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FREDERICTON —
Scientists in one of Canada's most snowy cities will help the sunny Caribbean islands turn to the green energy grid.
Researchers at the University of New Brunswick received $4.
3 million from Ottawa and emmera—
Parent company of Barbados Optical Power Co. , Ltd. —
Develop renewable energy technologies with potential breakthroughs. The five-
The annual project, led by Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Liu Chenchang, will be at the University's smart-
Grid research lab in fredricton
"At this stage, we get data from Barbados and do research and modeling," Chang said on Wednesday . ".
"In the next phase, we will bring these technologies to Barbados and work with emmera on-site installation and testing.
"There are about 120,000 power customers in the lesser islands, with a grid capacity of 240 MW, which is in a small-scale, energy-hungry market.
"What we want to do is to use the island as a demonstration project to showcase these technologies," said Chris Hussain, president and CEO of emmera . ".
"The reason we're talking about Barbados is because it's an economy that actually has the opportunity to achieve 100 renewable energy faster than most other places.
It is authorized by the government to do so, as well as huge solar and very good wind energy resources.
In 2010, 100 of the island's electricity was generated.
Since then, the number of dismissal has decreased by about 20.
The country is committed to a transition to a fully renewable energy grid by 2045.
However, one of them
The long-term problem with renewable energy is its intermittent --
The Sun must shine or blow the wind in order to produce energy.
This is one of the challenges Chang and his UNB team plan to address through electric vehicle storage systems, shaping customer needs and encouraging the proliferation of small cars
Scale generation.
"What we are concerned about is. . .
Small generators such as batteries, electric vehicles, roofs (photovoltaic)
System and customer load, "Chang said, adding
Grid technology allows the grid to move to 100 renewable energy without being compromised by the intermittent nature of renewable energy.
One focus of the Barbados project is --
Known as distributed energy, including small
Large-scale renewable projects like roof solar or wind power systems. "About three-
"The solar energy produced today comes from the roof for several quarters, so there will be a larger scale and distribution," Huskilson said . ".
"Part of intelligence --
The grid technology that UNB is developing will allow us to control these roof devices, increase storage space, and be able to enable them to support the grid in a better way.
The solar and wind on the roof may be small, but you put them together and they're big, said Zhang.
"Barbados Lighting and Power Program power customers to plug in electric vehicles in the form of costsaving measure.
Atlantic Canada opportunity is investing $2.
8 million through the Atlantic Innovation Fund, the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada has contributed $82,100.
Emmera has already invested $1.
This project 4 million
Huskilson says Smart.
The grid technology that UNB is developing can be deployed anywhere in the world, including the Atlantic, Canada. FREDERICTON —
Scientists in one of Canada's most snowy cities will help the sunny Caribbean islands turn to the green energy grid.
Researchers at the University of New Brunswick received $4.
3 million from Ottawa and emmera—
Parent company of Barbados Optical Power Co. , Ltd. —
Develop renewable energy technologies with potential breakthroughs. The five-
The annual project, led by Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Liu Chenchang, will be at the University's smart-
Grid research lab in fredricton
"At this stage, we get data from Barbados and do research and modeling," Chang said on Wednesday . ".
"In the next phase, we will bring these technologies to Barbados and work with emmera on-site installation and testing.
"There are about 120,000 power customers in the lesser islands, with a grid capacity of 240 MW, which is in a small-scale, energy-hungry market.
"What we want to do is to use the island as a demonstration project to showcase these technologies," said Chris Hussain, president and CEO of emmera . ".
"The reason we're talking about Barbados is because it's an economy that actually has the opportunity to achieve 100 renewable energy faster than most other places.
It is authorized by the government to do so, as well as huge solar and very good wind energy resources.
In 2010, 100 of the island's electricity was generated.
Since then, the number of dismissal has decreased by about 20.
The country is committed to a transition to a fully renewable energy grid by 2045.
However, one of them
The long-term problem with renewable energy is its intermittent --
The Sun must shine or blow the wind in order to produce energy.
This is one of the challenges Chang and his UNB team plan to address through electric vehicle storage systems, shaping customer needs and encouraging the proliferation of small cars
Scale generation.
"What we are concerned about is. . .
Small generators such as batteries, electric vehicles, roofs (photovoltaic)
System and customer load, "Chang said, adding
Grid technology allows the grid to move to 100 renewable energy without being compromised by the intermittent nature of renewable energy.
One focus of the Barbados project is --
Known as distributed energy, including small
Large-scale renewable projects like roof solar or wind power systems. "About three-
"The solar energy produced today comes from the roof for several quarters, so there will be a larger scale and distribution," Huskilson said . ".
"Part of intelligence --
The grid technology that UNB is developing will allow us to control these roof devices, increase storage space, and be able to enable them to support the grid in a better way.
The solar and wind on the roof may be small, but you put them together and they're big, said Zhang.
"Barbados Lighting and Power Program power customers to plug in electric vehicles in the form of costsaving measure.
Atlantic Canada opportunity is investing $2.
8 million through the Atlantic Innovation Fund, the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada has contributed $82,100.
Emmera has already invested $1.
This project 4 million
Huskilson says Smart.
The grid technology that UNB is developing can be deployed anywhere in the world, including the Atlantic, Canada. FREDERICTON —
Scientists in one of Canada's most snowy cities will help the sunny Caribbean islands turn to the green energy grid.
Researchers at the University of New Brunswick received $4.
3 million from Ottawa and emmera—
Parent company of Barbados Optical Power Co. , Ltd. —
Develop renewable energy technologies with potential breakthroughs. The five-
The annual project, led by Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Liu Chenchang, will be at the University's smart-
Grid research lab in fredricton
"At this stage, we get data from Barbados and do research and modeling," Chang said on Wednesday . ".
"In the next phase, we will bring these technologies to Barbados and work with emmera on-site installation and testing.
"There are about 120,000 power customers in the lesser islands, with a grid capacity of 240 MW, which is in a small-scale, energy-hungry market.
"What we want to do is to use the island as a demonstration project to showcase these technologies," said Chris Hussain, president and CEO of emmera . ".
"The reason we're talking about Barbados is because it's an economy that actually has the opportunity to achieve 100 renewable energy faster than most other places.
It is authorized by the government to do so, as well as huge solar and very good wind energy resources.
In 2010, 100 of the island's electricity was generated.
Since then, the number of dismissal has decreased by about 20.
The country is committed to a transition to a fully renewable energy grid by 2045.
However, one of them
The long-term problem with renewable energy is its intermittent --
The Sun must shine or blow the wind in order to produce energy.
This is one of the challenges Chang and his UNB team plan to address through electric vehicle storage systems, shaping customer needs and encouraging the proliferation of small cars
Scale generation.
"What we are concerned about is. . .
Small generators such as batteries, electric vehicles, roofs (photovoltaic)
System and customer load, "Chang said, adding
Grid technology allows the grid to move to 100 renewable energy without being compromised by the intermittent nature of renewable energy.
One focus of the Barbados project is --
Known as distributed energy, including small
Large-scale renewable projects like roof solar or wind power systems. "About three-
"The solar energy produced today comes from the roof for several quarters, so there will be a larger scale and distribution," Huskilson said . ".
"Part of intelligence --
The grid technology that UNB is developing will allow us to control these roof devices, increase storage space, and be able to enable them to support the grid in a better way.
The solar and wind on the roof may be small, but you put them together and they're big, said Zhang.
"Barbados Lighting and Power Program power customers to plug in electric vehicles in the form of costsaving measure.
Atlantic Canada opportunity is investing $2.
8 million through the Atlantic Innovation Fund, the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada has contributed $82,100.
Emmera has already invested $1.
This project 4 million
Huskilson says Smart.
The grid technology that UNB is developing can be deployed anywhere in the world, including the Atlantic, Canada.