What Is Smart Grid

A smart grid is a kind of electrical grid that incorporates a number of different management and energy-saving methods, such as the following: infrastructure for advanced metering technologiesIntelligent circuit breakers and distribution boards that are linked with home control systems and demand response systemsSmart appliances and load control switches, which are often subsidized by efficiencies gained in municipal programs.Resources for renewable energy, include the ability to charge batteries that have been parked, bigger arrays of batteries that have been recycled from these, or other forms of energy storage.Resources that use little to no energyenough utility-grade fiber bandwidth to link and monitor the aforementioned components, with wireless connectivity serving as a backup option. A sufficient amount of spare capacity in the event that it goes "black," which is typically leased out for financial gain.

How You Will Benefit

(I) Insights, and validations about the following topics:

Chapter 1: Smart grid

Chapter 2: Power-line communication

Chapter 3: Distributed generation

Chapter 4: Electric power industry

Chapter 5: Electricity meter

Chapter 6: Energy management system

Chapter 7: Energy demand management

Chapter 8: Demand response

Chapter 9: Microgrid

Chapter 10: Grid friendly

Chapter 11: Advanced Distribution Automation

Chapter 12: Load profile

Chapter 13: Phasor measurement unit

Chapter 14: Load management

Chapter 15: Electricity pricing

Chapter 16: Electrical grid

Chapter 17: Smart grids by country

Chapter 18: Smart grid policy in the United States

Chapter 19: Smart Grid Energy Research Center

Chapter 20: Transactive energy

Chapter 21: Mini-grid

(II) Answering the public top questions about smart grid.

(III) Real world examples for the usage of smart grid in many fields.

(IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of smart grid' technologies.

Who This Book Is For

Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of smart grid.