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: [email protected]
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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Complex models to predict and control
grid operations
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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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
AMIE: Partnering with Industry to Accelerate Energy Innovation
