The vast amount of knowledge as well as industry and leadership experience represented in this course will serve practicing engineers, managers, Operations Personnel, distribution engineers, instrumentation engineers,  automation and control engineers, and policy makers to learn about the exciting field of Smart Grid.

Module-1: Vision and Strategy for the Electricity Networks of the Future

• The Drivers of Smart Grids
• The Core Elements of the European Smart Grid Vision
• Ambitious Changes of the Energy Policy in Europe and the Consequences for Smart Grids

Module-2: Smart Generation: Resources and Potentials

• New Trends and Requirements for Electricity Generation
• Volatile Renewable Energy Sources: Wind and Sun
• Cogeneration of Heat and Power Applying Renewable
• Electric Energy Storage Systems
• Enhanced Flexibility Requirements for Controllable Power Plants

Module-3: Modern Technologies and the Smart Grid Challenges in Transmission Networks

• Substations: The Network Nodes
• Control and Automation of Power Systems by Digital Technologies
• Transmission Technologies
• Present Challenges for Transmission Grids

Module-4: Design of Distribution Networks and the Impact of New Network Users

• Categories of Distribution Networks
• Primary and Secondary MV Distribution
• Network Categories for MV and LV
• Neutral Grounding Concepts
• Protection for Distribution Networks
• Distribution Network Operation
• New Trends in Distribution Systems

Module-5: Smart Operation and monitoring at the Transmission Level

• The Root Causes of Large Blackouts and the Lessons Learned
• Control Areas and System Services
• Power System Observation and Intelligent Congestion Management

Module-6: The Three Pillars of Smart Distribution

• The Relationship Between Smart Grids and Smart Markets in Distribution Systems
• Automation and Remote Control of Local Distribution Networks
• Flexibility by Virtual Power Plants: Smart Aggregation
• Smart Metering and Market Integration of the Consumers
• Communication Needs for Smart Distribution

Module-7: The Smart Energy Market

• Prospective Markets for Power Supply: A Vision and a Case Study
• Smart Services for Network Operations and Electricity Markets

Module-8: Advanced Information and Communication Technology

• Seamless Communication by Applying the Standard Series IEC 61850
• The History of Communication Development for Supervision and Control in Power Systems
• The Importance of Uniform ICT Standards for Smart Grids
• Data Management Based on the Common Information Model CIM IEC 61968/70
• Data and Communications Security IEC/TS 62351

Module-9: Smart grid communication topologies

• LAN topologies and LAN media access control techniques
• LAN standards
• Protocols: TCP/IP
• LAN extension and interconnection
• Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs)
• Wide Area Networks (WANs)
• Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)

Module-10: The Anatomy of a Smart Grid

• Core Smart Grid Technologies
• Active Network Management (ANM)
• Automatic Voltage Control
• Dynamic Line Rating (DLR)
• Intelligent Electronic Device (lED)
• Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU)
• Reactive Power Compensation
• Peripheral Smart Grid Technologies
• Distributed Generation (DG)
• Dynamic Demand (DD)
• Grid energy storage
• Microgeneration
• Smart appliances
• Smart homes
• Smart meters
• Virtual power plants (VPPs)

Module-11: Decision Support Applications

• Operator Load Flow
• Fault Calculation
• Loss Minimization
• VAR Control
• Volt Control
• Data Dependency
• Trouble Call-Based Outage Management
• Advanced Application-Based Outage Management
• GIS-Centric versus SCADA-Centric

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing a minimum of 80% of the total course duration.