APEC SMART GRID TEST BED NETWORK
The APEC Smart Grid Test Bed Network has been established as a Smart Grid activity under the
Energy Smart Communities Initiative (ESCI) that was launched by Japanese Prime Minister Kan
and U.S. President Obama on the occasion of the APEC Leaders meeting in Yokohama in
November 2010. Ten APEC economies have joined the Test Bed Network: Australia, China,
Indonesia, Korea, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, and United States.
Korea, the United States and others will make test beds available for all of these economies to
use in research and development of smart grid technology and to share their test results.
Smart grid test beds are an important element for demonstrating the multiple benefits that
smart grid technology can bring to APEC economies – such as enabling more “behind the
meter” efficiency measures in buildings and industry and increased electricity generation from
intermittent renewable power sources like wind and photovoltaics. Economies are encouraged
to cooperate in the development of regional test beds as well as economy specific test beds
which can incorporate local grid operating conditions, environmental factors, and social
considerations. The test bed network established through ASGI and ESCI can be expected to
form a major component of the Smart Grid International Research Facility Network (SIRFN) that
is being developed through the global International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN).
Test beds will be selected based on their complementary facilities to conduct specialized,
controlled laboratory evaluations of integrated smart grid technologies including cyber security,
plug-in hybrids, load management, automated metering infrastructure, protection, network
sensing, energy management, renewables integration and similar technology applications. ESCI
and SIRFN will allow members to research pre-competitive technologies and systems
approaches for a wide range of smart grid applications. Research in each economy will benefit
from the unique capabilities and environments of all the partners. Test data will be made
available to all members to accelerate the development of smart grid technologies.
Korea: Smart Grid Test Bed at Jeju Island
Korean Government selected Jeju Island for a smart grid test bed in 2009 with a goal of it
becoming the world’s largest smart grid community that allows the testing of advanced smart
grid technologies and R&D results, as well as the development of smart grid business models.
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