IEEE Electrification Magazine - June 2017 - 2

ABOUT THIS ISSUE

Off-Grid Technologies
for Enhancing the
Power System
Operation and Control
By Mohammad Shahidehpour
and Suryanarayana Doolla

HIS SPECIAL ISSUE IS ABOUT THE SUBJECT OF OFFgrid distributed systems, and it presents eight articles
with discussions on how distributed power systems
can enhance the sustainability, resilience, economics, security,
and reliability of the energy infrastructure in various parts of
the world. The first article, "Empowering Smart Communities:
Electrification, Education, and Sustainable Entrepreneurship in
IEEE Smart Village Initiatives," is by Alexander Anderson, Paras
Loomba, Ifeanyi Orajaka, Jude Numfor, Shammya Saha, Samantha Janko, Nathan Johnson, Robin Podmore, and Ray
IEEE Smart Village
Larsen. The authors state that,
since 2010, IEEE Smart Village
has been acting as
has partnered with local
the catalyst for
entrepreneurs and nongovsocioeconomic and
ernmental organizations to
technological change
empower off-grid villages,
functioning as a business incuin remote areas of
bator that provides holistic supAfrica, India, and the
port and resources to grow
South Pacific.
sustainable enterprises. Aiming
to build on the talents of local
innovators, entrepreneurs, and
communities, IEEE Smart Village has been acting as the catalyst
for socioeconomic and technological change in remote areas of
Africa, India, and the South Pacific. The article discusses the status of some of the ongoing projects that are sponsored by IEEE
Smart Village.
The second article, "Noninterconnected Island Systems: The
Greek Case," is by Nikos Hatziargyriou, Ioannis Margaris, Irene
Stavropoulou, Stavros Papathanassiou, and Aris Dimeas. This

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