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Playing in the Smart Grid Sandbox to Achieve Zero Net Energy
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- Written by Massoud Amin and Anthony M. Giacomoni
The University of Minnesota has built a microgrid at its Morris campus that is a microcosm of what eventually could be the norm everywhere. The campus, highly reliant on locally generated renewable energy, is almost self-sustaining in terms of energy and net-zero in terms of carbon. The next step will be to reduce energy use and improve efficiency, with the introduction of time-of-day pricing schemes.
Massoud Amin is a senior member of IEEE, chairman of the IEEE smart grid newsletter, and a fellow of ASME.
Anthony M. Giacomoni, a student member of IEEE, is currently a post-doctoral research associate at the University of Minnesota. 
Yukio Hiranaka is a senior member of IEEE and a professor at Yamagata University, Yonezawa, Japan.
Stefano Galli is the Director of Technology Strategy at ASSIA, leading overall standardization strategy and contributing to its efforts in wired & wireless access...
Adel S. Elmaghraby, an IEEE Senior Member, is professor and chair of the Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department at the University of Louisville.
James H. Graham, an IEEE senior member, is the Henry Vogt Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Louisville...
Matthew Turner is a post-doctoral associate at the University of Louisville Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research.