Mapping Smart-Grid Modernization in Power Distribution Systems

Smart grids are an essential element in improving efficiency that is relevant to utilities in all countries - from advanced utilities with robust grids to those whose grids barely keep up with demand. This note provides practical guidance for stakeholders in defining smart-grid goals, identifying priorities, and structuring investment plans. While most of these principles apply to any part of the electricity grid (transmission, distribution, off-grid), the note focuses on the distribution network. Modernizing the grid can help utilities address issues in service delivery such as reducing technical and commercial losses, promoting energy conservation, managing peak demand, improving reliability, integrating high levels of distributed generation (such as mini-grids and power sources with variable output), and accommodating the rising use of electric vehicles. To harness these benefits, it is essential that well-designed plans be developed for the implementation of smart-grid goals and objectives. Smart elements in a grid will differ greatly depending on the state of the power system and the country context. A smart-grid roadmap will therefore vary considerably across countries, but smart technology is essential for successful modernization of any grid.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Oguah, Samuel, Chattopadhyay, Debabrata
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY, ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY, BLACK CARBON, BOTTOM LINE, BRIQUETTES, BURNING COAL, CIRCUIT BREAKERS, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CO, CO2, CO2 EMISSIONS, COAL, COMBUSTION, DISTRIBUTION GRID, DISTRIBUTION NETWORK, DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, ELECTRIC POWER, ELECTRIC UTILITY, ELECTRIC VEHICLES, ELECTRICAL POWER, ELECTRICITY SECTOR, ELECTRIFICATION, EMISSION, EMISSION FACTOR, EMISSIONS, ENERGY ACCESS, ENERGY CONSERVATION, ENERGY CONSUMERS, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENERGY DATA, ENERGY DEMAND, ENERGY DEPARTMENT, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY INDUSTRIES, ENERGY INTENSITY, ENERGY MIX, ENERGY RESOURCE, ENERGY RESOURCES, ENERGY SECTOR, ENERGY SERVICES, ENERGY SOURCES, ENERGY SUPPLY, ENERGY-EFFICIENCY, FOREST, FOREST RESIDUES, FOSSIL, FOSSIL FUELS, FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, FUEL, FUEL CONSUMPTION, FUELS, GASEOUS FUELS, GENERATION, GLOBAL ENERGY MIX, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, GRID TECHNOLOGIES, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HEAT, HEAT GENERATION, HEATING, HEATING FUELS, HOUSEHOLD ENERGY, HYDROPOWER, INCOME, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY, LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS, METHANE, MODERN WORLD, NATIONAL GRID, OIL, PE, PEAK DEMAND, PEAK LOAD, PEAK LOAD PERIODS, PELLETS, PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM GAS, PIPELINE, POWER, POWER DISTRIBUTION, POWER INDUSTRY, POWER SECTOR, POWER SOURCES, POWER SYSTEM, POWER SYSTEM PLANNING, POWER SYSTEMS, PRIMARY ENERGY, RELIABILITY OF SUPPLY, RENEWABLE ENERGY, RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES, RENEWABLE RESOURCES, RENEWABLE SOURCES, SOLID FUELS, SOURCE OF ENERGY, SUPPLY OF POWER, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, TRADITIONAL BIOMASS, TRANSMISSION LINES, UTILITIES, VOLTAGE, WASTE, WIND, WIND ENERGY, WORLD ENERGY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/24382062/mapping-smart-grid-modernization-power-distribution-systems http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21763
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