Planning for Smart Grid for Palestine

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Type: 
Thesis
Year: 
2013
Students: 
Ghadeer Ahmad Abd Al-Kareem Abduh
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With the advanced development in communications and computers, new trends and technologies came out in all aspects of life. For the electrical sector, Smart Grids became a major player for the development of power system and energy distribution. Now, this new technology has many applications that will result in energy conservation, reduction of CO2 emissions, better service and easy handling. Some of these applications may require advance technologies or high capital investment, but others may be applicable without much efforts or costs. In this thesis, the researcher studied the Electrical Energy Sector in the Palestinian Territories through consumption, catering quantities by the Israeli Side to the Palestinian companies and the application of Smart Grid Networks in Electrical Energy Networks in Palestine. The potential applications of Smart Grid in the local grids in Palestine includes but not limited to: Smart Metering, Demand Side Management and Distributed Generation including renewable sources. These applications can be applied without the need for a private communication network for the electric utilities. The use of wide spread home area networks (HAN’s) such as ADSL and BSA technologies will provide a tool that requires minimum installations and reduced costs. The main conclusion that we can reach out of this research and study that there is an essential need for “immediate planning” for Smart Grids for all electric utilities in the West Bank. This planning must focus on choosing the feasible applications, right and economic communication technology and number of participating customers. The integration of distributed generation of power by photovoltaic systems to be installed in the West Bank through the “Palestinian Solar Initiative” is very important and essential.