Digital technology for smart grid

The Smart Grids research group (GIREI) develops, designs, evaluates, and recommends methodologies and technologies to facilitate communication between the different stages of the electrical system to facilitate the optimal roadmap to achieve a "Smart Grid" focused on the reliability and efficiency of the system. It develops and implements applications directed to alternative energies through generic methodologies of climate analysis and specialized technologies for electricity generation, microgeneration, and distributed generation. One of its objectives is to transfer in a timely and innovative manner the results of research that generate an impact on the decisions of the Ecuadorian electricity sector according to the regional, national, and international context. The GIREI group is currently working on processes that seek solutions for the optimal location of electric vehicle charging centers, certification of high voltage equipment, algorithms for efficiency and reliability of the electric distribution network, deployment of microgrids, and distributed generation, considering the massive inclusion of electric vehicles.