Smart grid integrating renewable, distributed & efficient energy - Sioshansi, Fereidoon P. (Fereidoon Perry). (Waltham, Mass. Academic Press, 2012)
Foreword: How smart a grid? -- Preface: Making the smart grid happen -- Introduction -- Part I: Setting the context: The what, why, how, if and when of smart grid -- Chapter 1: Smart grid is a lot more than just "technology" -- Chapter 2: Smart regulation for the smart grid -- Chapter 3: From smart grid to smart energy usage: Reengaging customer demand -- Chapter 4: Efficiency and ethics of dynamic pricing -- Chapter 5: The equity implications of smart grid Part II: Smart supply: Integrating renewable & distributed generation -- Chapter 6: Prospects for renewable energy: meeting the challenges of integration with storage -- Chapter 7: The smart grid vision and roadmap for California -- Chapter 8: Realizing the potential of distributed generation -- Chapter 9: What role for micro-grids? -- Chapter 10: Renewable integration through direct load control and demand response -- Chapter 11: Riding the wave: The potential of the smart grid for integrating wind resources Part III: Smart infrastructure, smart prices, smart devices, smart customers, smart demand -- Chapter 12: Software infrastructure and the smart grid -- Chapter 13: The evolution of demand response in RTO markets -- Chapter 14: Smart pricing in organized electricity markets -- Chapter 15: How large C & I customers respond to dynamic prices -- the California experience -- Chapter 16: Smart pricing to reduce network investment in smart grids -- the international experience -- Chapter 17: Where do customers fit into the smart grid puzzle? -- Chapter 18: Customer view of smart grid -- Set and forget? -- Chapter 19: Customer side of the meter Part VI: Case studies & applications -- Chapter 20: Demand response participation in PJM's energy and capacity markets -- Chapter 21: Ausgrid's smart grid vision -- Chapter 22: Perfect partners: Wind power and Electric Vehicles -- A New Zealand case study -- Chapter 23: Impact of EVs on day-ahead prices: The French connection -- Epilogue: How do we get there from here?
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Keywords: Smart power grids; Electric power distribution -- Energy conservation; Electric utilities -- Cost effectiveness; Renewable energy sources; Electronic books