This comprehensive reference on the urban energy transition covers the technologies available for upgrading urban power grids, which will enable them to work with distributed renewable power and varying loads.

This book describes the supporting technologies that can turn conventional passive electricity delivery networks into the active networks of the future, with a focus on electricity utilization in the industrial environment.

Distribution systems analysis uses techniques to simulate, analyse, and optimise power distribution systems. Together with automation, these techniques underpin the smart grid. Distribution systems are facing growing challenges, due to increasing demand as well as the rising shares of distributed and volatile renewable energy sources.

Microgrids and Active Distribution Networks offer a potential solution for sustainable, energy-efficient power supply to cater for increasing load growth, supplying power to remote areas, generation of clean power and reduction in emission of greenhouse gases & particulates as per Kyoto protocol.

The second edition of the established reference on bifacial PV technology, thoroughly revised to cover new use cases, and advances in module design, characterization, yield data, emerging applications, as well as economic aspects.

This concise overview covers decentralised self-organising units in smart grids. These will help keep future smart grids operational in the face of numbers of distributed intermittent generators and loads overwhelming traditional IT. Applications include economic dispatch, voltage control, and quality monitoring.

This 3rd edition of High Voltage Engineering Testing describes strategic developments in the field and reflects on how they can best be managed. All the key components of high voltage and distribution systems are covered including electric power networks, UHV and HV.

Cogeneration refers to the use of a power station to deliver two or more useful forms of energy, for example, to generate electricity and heat at the same time. This book provides an integrated treatment of cogeneration, including a tour of the available technologies and their features, and how these systems can be analysed and optimised.