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Smart Grid Applications and Developments

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  1. Daphne Mah

    1. Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China

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  2. Peter Hills

    1. The Kadoorie Institute, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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  3. Victor O.K. Li

    1. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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  4. Richard Balme

    1. Paris School of International Affairs and Centre d’Etudes Europeennes, Tsinghua University, Paris, France

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  • Contributes to a better understanding of governance, institution and policy challenges and helps formulate policy recommendations for successful smart grid deployment
  • Divided into five sections to cover historical, technical, multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder perspectives supported by a selection of case studies to give a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter
  • Includes Global and Asian perspectives on theoretically informed and empirically based approaches to inspire forward looking and more participatory approaches for problem-solving
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Postscript

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 329-329
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    2. Postscript

      • Daphne Mah, Peter Hills, Victor O. K. Li, Richard Balme
      Pages 331-337
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About this book

Meeting today’s energy and climate challenges require not only technological advancement but also a good understanding of stakeholders’ perceptions, political sensitivity, well-informed policy analyses and innovative interdisciplinary solutions. This book will fill this gap. This is an interdisciplinary informative book to provide a holistic and integrated understanding of the technology-stakeholder-policy interactions of smart grid technologies. The unique features of the book include the following: (a) interdisciplinary approach – by bringing in the policy dimensions to smart grid technologies; (b) global and Asian perspective and (c) learning from national case studies. This book is organised into five sections. Part 1 discusses the historical and conceptual aspects of smart grids. Part 2 introduces the technological aspects and showcase the state of the art of the technologies. Part 3 explores the policy and governance dimensions by bringing in a stakeholder perspective. Part 4 presents a collection of national case studies. Part 5 shares insights and lesson learnt and provide policy recommendations. This book showcases the state-of-the-art R&D developments and policy experiences. This book contributes to a better understanding of governance institution and policy challenges and helps formulate policy recommendations for successful smart grid deployment.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China

    Daphne Mah

  • The Kadoorie Institute, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Peter Hills

  • Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Victor O.K. Li

  • Paris School of International Affairs and Centre d’Etudes Europeennes, Tsinghua University, Paris, France

    Richard Balme

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