OPAL-RT Real-Time Simulator for Renewable Energy and Smart Grid Research

新兴技术使我们能够过渡到混合能源格局，可再生能源成为我们现代社会的重要贡献者。可再生能源的发展令人兴奋，但也给电力行业带来了重大的技术挑战。目前的电力系统基础设施是基于一个世纪前设计的架构，该架构依赖于具有可预测输出的大型集中控制发电厂。另一方面，可再生能源是分布式的、独立控制的和间歇性的。由于这种不兼容性，使电网能够可靠地与可再生能源一起运行是一项复杂的全球挑战。微电网作为电网连接或隔离的小规模电力系统正变得越来越受欢迎，通常在限定的电气边界内管理一组可再生和/或传统的分布式发电机、能量存储系统和负载。微电网被认为是提高可持续性、复原力和能源效率的一个技术上可行的选择。

Emerging technologies enables the transition to a blended energy landscape where renewable energy becomes a significant contributor to our modern society. The advancement of renewable energy is exciting but also creates significant technical challenges to the power industry. The current power system infrastructure is based on an architecture designed a century ago, which relies on large, centrally controlled power plants with predictable outputs. Renewable energy, on the other hand, is distributed, independently controlled, and intermittent. Due to such an incompatibility, adapting the power grid to operate reliably with renewable energy sources is a complicated global challenge. Microgrids are becoming increasingly popular as grid-connected or isolated small-scale power systems, typically managing a group of renewable and/or conventional distributed generators, energy storage systems, and loads within a defined electrical boundary. Microgrids are considered to be a technically feasible option to improve sustainability, resilience, and energy efficiency.