Smart Micro-Grid Energy Management with Renewable Energy Sources and Local SCADA

Smart self-sufficient microgrids in apartments are grabbing the researcher’s interest. Smart microgrid key design components are distributed energy generation, storage, and intelligent communication. This paper presents smart microgrid energy management with inbuilt local grid operations through local SCADA by incorporating the best possible renewable energy resources as well as storage systems in an apartment building. This system is designed without any additional operational cost to the individual consumer. It helps consumers in earning revenue with the supply of excess power to the main grid and supports the main grid in peak-hour load distribution. This smart microgrid protects the local system from grid disturbances as well as poor voltage regulation and radial HT feeder breakdowns, interruptions, and stabilizing the island grids/Remote army grids or grid outages with available resources & modern storage systems (i.e. EVs).