effort whereby A plugs into B, which plugs into C, and systems can grow or decrease with the changing demands of the environment—scalable micro-grids.


All of our previous work has paved the way for scalable micro-grids, which allow users to add units, whether 20 or 100, without changing technologies, platforms, or cables. Basically this is a matter of applying the smart-grid archi- tecture from the Soldier platform up to the tactical operations center. Scalable micro-grids can affect size, weight, and power by decreasing weight while pow- ering the same amount of equipment, and will dramatically reduce fuel logis- tics—especially with the incorporation of renewable technologies.


In addition to developing a proof-of- concept system with specifications, we are hoping to establish working groups of DoD and industry in this arena—or use existing groups—but coordination across the two communities is a major challenge.


The Power Sources 2012 conference June 11-14, in Las Vegas, NV, will focus on energy generation and storage tech- nology for military application. It will be an opportunity for Joint collabora- tion, as it is sponsored by CERDEC CPI Army Power and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory in conjunction with the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, U.S. Depart- ment of Energy, and NASA.


The conference (http://powersourcescon- ference.com) will feature demonstrations and information concerning what we are working on in regard to scalable micro- grids, and we invite you to participate.


MARNIE DE JONG is the Research Proj- ect Manager for the Renewable Energy


Desired Performance Attributes Figure 1


Micro-grid systems allow Army engineers to create platforms that manage and distribute power efficiently while using smaller generators. Most micro-grids centralize the intelligence, but CERDEC CPI is working to make all the devices smart so that each piece of the grid has the capability to communicate and operate in an intelligent manner. (SOURCE: CERDEC CPI.)


for Distributed Undersupplied Command Environments


program engineering in sity of Delaware, an M.S. CERDEC


CPI Army Power. She holds a B.S. in electrical


from the Univer- in electrical


engineering from Pennsylvania State Uni- versity, and an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland. She is Level III certified in systems planning, research, development, and engineering.


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