Smart Renewable Energy Micro Grid for Indian Scenarios

Abstract

As the patterns of energy production and consumption shift, the need to distribute power more efficiently becomes imperative. This study is based on realization of an operational smart renewable energy micro grid put up by FluxGen Engineering Technologies in a remote village -- Mendil situated in reserve forest of Belgaum district in Karnataka state, India, and it's applicability in urban context; that is, the possibility of reverse innovation of smart rural micro grids for urban scenarios. As the building sector in India is growing at a rapid pace, there is a great chance that such or even enhanced micro grid systems be introduced in urban scenario. Many smart features related to grid communication, power sharing, power capping, preventive maintenance and billing management can be exercised. This paper focusses and proposes the implementation of smart micro grid systems that can perform energy monitoring, grid communications, energy auditing and power management that is well defined and designed for an apartment or a smart urban locality.