Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: Smart Grids and Sustainable Energy Transformation.- PART I History, Evolution and Latest Development of Smart Grids.- Smart grids: overview of concepts, applications and latest developments.- PART II Technical Characteristics of Smart Grids.- Getting smart: the smart grid systems and the state-of-the-art technologies.- Towards a European renewable-based energy system enabled by smart grid: status and prospects.- Demand response, dynamic pricing and smart metering: enabling energy-saving and smart houses.- Microgrids, virtual power plants and our distributed energy future.-.Transmission and distribution systems of smart grids: current status and future trends.- Communication and Network Security Requirements for Smart Grid.- PART III Stakeholders in Perspective: Interests, Power, and Conflict.- Smart regulation for smart grids.- Smart grids from the consumers' perspective.- A business case for smart grid technologies: a systemic perspective.- PART IV National Case studies.- A smart transmission grid for Europe: challenges in developing grid enabling technologies.- Smart-grid technologies and progress in the USA.- Towards sustainable energy systems through collaboration between government and business: the Japanese case.- Smart grids and socio-technical systems transition: a government-led approach in Korea.- Super smart grid and low carbon economy in China.- Intelligent grid in Australia: a value proposition for distributed energy.- PART V Conclusion.- Conclusions.
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