FACT 1150 - Introduction to Smart Grids

An introduction to the technologies and design strategies associated with the Smart Grid. This course emphasizes the components of the Smart Grid: controls, computers, automation, and new technologies and equipment working together to meet local energy needs. Students learn how technologies will work with the electrical grid to respond digitally to our quickly changing electric demand. Students gain experience with Smart Grid monitoring and control technologies in the context of SFCC’s smart grid assets and participate in the analysis and planning of sustainable electrical systems using industry-standard software modeling tools. 

Offered: Fall and Spring.
Three lecture hours.