Introduction -- Centrifugal revolution and strategies for next generation electricity -- Microgrids for autonomy -- Toward off-grid campuses -- Microgrids: common intersection point between developed and emerging markets -- Divest and fractionate for value -- Define and auction market blocks --...

In Italy and in many EU countries, the last decade was characterized by a large development of distributed generation power plants. Their presence determined new critical issues for the design and management of the overall energy system and the electric grid due to the presence of discontinuous...