Smart grid (r)evolution : electric power struggles / Jennie C. Stephens, Elizabeth J. Wilson, Tarla Rai Peterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stephens, Jennie, author.

Wilson, Elizabeth J., author.

Peterson, Tarla Rai, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Smart power grids.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 198 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The term 'smart grid' has become a catch-all phrase to represent the potential benefits of a revamped and more sophisticated electricity system that can fulfil several societal expectations related to enhanced energy efficiency and sustainability. Smart grid promises to enable improved energy management by utilities and by consumers, to provide the ability to integrate higher levels of variable renewable energy into the electric grid, to support the development of microgrids, and to engage citizens in energy management. However, it also comes with potential pitfalls, such as increased cybersecurity vulnerabilities and privacy risks. Although discussions about smart grid have been dominated by technical and economic dimensions, this book takes a sociotechnical systems perspective to explore critical questions shaping energy system transitions. It will be invaluable for advanced students, academic researchers, and energy professionals in a wide range of disciplines, including energy studies, energy policy, environmental science, sustainability science and environmental engineering.

Contents:

Emerging smart grid struggles

Promises and pitfalls of smart grid

Technologies of smart grid

Societal actors and dominant smart grid visions

Smart meters : measuring, monitoring and managing electricity

Wind on the wires

Community and small-scale grid innovation

A changing climate and a smarter grid : critical linkages

Smart grid revolution, evolution, both or neither.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-316-19114-1

1-316-21149-5

1-316-18930-9

1-316-20960-1

1-316-20593-2

1-107-63529-2

1-107-23902-8

1-316-20774-9

1-316-20412-X

1-316-20224-0