China: Monitoring, Optimization and Control for Green Smart Grid - MAXGREEN

The proposed project targets "Støtte til samarbeid med Kina" in the RENERGI programme for establishing a sustained collaboration in research and research oriented education between University of Oslo (Norway), Simula Research Laboratory (Norway), and Zhej iang University (China) in the area of ICT-based solutions for energy-efficient smart grids. The primary goals of this project are to develop new research links and strengthen the current research links amongst the parnterns, seek the collaborative opport unities at the national and European (e.g., FP7) levels, to enable complimentary scientific understanding of joint problems, to promote the training of PhD students, and to provide highly qualified talent and competence for the local fast-growing smart gr id industry. From a scientific perspective, the overall goal of this collaboration is to create novel ICT-based monitoring, optimization and controlling solutions for the energy-efficient smart grid. Our roadmap to green smart grids is driven by the key concept energy-efficiency and accordingly specifies the technical challenges in energy monitoring, energy optimization and energy control. The objectives of the project include the collaborative research and development of (1) energy-efficient sensor net works solutions for smart metering applications; (2) novel theoretical models and implementation techniques to optimize the performance-energy saving tradeoff; (3) a cyber-physical approach to study the closed-loop control that can predict and adjust cons umers' energy usage behavior based on pricing incentives. We will aggressively synergize existing Norwegian and Chinese partners' expertise in power grids, energy-efficiency, distributed control, optimization and economic approaches. We will also develop new capabilities in cyber-physical approaches.