In the real world, most countries generate electricity from fuel, which hasits own disadvantages. To minimize usage of fuels, economic, socialand environmental effects should be studied and focus given onthe development alternative power sources, such as solar photovoltaic(PV), wind energy, micro-hydro others. This paper focuses use photovoltaic generation in conjunction with turbinesto electri...

In this paper, we explore the tradeoffs and opportunities in porting a high-throughput Grid computing middleware to a high-performance service oriented environment. We present the limitations of the Grid computing middleware when operating in such a performance sensitive environment and suggest ways of overcoming these limitations. We focus on exploiting the computation and communication hetero...

Smart grid is maximum optimization of energy management achieved through transmission and distribution automation, efficient use of existing network and integration of smart devices. Due to electric power system’s own characteristics, it cannot store energy in a large scale therefore electric generation, transmission, distribution and usage operations must be completed simultaneously. Due to it...

With the advent of the smart energy grid – an energy transportation and distribution network being combined with an IT network for its monitoring and control – information security has gained tremendous importance for energy distribution and energy automation systems. Integrated security functionality is crucial to ensure a reliable and continuous operation of the smart energy grid. Further sec...

—While distributed generation (DG) from renewable energy resources is seen as key element of future energy supply, current electricity grids are not designed to integrate a steadily increasing share of distributed generators. The hierarchical network topology was designed for unidirectional power flows and passive operation. In order to avoid excessively expensive grid reinforcements, new solut...