Smart grid technologies in Europe: An overview

Energies

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 251-281

  Ardito, Luca ^a   Procaccianti, Giuseppe ^a   Menga, Giuseppe ^a   Morisio, Maurizio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy; Energy efficiency; Energy storage; Grid intelligence; Renewables; Smart grids

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTRIC NETWORK PARAMETERS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY STORAGE;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE; ENERGY; ENERGY SAVING POLICIES; GRID INTELLIGENCE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; RENEWABLES; SMART GRID; SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES;

SMART POWER GRIDS;

EID: 84873178222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en6010251     Document Type: Article

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