Smart Grid, Smart Metering,

Smart Agriculture
 What is Smart Grid ?
• In the world of the Smart Grid, consumers and utility companies alike
have tools to manage, monitor and respond to energy issues.

• The flow of electricity from utility to consumer becomes

• A two-way conversation
• Saving consumers money
• Energy, delivering more transparency in terms of end-user use
• Reducing carbon emissions.
 What is Smart Grid ?

Reporting
Hardware
+ Management + Software

Intelligent Communications Infrastructure

 What is Smart Grid ?
• Modernization of the electricity delivery system so that it
• Monitors
• Protects
• Automatically optimizes the operation of its interconnected elements –
from the central and distributed generator through the high-voltage
network and distribution system
• to industrial users and building automation systems
• to energy storage installations
• to end-use consumers and their thermostats, electric vehicles, appliances and
other household devices
• The Smart Grid in large, sits at the intersection of Energy, IT and
Telecommunication Technologies.
 Challenges in Smart Grid
• Present Infrastructure is inadequate and requires augmentation to
support the growth of Smart Grids.

• Most renewable resources are intermittent and can not be relied on

(in its present form) for secure energy supply

• Regulatory Policies to deal with consequences of Smart Grid; like off

peak, peak tariffs and other related matters.

• Grid Operation : Monitoring & control

Energy Meters

• induction type energy meters,

• analog or digital electric energy meters,
• three phase or single phase energy meters,
• electromechanical energy meters,
• microcontroller based wireless energy meters,
• smart energy meters
SMART METERS
A smart meter is an electronic device that records consumption of electric energy in intervals of an
hour or less and communicates that information at least daily back to the utility for monitoring and
billing.

• Smart meters enable two-way communication between the meter and the central system.

• Unlike home energy monitors, smart meters can gather data for remote reporting. Such an
advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) differs from traditional automatic meter reading (AMR) in
that it enables two-way communications with the meter.
Advanced Metering
Infrastructure
 Demand Response
 Incentive/Disincentive by tariff
 Signaling for load control
 Load curtailment beyond sanctioned limit
 Tamper Detection
 Network Problem identification
 Reduced AT&C losses
 Energy Audit
 Billing Efficiency
Advanced Metering Infrastructure
 Benefits of having a smart meter?

• More accurate bills Smart meters mean the end of

• Faster and easier energy switching: Because your usage
estimated bills, the end of having to remember to
data is so easily accessible, the aim is to make energy
provide meter readings and/or have a stranger come
switching as quick as just a half hour.
into your home to read your meter
• Bringing energy system into the 21st
• Better understanding of your usage With the
Century: The future is smart, and smart meters are part
smart
of the effort to create a smart grid, which is part of
meter display, you can see the direct impact your
providing low-carbon, efficient and reliable energy to
habits and lifestyle have on your bill. This is particularly
households.
useful to prepayment meter customers, who can better
track how their usage impacts their available credit. By
• Innovative energy tariffs: Using the data collected on
making your energy usage easier to understand, you
when and how households are using energy, suppliers
can make smarter decisions to save energy and money,
can create more competitive time-of-use tariffs with
including feeling more confident switching energy
cheaper prices for off-peak use.
Supplier.
SMART FARMING, SMART INFRASTRUCTURE
Objectives of smart farming
• Sustainably increasing agricultural productivity and incomes;
• Adapting and building resilience to climate change;
• Reducing and/or removing greenhouse gas emissions

Advantages of Smart Agriculture

• It allows farmers to maximize yields using minimum resources such as water,
fertilizers, seeds etc.

• Solar powered and mobile operated pumps save cost of electricity.

Disadvantages of Smart Agriculture
• The smart agriculture needs availability of internet continuously.

• The smart farming based equipment require farmers to understand and learn the
use of technology. This is major challenge in adopting smart agriculture farming
at large scale across the countries.