Development of Feed-In-Tariff using Unbundle Smart Meters for Small Scale Wind Power Generating Plant and Small-Scale Roof-Top Solar Plant

With developing demands for alternative energy sources, large number of wind power generating farms and solar power plant are getting deployed throughout the world. Small home-based wind turbines and solar generator are also gaining popularity as Prosumers are increasing in current smart grid scenario. Going with the current trends, Feed-In-Tariff (FiT) concept and Net Energy metering could provide solution for efficient integration of wind energy to grid. In this paper two case studies have been presented of FiT for a small wind farm a n d a small roof-top solar plant, feeding power to central grid. The FiT has been developed in unbundled smart meter (USM) as it provides the flexibility to add new features to the meter. The microcontroller based smart meter is programmed with feature for data acquisition of power generated from a small- scale wind turbine and roof-top solar plant. This data is used for case studying the effect of FiT for energy billing optimization and hence promoting the growth of renewable to grid integration.