Overview
The pressing need for a smarter and greener grid is obvious, but how this goal should be achieved is much less clear. This book clearly defines the environmental promise of the smart grid and describes the policies necessary for fully achieving the environmental benefits of the digital energy revolution. The United States' electrical grid is an antique. It was built to serve a 20th-century economy and designed in an era when the negative environmental impacts of electricity production were poorly understood. It must be upgraded and modernized. The proposed solution is a ""smart grid""—a network of new digital technologies, equipment, and controls that can respond quickly to the public's changing energy needs by facilitating two-way communication between the utility and consumers. This book explains the environmental benefit of a smart grid, examines case studies of existing smart grids, and identifies the legal and regulatory policy hurdles that must be overcome to fully realize the smart grid's benefits. Based on six diverse organizations' experience as ""early adopters"" in the digital energy revolution, the authors explore how a smart electric grid offers real promise for supercharging energy efficiency, democratizing demand response, electrifying transportation, preparing for ubiquitous distributed clean energy technologies, and automating the distribution system. Against the backdrop of climate change and continuing economic uncertainty, setting a path for environmental improvement and upgrading our electric grid with new digital technologies and associated smart policies is more critical than ever before.
Full Product Details
Author: Kevin B. Jones ,
David Zoppo ,
David Zoppo
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.70cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.794kg
ISBN: 9781440830709
ISBN 10: 1440830703
Pages: 376
Publication Date: 12 May 2014
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, A Smarter, Greener Grid: Forging Environmental Progress through Smart Energy Policies and Technologies is the new addition to the outstanding Energy Resources, Technology, and Policy series from Praeger Publishers. . . . [It] an essential, core addition to professional, corporate, governmental, and academic library Energy & Environmental reference collections and supplemental studies reading lists. - Midwest Book Review
Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, A Smarter, Greener Grid: Forging Environmental Progress through Smart Energy Policies and Technologies is the new addition to the outstanding Energy Resources, Technology, and Policy series from Praeger Publishers... [It] an essential, core addition to professional, corporate, governmental, and academic library Energy & Environmental reference collections and supplemental studies reading lists. - Midwest Book Review Overall, this book provides a smart and thorough overview of a critical infrastructure under development... In this text,the authors provide an analysis and examples of the co-evolutionof the technical and social components of the electricity system and the text will be useful for both practitioners and academics. By situating the development of smart grid technologies in the context of major legal and policy challenges, the authors challenge the reader to examine the interplay between societal goals, technology development, and the real challenges of implementation. - Energy Research & Social Science
Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, A Smarter, Greener Grid: Forging Environmental Progress through Smart Energy Policies and Technologies is the new addition to the outstanding Energy Resources, Technology, and Policy series from Praeger Publishers. . . . [It] an essential, core addition to professional, corporate, governmental, and academic library Energy & Environmental reference collections and supplemental studies reading lists. * Midwest Book Review * Overall, this book provides a smart and thorough overview of a critical infrastructure under development. . . . In this text,the authors provide an analysis and examples of the co-evolutionof the technical and social components of the electricity system and the text will be useful for both practitioners and academics. By situating the development of smart grid technologies in the context of major legal and policy challenges, the authors challenge the reader to examine the interplay between societal goals, technology development, and the real challenges of implementation. * Energy Research & Social Science *
Author Information
Kevin B. Jones, PhD, is deputy director and senior fellow for energy technology and policy at the Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vermont Law School, where he also leads the Smart Grid Project. David Zoppo, JD, is a junior associate with Foley & Lardner, LLP in Madison, WI, where he practices in the areas of environmental law and energy regulation.
