Smart-grid policies: An international review
| Title: | Smart-grid policies: An international review |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Publication Date: | March 2013 |
| Published In: | Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment |
| Description: | The electric power systems of many industrialized nations are challenged by the need to accommodate distributed renewable generation, increasing demands of a digital society, growing threats to infrastructure security, and concerns over global climate disruption. The 'smart grid'-with a two-way flow of electricity and information between utilities and consumers-can help address these challenges, but various financial, regulatory, and technical obstacles hinder its rapid deployment. An overview of experiences with smart-grid policies in pioneering countries shows that many governments have designed interventions to overcome these barriers and to facilitate grid modernization. Smart-grid policies include a new generation of regulations and finance models such as regulatory targets, requirements for data security and privacy, renewable energy credits, and various interconnection tariffs and utility subsidies. © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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| External Contributors: | Shan Zhou |
| Citation: | Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment. 2. Issue 2. 121 - 139. ISSN 2041-8396. DOI 10.1002/wene.53. |
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