ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the development of a testbed for smart energy system will be addressed, with focuses on both the implementation of individual technologies and their cooperation in the whole system. Hardware-based testbeds provide a scaled energy system that runs in the real world, which contains a range of energy system components, such as the generators, the loads, and the circuits. With the increase of computing capability and decrease of corresponding cost, a wide range of simulation software has been invented to simulate the complex procedures or processes, whose data are traditionally obtained via hardware-based experiments. The hybrid design method is a new solution other than the hardware-based and software-based testbed designs. The categorisation of testbed design method into hardware-based, software-based, and hybrid design is from a broad and general view, while each design method has its own advantages and disadvantages.
