IEEE Power & Energy Magazine - September/October 2014 - 10

leader's corner

Damir Novosel

the grid of the future
how PES can help meet its demands

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Our industry has experienced significant changes in last decade
caused by new technology trends, environmental drivers and weather patterns,
changing public needs, and regulatory
requirements. the electrical power and
energy industry in the coming decades
will be different than it is today. how
will the grid of the future look like to
meet the demands of the society and address challenges, and what is the ieee
power & energy society (pes) doing
to help the industry chart the road to
the future?

Technology Improvements
First, technology has significantly
improved.
✔ Generating energy from renewable resources continues to become
more efficient and economical.
✔ electrical vehicles, particularly
hybrids, are manufactured and
promoted by major car manufacturers and open up opportunities
to use electricity to clean up the air
and optimize energy consumption.
✔ electrical storage technologies
continue to develop, although
we are still waiting for a breakthrough that would make such
technologies more cost-effective
and environmentally friendly.
✔ smart grid measurement, communications, and control solutions
continue to operate and maintain the grid, including demand
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response; automation and control;
equipment health monitoring and
maintenance using robotics; and
next-generation eMs and wide
area monitoring, protection and
control systems using Gps synchronized measurements.
✔ ultrahigh voltage dc/ac has
improved.
✔ the emergence of cloud computing and open source use continues.
✔ supercomputers are becoming
affordable.
international ieee leaders and
experts continue contributing to the
above through standards and guides,
papers, and panels at conferences.

Weather and Security Threats
second, increasingly volatile weather
patterns and security and physical
threats to the grid, in combination
with increased demands to deliver
quality electrical power, have resulted
in increased public focus and consequently regulatory oversight and pressure to improve power quality delivery
worldwide. electric system resilience
to the above garners society attention and focus; for example, the u.s.
department of homeland security
lists 17 critical infrastructures with
energy on the top as other infrastructures require energy. if one looks at
the worldwide electricity usage map,
it becomes apparent that one metric
for measuring industrial progress is
whether electricity is readily available.
there is also a major motivation for
carbon footprint reduction. it is important

to understand that it comes with a price
tag and needs to be addressed worldwide. are we ready to accept the price
tag? and even if some parts of the world
are, is it possible to redirect energy
usage globally?
the future of electrical energy is
being addressed globally. For example,
the Knowledge 4 innovation Forum of
the european parliament is addressing
the european energy future. a recent
example is a round table on efficiency
and competitiveness through smart
grid integration that included ieee.
another example is the u.s. Quadrennial energy review (Qer) launched by
the Obama administration. "this first
Qer will focus on the development
of a comprehensive strategy for the
infrastructure involved in transporting,
transmitting, and delivering energy...
the u.s. department of energy (dOe)
will play a key role in providing analytical support to the Qer," according to a
press release (http://www.whitehouse.
gov/the-press-office/2014/01/09/presidential-memorandum-establishingquadrennial-energy-review).
at the request of Bill hederman,
dOe deputy director, energy policy and systems analysis, ieee has
recruited leaders from its membership
to develop responses for dOe priority issues. the unified ieee team
includes the ieee-usa energy policy Committee (chaired by Veronika
rabl) and pes (technical committees led by Jeff nelson, chair). Miroslav Begovic (pes president) and
pat ryan (pes executive director)

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