Introduction to Integrating Distributed and Renewable Resources Minitrack
Judy Cardell · Proceedings of the ... Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences/Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences · 2017
The electric power industry is experiencing exciting growth in the integration of intermittent renewable energy technologies, responsive load resources, storage technologies, microgrids and intelligent devices.This evolution requires continued development of tools for system planning and operations, control strategies, and the ability to facilitate market integration for all participants.This mini-track has evolved from previous HICSS meetings in the early 2000s which included individual papers that analyzed renewable and distributed technologies, but not a full mini-track devoted to this topic.HICSS-43 in 2010 included a mini-track on the integration of "non-conventional" resources.During the current decade these resources are increasingly accepted as integral components of the electric power system as reflected in dropping the term "non-conventional" and devoting a full minitrack to distributed energy resources and microgrids.Technological barriers from previous decades, to more widespread integration of variable and distributed resources, are increasingly overcome by improved computing power and analytic capabilities, access to micro-controllers, and advanced control and communication technologies.In the coming years, research and development projects are anticipated to continue embracing microgrid analyses and implementation along with both high-and lowvoltage integration of variable renewable energy technologies.Demand resources are expected to play a more prominent role in the power system through their ability to balance the variable generation from wind and solar technologies as well as lower consumer costs.The industry continues to pursue breakthroughs in the economic barriers to the broader of storage technologies.Overarching all these advances is the need for continued progress in protecting and maintaining the privacy of data and information, as well as the security of individual devices and the system as a whole.These technologies and trends are discussed in this mini-track.The papers address modeling, simulation and hardware developments relating to planning, operations and control, as well as economic