May 2018
Intermediate to advanced
492 pages
15h 21m
English
Yuri R. Rodrigues⁎; Paulo F. Ribeiro† ⁎ University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, BC, Canada† Federal University of Itajuba (UNIFEI), Itajuba, Brazil
This chapter presents a comprehensive perspective of the application of Smart Grid technologies in Brazil. The main motivations, projects, thematics covered, amount of investment, regional distribution, and research and development activities are some of the addressed aspects. Furthermore, an overview of the Brazilian road map for Smart Grid deployment is followed by lessons learned while diagnostic and barriers obtained from previous and ongoing projects are stressed. Finally, the actual level of maturity of the Smart Grid concepts ...