Sustainable Energy and Smart Grids: Breakthrough in Thinking, Modelling, and Technology
One of the greatest challenges modern society faces is the supply of sustainable energy. One fundamental issue is finding the right portfolio of energy sources that are environmentally safe and cost-effective. This case study discusses the challenges of electric energy systems and how to integrate sustainable energy resources and smart grid developments.
Introduction
By 2020, some European Union energy and climate policies
will expire, so discussion of a post-2020 policy needs to be
initiated. One of the fundamental issues is finding the right
portfolio of energy sources which can provide the most
environmentally-safe, cost-effective road map. In this
chapter, we discuss the challenges of electric energy
systems of the future with regard to the integration of
sustainable energy resources and smart grid developments.
In our view, such a system requires innovation in three
related fields: development of smart grid technologies for
generation of renewable and intermittent sources and
storage devices, transmission and distribution controls,
and the development of new models to understand the
complexity of these types of systems.
The key factors are innovation, concept and the environment: planning and execution can lead to important breakthroughs.
Source: Martin Verkerk, Henk Polinder, and Paulo F. Ribeiro, https://archive.org/details/breakthrough-innovation-impact/page/n115/mode/2up
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