Live support chatThe Energy Control Center of the Future in the 100 Percent Clean & Renewable Energy Systems
In The Energy Control Center of the Future in the 100% Clean & Renewable Energy Systems, you'll learn ...
- Various system operations’ challenges
- Familiarization with transmission and distribution systems
- Familiarization with distributed energy resources at a high level
Overview
Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 2 PDH
Length: 31 pages
This course will establish the critical role of the energy control center operator and the need for advanced system operations to manage the energy system that is going through a massive transformation and digitalization phase. Political and customer demands need to be met, such as:
- Building smart grids,
- Transportation electrification (electric vehicles, vehicle 2 home grid),
- Building electrification (converting gas heating to electric heating),
- Cybersecurity,
- Transactive energy,
- And accommodating distributed energy resources, i.e. solar, onshore, offshore wind, and energy storage.
Several governors, commissioners, cities, states, and the U.S. as a whole have set goals to achieve 100% clean or renewable energy by 2050 or sooner.
The utility world is split on the stability and reliability of the future grid, where senior engineers and energy control center operators argue that the future system is not promising due to the lack of large power plants. This lack results in a much weaker system inertia when compared to the current system.
Also, the intermittent nature of renewables is another major issue that must be addressed. The importance of advanced system operations for the success of the future grid cannot be overstated.
Various energy storage types, stacking options, the difference between DSOs and TSOs, and various management systems, i.e. GMS, EMS, DMS, DERMS, ADMS, etc, will be discussed.
This course is intended for electrical, mechanical, and computer engineers as well as others involved at a technical and non-technical level in the energy world who are interested in learning more about the future of energy systems, system operations, advanced system operations, and the impact of solar, wind, energy storage, fuel-cells, distributed generation, etc. and how to maintain a reliable grid.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Various energy storage types
- Stacking options
- Various critical energy control center functions
- Difference between an energy control center operator and an advanced system operator
- System operations vs. planning
- Load forecasting and system capabilities
- Restoring the system after a transmission feeder and substation transformer failure
- Grid changes, i.e. smart grid, microgrids, electric vehicles, etc.
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 15 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 2 PDH
Length: 31 pages
