The Start

Welcome to this blog!

Here myself and Sam Williamson will be discussing about the design and building a model of a renewable microgrid at the University of Bristol.

Hopefully by the end of this project, we will:

• have built an actual physical model of an off-grid electrical network - an isolated microgrid - using different renewable sources such solar PV, wind, hydro and maybe some battery storage. 
• allow people to be able to interact with the microgrid so that they can explore different energy sources and loads, understanding how changing these affects the microgrid and load the community can use.
• start to understand about the potential and the issues with having grid sourced only from the renewables, and also how does varying different supply/load affects the grid?

Also, with this project we hope to provide a valuable insight and inspire students to take on Electrical and Electronic engineering in their future.

By ways of introduction...

My name is Arbind Dhakal and have just finished my third year of Electrical and Electronic engineering degree in this University. I decided to be involved in this project because of my keen interest in energy management and green technology.

Sam Williamson is based in the University and working as a research associate in the Electrical Energy Management Group. He also has an interest in sustainable engineering, having spent the past 8 years working in the area and will be advising me in this project.

We'll keep this blog updated with how we're getting on throughout the project, and follow us on Twitter as well for any quick little updates.