Ecocity Upon a Hill: Microgrids and the Future of the European City

Smart grids are fundamentally important for transforming today?s electricity grids in order to address growing demand; renewable, intermittent, and distributed generation; and environmental pressures. Microgrids are an integral part of this transformation. But as in all transformations, there are ch...

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Published inIEEE power & energy magazine Vol. 11; no. 4; pp. 59 - 70
Main Authors Schmitt, L., Kumar, J., Sun, D., Kayal, S., Venkata, S. S. Mani
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.07.2013
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Distributed generation
Ecosystems
Electric power generation
Electric power grids
Electricity
Electricity supply industry
Focusing
Marketing
Power grids
Power markets
Renewable energy sources
Smart grids
Supply and demand
Transformations
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Summary:Smart grids are fundamentally important for transforming today?s electricity grids in order to address growing demand; renewable, intermittent, and distributed generation; and environmental pressures. Microgrids are an integral part of this transformation. But as in all transformations, there are challenges as well as opportunities. The purpose of this article is to present several European microgrids, focusing on their relative roles with respect to each other and to the overall energy ecosystem. We hope this will provide insights into how microgrids may evolve in the years to come.
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ISSN:1540-7977
1558-4216
DOI:10.1109/MPE.2013.2258286