This book responds to the opening up of electricity markets to competition, which has completely changed the nature of power generation. The building of new generation and transmission capacity and the setting of the energy mix between nuclear, gas and renewable resources are mainly left to...

Front Cover -- Application of Smart Grid Technologies: Case Studies in Saving Electricity in Different Parts of the World -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Smart grids-Overview and background information -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Definition -- 3. Components...