Local smart grids NOW!

One of the main objectives of the social and political discussions in Germany is the use of regenerative electrical energy produced by wind turbines or photovoltaic. Due to the fact that the regenerative energy sources are not always available the consumption of the energy needs to be controlled. The energy generation, distribution and consumption is one of the most complex systems a modern society has to organize. Since five years politicians and researcher are discussing smart grid solutions. The motivation for the project “LokSMART” was to design a local smart grid (Fig. 1) and installing this smart grid right now.