Urban power grid and smart microgrid

How to plan urban microgrids?

Planning urban microgrids must consider the possibility of outages affecting critical services at both city and municipal levels, hence decision-making processes in a city must entail assessing social vulnerabilities, household needs and the criticality of critical services (Fig. 2 ).

What is a microgrid?

The term “microgrid” refers to the concept of a small number of DERs connected to a single power subsystem. DERs include both renewable and /or conventional resources . The electric grid is no longer a one-way system from the 20th-century . A constellation of distributed energy technologies is paving the way for MGs , , .

Are microgrids a potential for a modernized electric infrastructure?

1. Introduction Electricity distribution networks globally are undergoing a transformation, driven by the emergence of new distributed energy resources (DERs), including microgrids (MGs). The MG is a promising potential for a modernized electric infrastructure , .

Why is integrated microgrid planning important?

This study underscores the importance of integrated microgrid planning for sustainable and resilient urban transformation amid environmental and societal challenges. Improving the resilience of energy systems to natural hazards cannot rely only on strengthening technical aspects of energy grids.

What are future-proof and resilient urban microgrids?

To identify future-proof and resilient urban microgrids, we examine a wide range of potential threats. This encompasses natural disasters affecting physical infrastructure and microgrid failures, such as those induced by cyber attacks. We term this composition of potential future threats as our baseline scenarios.

Can microgrids reduce urban resilience?

As an interim result, the fact that individual microgrids can fail makes it clear that the risk for lack of well-being and urban resilience in a city can be reduced with the use of multiple microgrids instead of one. These points are ultimately confirmed by our study (Fig. 5 ).