Effects of smart grid technologies on capacity and energy savings - A case study of Oman

Energy

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 365-371

  Malik, Arif S ^a   Bouzguenda, Mounir ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Demand side management; Generation expansion planning; Load management; Smart grid economics; Smart grid technologies

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ESTIMATED COSTS; GENERATION EXPANSION PLANNING; SMART GRID; SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES; SULTANATE OF OMAN; TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION;

SMART POWER GRIDS;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POWER GENERATION;

OMAN;

EID: 84876966267     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.03.025     Document Type: Article

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