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Smart Grid Applications and Developments

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Editors:
  1. Daphne Mah

    1. Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China

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  2. Peter Hills

    1. The Kadoorie Institute, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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  3. Victor O.K. Li

    1. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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  4. Richard Balme

    1. Paris School of International Affairs and Centre d’Etudes Europeennes, Tsinghua University, Paris, France

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  • Contributes to a better understanding of governance, institution and policy challenges and helps formulate policy recommendations for successful smart grid deployment
  • Divided into five sections to cover historical, technical, multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder perspectives supported by a selection of case studies to give a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter
  • Includes Global and Asian perspectives on theoretically informed and empirically based approaches to inspire forward looking and more participatory approaches for problem-solving
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction and Overview

      • Daphne Mah, Peter Hills, Li Victor O. K., Richard Balme
      Pages 3-20

    3. A Holistic View on Developing Smart Grids for a Low-Carbon Future

      • John W. M. Cheng
      Pages 21-43

  3. Technical Characteristics of Smart Grid

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
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    2. Status and Prospects of European Renewable-Based Energy Systems Facilitated by Smart Grid Technologies

      • Yi Ding, Jacob Østergaard, Poul Ejnar Sørensen, Peter Meibom, Qiuwei Wu
      Pages 47-57

    3. Arcturus: An International Repository of Evidence on Dynamic Pricing

      • Ahmad Faruqui, Sanem Sergici
      Pages 59-74

    4. Microgrids and Distributed Energy Future

      • Jin Zhong, Yuqian Song
      Pages 75-93

    5. Communication and Network Security Requirements for Smart Grid

      • Victor O. K. Li
      Pages 95-111

  4. Stakeholders in Perspectives: Interests, Power and Conflict

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
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    2. Smart Grids: The Regulatory Challenges

      • Daphne Mah, Kaboo Po-yi Leung, Peter Hills
      Pages 115-140

    3. i-Energy: Smart Demand-Side Energy Management

      • Takashi Matsuyama
      Pages 141-163

    4. Switching Perspectives: Creating New Business Models for a Changing World of Energy

      • Michael Valocchi, John Juliano, Allan Schurr
      Pages 165-182

  5. International Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
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    2. Smart Transmission Grids Vision for Europe: Towards a Realistic Research Agenda

      • Luigi Vanfretti, Dirk Van Hertem, Jan Ove Gjerde
      Pages 185-220

    3. Comparison of Smart Grid Technologies and Progress in the USA and Europe

      • M. Godoy Simões, R. Roche, E. Kyriakides, S. Suryanarayanan, B. Blunier, K. McBee et al.
      Pages 221-238

    4. Towards Sustainable Energy Systems Through Deploying Smart Grids: The Japanese Case

      • Amy Poh Ai Ling
      Pages 239-258

    5. Governing the Transition of Socio-technical Systems: A Case Study of the Development of Smart Grids in Korea

      • Daphne Mah, Johannes Marinus van der Vleuten, Jasper Chi-man Ip, Peter Hills
      Pages 259-277

    6. Developing Super Smart Grids in China: Perspective of Socio-technical Systems Transition

      • Yuan Jia-Hai
      Pages 279-301

    7. Exploring the Value of Distributed Energy for Australia

      • William Lilley, Luke Reedman, Anthony Szatow
      Pages 303-328
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About this book

Meeting today’s energy and climate challenges require not only technological advancement but also a good understanding of stakeholders’ perceptions, political sensitivity, well-informed policy analyses and innovative interdisciplinary solutions. This book will fill this gap. This is an interdisciplinary informative book to provide a holistic and integrated understanding of the technology-stakeholder-policy interactions of smart grid technologies. The unique features of the book include the following: (a) interdisciplinary approach – by bringing in the policy dimensions to smart grid technologies; (b) global and Asian perspective and (c) learning from national case studies. This book is organised into five sections. Part 1 discusses the historical and conceptual aspects of smart grids. Part 2 introduces the technological aspects and showcase the state of the art of the technologies. Part 3 explores the policy and governance dimensions by bringing in a stakeholder perspective. Part 4 presents a collection of national case studies. Part 5 shares insights and lesson learnt and provide policy recommendations. This book showcases the state-of-the-art R&D developments and policy experiences. This book contributes to a better understanding of governance institution and policy challenges and helps formulate policy recommendations for successful smart grid deployment.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China

    Daphne Mah

  • The Kadoorie Institute, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Peter Hills

  • Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Victor O.K. Li

  • Paris School of International Affairs and Centre d’Etudes Europeennes, Tsinghua University, Paris, France

    Richard Balme

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Smart Grid Applications and Developments

  • Editors: Daphne Mah, Peter Hills, Victor O.K. Li, Richard Balme

  • Series Title: Green Energy and Technology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6281-0

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-6280-3Published: 11 August 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-7072-3Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-6281-0Published: 25 July 2014

  • Series ISSN: 1865-3529

  • Series E-ISSN: 1865-3537

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 337

  • Number of Illustrations: 100 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Energy Systems, Renewable and Green Energy

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