ISGAN Award 2018

Nominations are now open for the second ISGAN Award of Excellence competition, sponsored by the International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN), in partnership with the Global Smart Grid Federation (GSGF). The award will recognize excellence in innovation, integration, and transformation of smart grid systems.

The ISGAN Award of Excellence in Smart Grids for Flexibility will advance smart grids by improving the flexibility of the grid by balancing supply and demand simultaneously, thereby reducing customer losses from power disruptions.

Eligible projects include pilot, demonstration, and deployment projects. Nomination period closes on October 13th, 2017.

Theme: Smart Grids for Flexibility

Consumers are becoming increasingly dependent upon a constant supply of electricity, and thus less forgiving of interruptions. However, as renewable energy generation is brought onto the grid, as well as the growth in electric vehicles and other connected devices, it introduces more variability in the electricity supply, presenting an energy management challenge. The increase in variability calls for greater power system flexibility in which electricity production or consumption is modified to respond to both expected and unexpected fluctuations in supply and demand. Because of the critical importance of sustaining a flexible grid and the role that smart grids can play to help facilitate and improve grid flexibility, ISGAN has chosen "Smart Grids for Flexibility" as the theme of the 2017 Award of Excellence.

The ISGAN Award of Excellence in Smart Grids for Flexibility will advance smart grids by improving the flexibility of the grid by balancing supply and demand simultaneously, thereby reducing customer losses from power disruptions.

Please find more information on the ISGAN Awards Website.