A survey on the critical issues in smart grid technologies

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue , 2016, Pages 396-405

  Colak, Ilhami ^a,b   Sagiroglu, Seref ^c   Fulli, Gianluca ^a   Yesilbudak, Mehmet ^d   Covrig, Catalin Felix ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b ISTANBUL GELISIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NEVSEHIR HACI BEKTAS VELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Critical challenges; Smart grid technologies; Smart grids

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM CONTROL; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; FOSSIL FUELS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; SURVEYS;

20TH CENTURY; CRITICAL CHALLENGES; CRITICAL ISSUES; ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; GENERATION CAPACITY; GRID TOPOLOGY; SMART GRID; SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES; UTILITIES COMPANIES;

SMART POWER GRIDS;

EID: 84945945304     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.10.036     Document Type: Review

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