by Ann Withanee — October 27, 2010—IEEE, a leading professional association for the advancement of technology, has announced the launch of the IEEE P2030.2 Working Group (WG), tasked with facilitating wide-scale, consistent implementation of energy storage systems. The P2030.2 WG will deliver guidelines for discrete and hybrid energy storage systems that are integrated into the electric power infrastructure, according to IEEE.
P2030.2 will build on overall Smart Grid interoperability topics being covered in IEEE Standard P2030, the industry’s first cross-discipline guideline for smart grid interoperability for the power engineering, communications and information technology industries.
The resulting Guide for the Interoperability of Energy Storage Systems Integrated with the Electric Power Infrastructure will help users achieve greater understanding of energy storage systems by defining technical characteristics. It will also illustrate how discrete and hybrid systems may be successfully integrated with and used compatibly as part of the electric power infrastructure.
The standard fills the need for guidance relevant to a knowledge base addressing terminology, functional performance, evaluation criteria, operations, testing, and the application of engineering principles for energy storage systems integrated with electric power architectures and systems.
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