Smart grid and enabling technologies

"A "smart grid" is an electrical grid which includes a variety of operational and energy measures including smart meters, smart appliances, renewable energy resources, and energy efficiency resources. Electronic power conditioning and control of the production and distribution of electricity are important aspects of the smart grid. Integration of renewable energy resources and energy storage into the smart grid involve many aspects, such as: efficiency, reliability and energy conversion cost, forecasting of energy production capability, safe connection to the electric grid and/or capability to control micro-grids, efficient energy storage with low environmental impact, development of advanced control and monitoring algorithms, and networking of the sources/consumers"--

About the Authors -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations 1. Smart Grid Architectural Overview 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Fundamentals of Electric Power system -- 1.2.1 Electrical Power Generation -- 1.2.2 Electric Power Transmission -- 1.2.3 Electric Power Distribution -- 1.3 More limitations of the traditional power grid -- 1.3.1 Lack of circuit capacity and aging assets -- 1.3.2 Operation Constrains -- 1.3.3 Security of Supply -- 1.3.4 Respond to national initiatives -- 1.4 Smart Grid Definition -- 1.5 Smart Grid Characteristics -- 1.5.1 Achieve flexibility in the network topology -- 1.5.2 Improved efficiency -- 1.5.3 Transportation Electrification -- 1.5.4 Demand response support -- 1.5.5 Improvement in Reliability and Power Quality -- 1.5.6 Market-enabling -- 1.6 Moving towards Future grid -- 1.6.1 Electrification -- 1.6.2 Decentralization -- 1.6.3 Digitalization -- 1.7 The transformation from the traditional grid to smart grid -- 1.8 Smart Grid Enabling Technologies -- 1.9 Smart Grid Architecture -- 1.9.1 Distributed Generation -- 1.9.2 Energy Storage -- 1.9.3 Demand Response -- 1.9.4 Integrated communications -- 1.9.4.1 Communication Networks -- 1.9.4.2 Power L…