Smart Grid Standards: Specifications, Requirements, and Technologies

With numerous existing Smart Grid standards, it is clear that governments and industrial organizations world–wide have understood and acknowledged the critical role they play. This timely book is a useful guide for Smart Grid professionals in easily classifying fundamental Smart Grid standards, and to quickly find the building blocks they need to analyse and implement a Smart Grid system. The standards are organized in a systematic manner that aids identification, according to grid requirements. It also covers broader Smart Grid areas including, but not limited to, the following: A fully comprehensive introduction to Smart Grid standards and their applications for developers, consumers and service providers Presents up–to–date standards of Smart Grid, including the key standards from NIST, IEC, ISO ZigBee, IEEE, HomePlug, SAE, and other international and regional standardization organizations Covers short technological overviews and standards of wind energy, solar photovoltaic, fuel cells, pumped storage, and nuclear generation as well as other alternative sources of energy such as geothermal and bioenergy Provides short technological overviews and standards for smart storage and plug–in electric vehicles, including standards for distributed energy resources (DER), electric storage, and E–mobility/plug–in vehicles Explores scenarios for future low carbon power grid, describes potential for high renewable integration, and the corresponding policies and operational challenges of the Smart Grid Summarizes all of the standards mentioned in the book As a comprehensive treatment of the topic, Smart Grid Standards: Specifications, Requirements, and Technologies is ideal for utilities, ICT manufacturers, telecommunication providers, engineers and researchers, postgraduates in electrical engineering, and government and industry regulators. Testing laboratories and certification organizations will also find the book useful.