Smart Grid
According to a 2010 International Energy Agency report, smart grid technologies and systems have the potential to reduce global CO2 emissions by more than two gigatons per year by 2050. Smart grids can reduce emissions directly by saving energy through peak load management, reduced transmission and distribution losses, and by providing feedback on energy use. Smart grids can further reduce emissions by enabling greater integration of renewable energy sources and by facilitating greater electric vehicle and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle adoption.
Smart grid technologies and systems are evolving rapidly, and distinct motivations drive their deployment in each country and region. In many regions, smart grids are seen as a pathway to solving energy access concerns and as a pathway to economic development by ensuring levels of reliability necessary for cutting-edge information technology businesses. In other regions, smart grids are viewed as a critical enabling component for the integration of renewable energy sources. Whatever the driving motivations for grid modernization, policymakers will face the challenge of integrating the technical, economic, and human dimensions of smart grid systems into a coherent vision of a 21st century electrical grid.
This page presents technical resources that policymakers can use to inform the design and implementation of smart grid technologies and systems.
Resources CESC
Policy Data
Publication
A Business Case for Smart Grid Technologies: A Systemic Perspective
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Energy Policy
Date:
1 November 2011
Deployment Data
Publication
2011 Technology Map of the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan)
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European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute for Energy and Transport
Date:
1 January 2011
Publication
Tools and Websites
A European Supergrid for Renewable Energy: Local Impacts and Far-Reaching Challenges
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Journal of Cleaner Production
Date:
1 November 2011
Deployment Data
Policy Data
Publication
A Description of Current Regulatory Practices for the Promotion of Energy Efficiency
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International Confederation of Energy Regulators (ICER)
Date:
1 June 2010
Policy Data
Publication
A Systems View of the Modern Grid
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United States National Energy Technology Laboratory
United States Department of Energy
Date:
1 January 2007
Deployment Data
Policy Data
Publication
Accelerating Smart Grid Investments
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World Economic Forum
Accenture
Date:
1 November 2009
Publication
Achieving Universal Electricity Access in Indonesia
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Asian Development Bank
Date:
1 March 2016
Publication
Accelerating the LPG Transition: Global Lessons from Innovative Business and Distribution Models
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The World LPG Association (WLPGA)
WLPGA
Date:
30 September 2015
Deployment Data
Publication
Tools and Websites
Accelerating Successful Smart Grid Pilots
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World Economic Forum
Accenture
Date:
1 January 2010
Publication
Advanced Transmission Technologies
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Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Date:
1 May 2002
Training Materials
American Samoa’s Solar+Storage Microgrid
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Clean Energy Group
Resilient Power
Date:
16 February 2017
Policy Data
Publication
Tools and Websites
An Economic Welfare Analysis of Demand Response in the PJM Electricity Market
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Carnegie Mellon University Electricity Industry Center
Energy Policy Journal
The Pennsylvania State University
Customized Energy Solutions Consulting
Date:
1 October 2008
Publication
Appliances Get Smart: But How and When?
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CLASP
Date:
1 February 2014
Policy Data
Publication
Tools and Websites
Anticipates and Responds to System Disturbances (Self-Heals)
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United States National Energy Technology Laboratory
United States Department of Energy
Date:
1 September 2010
Deployment Data
Policy Data
Publication
Tools and Websites
Backup Generators (BUGS): The Next Smart Grid Peak Resource?
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United States National Energy Technology Laboratory
United States Department of Energy
Booz Allen Hamilton
Horizon Energy Group
Date:
1 October 2010
Deployment Data
Publication
Australia’s Renewable Energy Future
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Australian Academy of Science
Date:
1 January 2010
Deployment Data
Policy Data
Publication
Tools and Websites
Berkeley India Joint Leadership on Energy and the Environment (Website)
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University of California
Berkeley
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Publication
Behind the Meter Solar PV: Understanding Cost Parity
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World Resources Institute
Date:
1 December 2014