This paper reviews the vital aspects of DER based microgrid and presents simulations to investigate the impacts of DER sources, electric vehicles (EV), and energy storage system (ESS) on practicable architectures' resilient operation.
In short, a smart grid denotes the system-wide intelligent upgrade of the power system, while a microgrid denotes a localized energy network. Both relate to renewable energy development and aim to support more sustainable power and economic operation.
This arrangement allows for increased efficiency, improved reliability, and enhanced resilience in the delivery of electricity. Furthermore, it enables the utilization of Renewable Energy Sources (RESs), reducing reliance on conventional fossil fuel-based power generation.
This grid can spread the intelligence of the energy distribution and control system from the central unit to the long-distance remote areas, thus enabling accurate state estimation (SE) and wide-area real-time monitoring of these intermittent energy sources.
Therefore, distributed control methods are applied in addition to centralized and de-centralized controls for reliable operation of the system in microgrids and between different microgrids. This section discusses the features of these methods.
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