Optimal Power Consumption in Micro Grid Based on PV Array

Abstract

Microgrids provide the ability to take energy from the grid as well as feed power directly to the grid through low voltage networks, thereby allowing the customer to become an active participant in the grid. They should also be able to work in emergency state and be disconnected from the grid, called islanded mode. Prediction and forecasting of renewable energy production plays a key role in microgrid management and control. Prediction algorithms are implemented part of the Energy Information Algorithm of microgrids. In smart microgrid is coupled with power system to deliver a smart system that can provide energy in efficient manner. Energy information system plays, therefore, a key role in managing the resources within the microgrid and can be thought as a layer on the top of the power layer.