Towards a regulatory framework for microgrids - The Singapore experience

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 15, Issue , 2015, Pages 22-32

  Wouters, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributed generation; Grid safety; Liberalisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925371740     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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