IoT and the Electric Grid

IoT Benefits, Challenges, and

Government’s Role

Kenneth W. Tobin, Ph.D. Director / Corporate Research Fellow

Electrical and Electronics Systems Research Division

Dept. of Commerce IoT Workshop Fostering the Advancement of the

Internet of Things

September 1, 2016

Kenneth W. Tobin, Director, Electrical and Electronics Systems Research Division, Ph: (865) 574-0355, E-mail: tobinkwjr@ornl.gov

Field Process

Station Operation

Enterprise Market Generation

Transmission

Distribution DER

Load

The Internet-of-Things (IoT) is a Layered Stack of Technology Complexity

Sensors and measurement

Embedded computing and systems

Communications, networks

Data

Modeling & Simulation

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Streaming Analytics & Machine Learning

Embedded computing and systems

Communications, networks

Data

Streaming Analytics & Machine Learning

Modeling & Simulation

Kenneth W. Tobin, Director, Electrical and Electronics Systems Research Division, Ph: (865) 574-0355, E-mail: tobinkwjr@ornl.gov

Low-cost, retrofit sensors and communications technology for

energy management and control for buildings-as-loads

Building Energy Management

Smart Manufacturing

From process measurement to enterprise control for energy

efficiency and increased productivity

Grid Visibility

Ubiquitous sensing and measurement to provide visibility across generation, transmission,

distribution, and loads

Energy IoT Increasingly Integrating Grid, Buildings, and Manufacturing

GridEye

IoT supports renewables integration, microgrid control, power flow, grid stability and resiliency

Kenneth W. Tobin, Director, Electrical and Electronics Systems Research Division, Ph: (865) 574-0355, E-mail: tobinkwjr@ornl.gov

Create partnerships to modernize the electric grid

Take phased approach in building public-private partnerships

Provide thought leadership for cost-effective solutions

Build off initial demonstrations to address future opportunities

Southeast Grid Collaboration: Demonstration Projects with Industry and Academia

Puerto

Rico

“Living Lab” concept with

technology-to-market process

EPB: Southeast Regional Project

(sensors, storage, controls)

UPS, Kellogg: Industrial microgrid

UT Cherokee Farm and Hitachi:

Microgrid

Southern Company: Connected Community

Kenneth W. Tobin, Director, Electrical and Electronics Systems Research Division, Ph: (865) 574-0355, E-mail: tobinkwjr@ornl.gov

AMIE: Partnering with Industry to Accelerate Energy Innovation