Vimal Mahendru October 12, 2017 · Vimal Mahendru•October 12, 2017 Chair, SyC LVDC LVDC Workshop...

• October 12, 2017Vimal Mahendru

Chair, SyC LVDC

LVDC Workshop

Sao Paolo, Brazil

May 10, 2019

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New York, 1887http://io9.gizmodo.com/photos-from-the-days-when-thousands-of-cables-crowded-t-1629961917

Seattle, Washington, 1952http://io9.gizmodo.com/photos-from-the-days-when-thousands-of-cables-crowded-t-1629961917

All the things we and run on Direct Current

World Bank Multitier Framework for Energy Access

(https://www.esmap.org/node/55526)

Photo adapted from https://www.esmap.org/node/55526

多梯度电力普及应用

UNDP estimates this to be

biggest demand outside of

electricity for rural homes,

is healthcare

Picture courtesy UNDP

Picture courtesy IndiaGoSolar.in

Why Now?

Devices: LED lighting, IT and

multimedia, consumer appliances

Sources:PV

Panels, Energy storage

Electricity Access

Cost down

Energy efficiency up

Cost down

UN SDGs and

regulations creating a

market

• Electricity is integral to development,

• Electricity has to be sustainable,

affordable and abundant,

• Cost of solar PV based generation and

battery storage is coming down, making a

good business case for DC Microgrids,

• Since Solar PV, storage and ‘smart

devices’ all require direct current, LVDC is

becoming a ‘hot topic’

IEC LVDC Zone (www.iec.ch/LVDC)

includes content from past conferences

downloads area (brochures, mnemonic, public content)

Open Forum - LVDC

IEC LVDC LinkedIn Group

The LVDC Technology Paper: LVDC: electricity for the 21st century

LVDC Videos

TEDx Talk on LVDC https://goo.gl/HjXTuN

UN SDG7 Video https://goo.gl/s6VEvz

Vimal Mahendru, vimalm@indoasian.com, New Delhi

Gennaro Ruggiero, gru@iec.ch, Geneva