II-New: Modern Computing Infrastructure for Research and Education of Future Smart and Renewable Energy Systems

由于可再生能源和智能电网技术的快速发展，当今的电网正在经历重大变革。这种转变不可避免地要求对许多迅速出现的问题进行重大的变革性研究，同时不影响现有电网的运行、稳定性和可靠性。该项目支持收购现代实时硬件在环（HIL）仿真系统，以推进智能电网和可再生能源技术。该项目将以多学科的方式对智能电网组件进行建模，并研究智能微电网框架内可再生能源、储能系统和“智能”负载的互操作性特征。该项目将导致先进的计算技术有效的模拟为基础的研究长期和短期的动态未来？混合系统？然后呢？混合信号？电网配置。同时，该项目将研究如何将基于能源和智能代理的计算和通信系统集成到分散的电网中，该项目将促进未来智能电网的先进技术的开发，减少与能源有关的排放，提高所有经济部门的能源效率，并加强美国在先进计算和能源领域的技术领先地位。该项目将吸引和留住更多的少数民族和女性学生参加计算能源系统计划，并教育年轻的工程师和科学家，以满足能源和网络技术的快速发展，为21世纪世纪。

Today's electric power grid is experiencing a significant transformation because of rapid developments in renewable energy and smart grid technologies. This transition inevitably demands significant transformative research on many rapidly arising issues while the operation, stability, and reliability of the existing power grid is not affected. This project supports the acquisition of a modern real-time hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation system to advance smart grid and renewable energy technologies. The project will model smart grid components in a multi-disciplinary manner and investigate the interoperability characteristics of renewable energy sources, energy storage systems, and "smart" loads within a smart microgrid framework. The project will result in advanced computational technologies efficient for simulation-based study of both long- and short-term dynamics of future ?mixed system? and ?mixed signal? power grid configurations. At the same time, the project will examine how to integrate energy and intelligent-agent-based computing and communication systems within a decentralized electric power grid.The project will enhance the development of advanced technologies for the future smart power grid, reduce energy-related emissions, improve energy efficiency of all economic sectors, and strengthen the technological lead for the United States in the advanced computing and energy fields. The project will attract and retain more minority and female students to the computational energy system program and educate young engineers and scientists to meet the rapid developments in energy and cyber technology for the 21st century.