Book description
The creation of a flexible, efficient, digitized, dependable and resilient power grid may well be the best route to increasing energy efficiency & security, as well as boosting the potential of renewable & distributed power sources. This book covers smart grids from A-Z, providing a complete treatment of the topic, covering both policy and technology, explaining the most recent innovations supporting its development, and clarifying how the smart grid can support the integration of renewable energy resources. Among the most important topics included are smart metering, renewable energy storage, plug-in hybrids, flexible demand response, strategies for offsetting intermittency issues, micro-grids for off-grid communities, and specific in-depth coverage of wind and solar power integration. The content draws lessons from an international panel of contributors, whose diverse experiences implementing smart grids will help to provide templates for success.
- Provides critical information on the technological, design and policy issues that must be taken into account to ensure that the smart grid is implemented successfully
- Demonstrates how smart grids can help utilities adhere to increased renewable portfolio standards
- Provides examples of successful microgrid/smart metering projects from around the world that can act as templates for developers, operators and investors embarking upon similar projects
Table of contents
- Cover image
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Preface
- Author Bios
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Smart Grid is a Lot More than Just “Technology”
- Chapter 2. From Smart Grid to Smart Energy Use
- Chapter 3. The Ethics of Dynamic Pricing
- Chapter 4. The Equity Implications of Smart Grid
- Chapter 5. Prospects for Renewable Energy
- Chapter 6. The Smart Grid Vision and Roadmap for California
- Chapter 7. Realizing the Potential of Renewable and Distributed Generation
- Chapter 8. What Role for Microgrids?
- Chapter 9. Renewables Integration Through Direct Load Control and Demand Response
- Chapter 10. Riding the Wave
- Chapter 11. Software Infrastructure and the Smart Grid
- Chapter 12. How Large Commercial and Industrial Customers Respond to Dynamic Pricing—The California Experience
- Chapter 13. Smart Pricing to Reduce Network Investment in Smart Distribution Grids—Experience in Germany
- Chapter 14. Succeeding in the Smart Grid Space by Listening to Customers and Stakeholders
- Chapter 15. Customer View of Smart Grid—Set and Forget?
- Chapter 16. The Customer Side of the Meter
- Chapter 17. Demand Response Participation in Organized Electricity Markets
- Chapter 18. Perfect Partners
- Chapter 19. Impact of Smart EVs on Day-Ahead Prices in the French Market
- Epilogue
- Index
Product information
- Title: Smart Grid
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2011
- Publisher(s): Elsevier Science
- ISBN: 9780123864529
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