Emulation of Smart Grid Technologies and Topologies in a Small Scale Smart City Testbed

Smart grids and smart cities are intertwined due to their shared goal of enhancing urban dwellers' standard of living while simultaneously decreasing their carbon footprint. An integral part of a smart city's infrastructure, the smart grid lays the groundwork for effective energy management and makes it possible to include renewable energy sources. While smart grid technology can benefit a city, implementation can be challenging and costly. Researchers can utilize simulation tools and emulated physical hardware to make adopting new technologies more accessible to evaluate smart grid deployment strategies before integrating them into existing cities. This paper presents the new smart grid capabilities in a small-scale smart city testbed called OpenCyberCity and demonstrates an example control implementation for the emulated smart grid hardware.