Workshop D2: Challenges and Recommendations for DER integration to the grid from the perspective of information exchange, cybersecurity and telecommunications

Presenters : Victor Tan, Giovanna Donsossola, Junho Hong, Mats Uhlin and Chaoyang Zhu

The electric power system is undergoing its most significant transformation in over a century. Distributed Energy Resources (DER) — PV and wind onshore plants, rooftop solar, battery storage, electric vehicles, and demand response — are reshaping the grid from a predictable power flow from large-scale bulk generators to consumers, to a decentralised multidirectional ecosystem.

The challenges to the grid are well known, including stresses to the physical constraints of current grid infrastructure (transmission lines, distribution poles and wires). This transition also creates profound challenges for the information systems, telecommunications infrastructure, and cybersecurity frameworks that underpin grid operations.

This workshop synthesises the work from the CIGRE SC D2 focus group on DER, framed around three pillars — (1) the DER data-exchange problem (scale, diversity, cybersecurity); (2) the private-vs-public telecommunications dilemma; (3) the cybersecurity challenges.

Speakers

Giovanna
DONDOSSOLA

Mats
UHLIN

Junho
HONG

Victor
TAN

Chaoyang
ZHU