Digital Grid Unleashed: A Value Chain Facing Disruption

Course Outline

Course Outline

Course Description

By the year 2040, annual global electricity consumption will be 70% higher than in 2015, according to International
Energy Association (IEA) estimates. This staggering increase has left electric utilities around the globe seeking
answers to some very difficult power questions. How can almost twice as much electricity be consumed while still
reducing fossil fuel emissions? And how must today’s power distribution systems evolve to meet this growing
demand?

This is the second in a series of courses which sets out to offer recommendations for addressing the electrical
distribution needs of a growing worldwide population while simultaneously tackling today’s priority of decarbonizing
global energy markets.

Course Objectives

• Discuss the challenges that the energy market faces as it prepares to step away from a centrally managed,
fossil-fuel-dominated approach to distribution
• Describe the benefits of distributed energy resources (DERs)
• Identify different types of microgrids and the benefits of each

Course Content or Material

1. Introduction
2. The Energy Market
3. The End of Baseload Resources?
a. Revolutionary shift in energy economics
4. From Distribution to Cooperation
a. Digitization enables greater connectivity
i. Required for a more flexible and efficient control and transfer of electricity between:
1. Residential and commercial buildings’ switchboards and automated home
devices
2. Distributed energy resources (DERs)
3. Energy communities (such as microgrids), their members and stakeholders
4. Utilities operating distribution grids, regional and connecting systems and
participating in energy markets
5. A New Class of Resources Defined
a. Today’s most common DERs
i. Disparate, small-scale rooftop PV panels and microturbines
ii. Electrical vehicles that consume and charge back energy on the move
iii. The growing realm of energy storage, demand response and controllable loads
b. Distributed generation
c. Intelligent network operations

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 Digital Grid Unleashed: A Value Chain Facing Disruption
Course Outline

6. The Rise of Communities & Microgrids

a. Grid-connected facility microgrids
i. EXAMPLE
1. Grenoble’s LearningGrid
a. Europe’s First Technology and Educational MicroGrid Testbed
b. Grid-connected community microgrids
c. Off-grid, facility microgrids
d. Off-grid, community microgrids
7. The Challenges of Microgrids
8. The Growing Role of Electric Vehicles
9. Digitalization Impact on Utilities & Consumers
10. Summary

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