypted- 12. h tt p : / / w w w. d a i l y m a i l . c o . u k / s c i e n c e t e ch / a r t i c l e - tbn2.gstataic.com/images?q=tbn:And9GcRJ38OHPdhKUcyalSL6r 3565291/Forget-hoverboards-s-HOVERBIKE-Watch- X2svYAi43ufuPskXQv1Vuf8kp9RUGRV2Q) eccentric-engineer-fly-floating-bicycle-shoots-fireworks.html
Second Canada – India Smart Grid Workshop in September 2016 in Montreal and Toronto
Second Canada-India Smart Grid Workshop will be held in conjunction with Smart Grid Canada event on 26-28 September 2016 in Montreal (http://www.smartgridcanadaconf.ca/program/) followed by B2B meetings and site visits on 29-30 September in Toronto. Government of Canada has agreed to fund 50% of the travel cost for 7 persons in the Indian delegation attending this workshop. The preference will be given for utilities, policy makers, regulators and academia. For detailed program agenda and to join the India delegation, please write to: [email protected]
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