Microgrid systems encounter various challenges, including critical issues such as load scheduling and the generation of large amounts of data that need to be monitored to stabilize the system during operation. It is essential to ensure the real-time collection and protection of data throughout the process. In this context, infrastructure such as cloud computing and data security plays a crucial role in addressing these challenges. Data generated from a microgrid includes different attributes such as meteorological information, energy production data, and distributed energy resources data, which help monitor the balance between supply and demand. This data also plays a crucial role in energy forecasting, predictive maintenance, and analyzing the critical performance of grid-connected or standalone microgrid systems. The paper discusses the significance of the data collected from distributed energy resources and provides a critical analysis of current solutions and future perspectives on data sharing in microgrids and their challenges.
Many organisations, especially Critical Infrastructures, are facing an increasingly severe cyber threat situation and are continuously improving their IT-security. We present the state of the art of sector specific security operation of CI operators with the German health sector as an example. To improve the situation we propose several spheres of activity with practical exemplary measures, e.g. for relevant protocols. In this way we help to prepare a CI sector governance with sourcing options for security operation for all relevant actors: from the responsible authorities in the country via a single point of contact in the health sector to hospital centres and the medical practice.