A business case for smart grid technologies: A systemic perspective

Energy Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 252-259

  Giordano, Vincenzo ^a   Fulli, Gianluca ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggregators; Multi sided platform; Smart grid

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; INVESTMENTS;

AGGREGATORS; ELECTRICITY COMMODITY; ELECTRICITY SECTOR; ELECTRICITY SERVICE; MULTI-SIDED PLATFORMS; SMART GRID; SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES; VALUE ADDED SERVICE;

SMART POWER GRIDS;

BUSINESS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; EUROPEAN UNION; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84855738879     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.09.066     Document Type: Article

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