Smart Grid Tested - ADICA

International  collaboration on smart grid tested solutions in Illinois is expected to stimulate economic development, reduce energy costs, improve electric grid reliability, and improve environmental quality.

South Korea  has been involved in an International Collaboration Program to Strengthen Planning, Analysis, and Implementation of Distributed Energy Resources (ICP-DER) since October of 2008.  The ICP-DER is organized by ADICA and includes Argonne National Laboratory, the University of Chicago, and employees of the Citizens Utility Board. Through this project Korean public and private institutions have begun to collaborate with the US Department of Energy, FERC, the GridWise Alliance, and PJM interconnection; and identified additional opportunities for collaboration in Illinois.

International partners are attracted to the wide array of smart grid and renewable energy projects in Illinois and to the state's advanced research capabilities at national labs and universities. They want to test and develop emerging technologies by installing and demonstrating them in a part of the world that has a lucrative market conducive for smart grid implementation.

Through international Smart Grid collaboration, Illinois benefits from smart grid tested technology and foreign investment, which will help to bring smart grid benefits to consumers.

In early 2010, the Illinois' Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) and Korean Ministry of Knowledge Economy signed a formal agreement to jointly develop and deploy smart grid technologies and business models.

 

Pictured members of Illinois’ delegation at the MOU signing ceremony, include: DCEO Director Warren Ribley, ADICA President & CEO Bruce Hamilton, Chicago 42nd Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly, CUB Executive Director David Kolata, and ISTC President & CEO Matthew Summy.

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