TY - GEN
T1 - Customized pathway for smart grid development-A case study in Oman
AU - Hosseinzadeh, N.
AU - Albadi, M.
AU - Alhinai, A.
AU - Albadi, A.
AU - Islam, S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016/12/22
Y1 - 2016/12/22
N2 - A team of researchers at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman in conjunction with the Curtin University of Technology in Australia have studied the current state of the electrical power grid in Oman, and have worked out necessary steps towards developing a smart grid from the current status. The team has made thorough interviews with the main stakeholders of the electricity network and has developed a customized pathway for transition of enterprises from the conventional grid to a smart grid. Some recommendations are made with regard to policies, standards, regulatory framework, and enabling technologies. These recommendations can be considered as the building blocks for creating a roadmap for the transformation of the conventional grid to a smart grid in the Sultanate of Oman. Also, in order to develop and test a grid-connected renewable energy program suitable for residential premises, a microgrid prototype was designed and implemented.
AB - A team of researchers at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman in conjunction with the Curtin University of Technology in Australia have studied the current state of the electrical power grid in Oman, and have worked out necessary steps towards developing a smart grid from the current status. The team has made thorough interviews with the main stakeholders of the electricity network and has developed a customized pathway for transition of enterprises from the conventional grid to a smart grid. Some recommendations are made with regard to policies, standards, regulatory framework, and enabling technologies. These recommendations can be considered as the building blocks for creating a roadmap for the transformation of the conventional grid to a smart grid in the Sultanate of Oman. Also, in order to develop and test a grid-connected renewable energy program suitable for residential premises, a microgrid prototype was designed and implemented.
KW - electricity policies
KW - energy management system
KW - regulatory framework
KW - smart distribution
KW - smart grid
KW - tariff structure
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U2 - 10.1109/ISGT-Asia.2016.7796444
DO - 10.1109/ISGT-Asia.2016.7796444
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85010053620
T3 - IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe
SP - 553
EP - 558
BT - 2016 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia, ISGT-Asia 2016
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 2016 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia, ISGT-Asia 2016
Y2 - 28 November 2016 through 1 December 2016
ER -
