Potential carbon impacts of smart grid development in six European countries

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 725-739

  Darby, Sarah ^a   Strömbäck, Jessica ^b   Wilks, Mike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b VaasaETT Global Energy Think Tank   (Finland)

^c Poyry Management Consulting UK Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon reduction; Demand response; Distributed generation; Electricity market design; Smart grids

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMMERCE; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; EMISSION CONTROL; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

CARBON REDUCTION; DEMAND RESPONSE; ELECTRICITY MARKET DESIGN; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS; SMART GRID; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT;

SMART POWER GRIDS;

CARBON EMISSION; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY MARKET; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

AUSTRIA; FRANCE; GERMANY; PORTUGAL; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84884908378     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-013-9208-8     Document Type: Article

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