My Interest in Microgrid Research

The picture was taken from Pixabay.com - I think I'm trying to say that I finally started it.

One of the research areas that I'm very fascinated with is Microgrid research. there are several reasons for this long fascination.

I heard about them in my final year group project in uni (UoM, Sri Lanka) and who can forget their FYP? (However, I was a lazy undergraduate and didn't do much about it)
They appear to solve many problems in the modern electric grid with high penetration of renewable energy sources.
Their islanded operation can provide electricity even in grid outages, which is both fascinating and helpful to critical loads. (eg. Hospitals, Water supply,..)

(Keep in mind that above is not the full potential of microgrids and I will compile a post on the full potential of microgrids in the future)

I'm currently working on microgrid research in UoM. The current research is "Design and development of a new Reconfigurable Architecture for Solar Photovoltaic Microgrid" and "Fast Demand Response in an Islanded Microgrid".

I'm planning to write about this research and many more areas related to engineering and sometimes other areas in this blog. This will be my own take on these areas and potentially help someone get some inspiration or knowledge.

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