In the future, passive electric power distribution grids that supply consumers will be restructured into active distribution grids - microgrids. Using newly created market structures, microgrids will consolidate producers, storage, flexible power consumers and grid interconnections into a higher-level grid layer. These microgrids will also be responsible for providing network services such as frequency and voltage regulation. As active elements in the power system, microgrids will streamline grid control considerably.
What will we need microgrids for?
The rapid expansion of renewable energy is driving two major issues. First, how do we best assimilate renewable energy fluctuations. ...
