Dubai-based university lab uses smart grids for clean energy

Dubai - It enables experimentation in all aspects of the technology and is aimed at achieving the UAE’s future environmental sustainability goals.

A Dubai university has 
created a smart energy laboratory that will enable students to learn about the actual generation and transmission of power, to its distribution and management. The new facility at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) 
focuses on the application of smart grids technology providing students with a full hands-on simulation of a real smart grid.

It enables experimentation in all aspects of the technology and is aimed at achieving the UAE’s future environmental sustainability goals.

The laboratory which is located on the university’s new campus has been established in collaboration with leading industry training systems provider, Lucas-Nuelle.

It’s set out to promote teaching, research and training to 
prepare the next generation of engineers for the future challenges in sustainable energy production and consumption.

Dr Abdulla Ismail, professor of electrical engineering at RIT Dubai, said: “The smart grid is the future of electrical energy, providing a more reliable, efficient, safe and cost-effective 
production and distribution system that incorporates sustainable power sources and supports the new generation of infrastructure and transportation.”