Building an electrical system from the bottom up by interconnecting microgrids
Energy Futures Lab hosts a seminar from Dr Adria Junyent Ferre of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering discusses on the RENGA project.
Abstract
The consistent improvement of photovoltaics and battery technologies over the years has made it possible to provide basic access to electricity in rural communities of the developing world. These small-scale autonomous systems are the only viable way to deliver electricity in locations that can’t be reached by the national transmission system. How these autonomous systems can grow into larger utility networks remains an open question.
The GCRF project RENGA supported by the EPSRC is developing a concept of “interconnection network” that would enable small autonomous power systems to share their energy resources and facilitate the growth of demand over time as an alternative to the conventional network expansion paradigm. This talk will present an overview of the project together with insights about the work that has been done so far.
Biography
Adria Junyent-Ferre graduated from the School of Industrial Engineers of Barcelona (ETSEIB) in 2007 and obtained his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the same university in 2011.
He is a lecturer of the Dept. of Electrial and Electronic Engineering at Imperial College since 2014. His area of expertise is power electronics for voltage-source converter HVDC transmission, wind power generation and new forms of low voltage distribution.
His specific focus is on the design of power electronic converters and how they are controlled to interact with electrical networks.
Venue
The talk will be held in Room 611 of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (building 16 On the campus map). The room is known as the Gabor Suite.
If you are entering the building from Dalby Court/through the building’s main entrance take the lift to the sixth floor, turn right through the double doors and it is near the end on your left hand side.