Smarter Micro Grid for energy solution to rural Ethiopia

2012 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies, ISGT 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Erbato, Tewodros Tesfaye ^a   Hartkopf, Thomas ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distributed Generation; Energy Security; Micro Grid; Modern Energy; Renewable Energy; Rural Electrification; Smarter Micro Grid Controller

Indexed keywords

ENERGY SECURITY; MICRO GRID; MODERN ENERGY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY POLICY; INVESTMENTS; RURAL AREAS; SMART POWER GRIDS;

POWER QUALITY;

EID: 84860852663     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISGT.2012.6175608     Document Type: Conference Paper

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