HOPES Controller

STAT-EI’s HOPES controller (US10326280) designed and developed by Prof. Arif Sarwat allows microgrids from different locations to connect through transmission lines to the utility grid. Using the controller the
microgrids can communicate and form a virtual power plant to distribute power where it is needed. The HOPES controller software component includes predictive and prescriptive computation models to address and mitigate the concerns facing the grid’s high-penetration RES scenarios. Also, the controller allows consumers to integrate novel computational tools for state-of-the-art RES generation forecasting and wide-area aggregation, to optimize dynamic RES hosting capacity, intelligent
device synchronization, and on-demand dispatch ability.

Key benefits of  HOPES Controller

• Grid automation
• Increase savings
• Optimize resource
• Diagnose and rapidly respond to faults
• Self-healing
• Helps data-driven decision making
• Provide security from cyber attacks
• Preserves privacy
• Microgrid
• Supports critical infrastructures
• Energy Storage
• Intelligently synchronizes
• Optimize models
• Deliver near real-time operational visibility
• Dispatches for bulk energy transfer
• Wide-area aggregation
• Energy pricing and economics
• Utility-level applications