Challenges Faced in the Development of Smart Grids

The environmental issues that have cropped up of late have largely been prompted by the depletion in natural resources. The planet has been affected by the continuous exploration in search of such natural resource reserves. ICT applications concentrate on increasing the efficiency at which the natural resources are managed.

The connection between the different energy grids that is renewable, nuclear and coal and the addition of communication and intelligence capabilities that leads to the creation of the smart grids is vital. Smart grids are empowered to conduct the detection, communication of problems and to locate any inefficiency that might take place in the energy generation system and the distribution network. Energy consumption in homes is thus accurately monitored. However there are numerous challenges that lie in the path of developing smart grids that can be used to empower smart transportation. E-mobility jobs revolve around the development of such smart grids that effectively implement vehicle to grid and grid to vehicle technology. The obstacles that may surface in the process include:

• The creation of solutions that are ICT based and can reduce energy consumption drastically and also increase the efficiency of business and technical processes
• Devising new solutions that are aimed towards designing and the implementation of reliability and usability in specific energy systems
• The creation and execution of systems meant for data monitoring, evaluation and transmission collection to initiate actions for the effective use of energy.
• Increasing the collaboration between the public sector, the industry and the various environmental organisations.
• The development of techniques and network infrastructure for considerably reducing power consumption.

The ICT or information communications technology industry plays a crucial role in the development of smart grids that are used for the development of electric vehicles. Research and development and manufacture of such vehicles is carried out by people engaged in smart transportation jobs that require technically aware and skilled candidates.