Data centres in the ancillary services market

2012 International Green Computing Conference, IGCC 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Aikema, David ^a   Simmonds, Rob ^a   Zareipour, Hamidreza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ancillary services; electrical markets; simulation; smart grids

Indexed keywords

ANCILLARY SERVICE; ANCILLARY SERVICES MARKETS; DATA CENTRES; ELECTRICAL GRIDS; ELECTRICAL MARKET; ENERGY COST; ENERGY USE; LARGE DATA; POWER GRIDS; SIMULATION; SMART GRID; SUPPLY AND DEMAND;

COMMERCE; ECONOMICS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; QUALITY OF SERVICE;

DATA REDUCTION;

EID: 84869389454     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGCC.2012.6322252     Document Type: Conference Paper

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