Multi-layered Resilient Microgrid Networks
- ABB Inc.
Distribution grid resilience, especially when the grid is under high penetration of Distributed Energy Resources (DER), e.g. PV and energy storage, is essential to ensure the quality of electric power services. The resiliency aspect is particularly important for critical loads that typically include hospitals, police/fire stations, and national security facilities. Networks of multiple interconnected reconfigurable microgrids help to increase renewable energy penetration and may be used as basic building blocks for implementing future resilient power grids. However, this integration requires additional layers of communications, both horizontal and vertical, which may substantially increase the potential cyber attack surfaces as well as escalate risks for wide-spread malfunctions of automation systems. The Mulit-layered Resilient Microgrid Networks project is an industry-academic collaboration between ABB, Duke Energy and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) that has developed and demonstrated a cyber-physical resilient control and communication architecture for deployment of multiple microgrid networks, as well as retrofitting the existing distribution grids by increasing DER penetration levels.
- Research Organization:
- ABB Inc.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER)
- Contributing Organization:
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Duke Energy
- DOE Contract Number:
- OE0000831
- OSTI ID:
- 1786363
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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