2nd Edition
Smart Grids Advanced Technologies and Solutions, Second Edition
The latest edition features a new chapter on implementation and operation of an integrated smart grid with updates to multiple chapters throughout the text. New sections on Internet of things, and how they relate to smart grids and smart cities, have also been added to the book. It describes the impetus for change in the electric utility industry and discusses the business drivers, benefits, and market outlook of the smart grid initiative. The book identifies the technical framework of enabling technologies and smart solutions and describes the role of technology developments and coordinated standards in smart grid, including various initiatives and organizations helping to drive the smart grid effort. With chapters written by leading experts in the field, the text explains how to plan, integrate, implement, and operate a smart grid.
Chapter 1: Overview of the Electric Utility Industry
Miguel Brandao, Charles W. Newton, and Bartosz Wojszczyk
Chapter 2: Smart Grid Challenges and Transformations
Stuart Borlase, Miguel Brandao, James Fine, Mladen Kezunovic, and Bartosz Wojszczyk
Chapter 3: Smart Energy Resources – Supply and Demand
Stuart Borlase, Sahand Behboodi, Thomas Bradley, Miguel Brandao, Dave Chassin, Johan Enslin, and Chris McCarthy
Chapter 4: Communications Systems
Mehrdad Mesbah, Sharon Allan, and Donivon Hettich
Chapter 5: Real-time Grid Management
Stuart Borlase, Jiyuan Fan, Xiaoming Feng, Jay Giri, Gerald Gray, Zhenyu (Henry) Huang, Walter Sattinger, Douglas Wilson, Bo Yang, and Bo Zeng
Chapter 6: Advanced Protection and Control for the Smart Grid
Jens Schoene and Muhammad Humayun
Chapter 7: Automatic Restoration Systems and Outage Management
Mirrasoul Mousavi, Ning Kang, Hormoz Kazemzadeh, and Christopher McCarthy
Chapter 8: Volt/VAr Optimization
Bob McFetridge, Mike Simms, and Steve Tyler
Chapter 9: Monitoring and Diagnostics
Mirrasoul J. Mousavi, Tony McGrail, and Siri Varadan
Chapter 10: Asset Management
Tony McGrail
Chapter 11: Geospatial Technologies
Paul Wilson
Chapter 12: Mobile Workforce Management
Jessica Jensen
Chapter 13: Smart Meters and Advanced Metering Infrastructures
Aaron F. Snyder, David Kranzler, and Robby Simpson
Chapter 14: Convergence of Technologies and IT/OT Integration
Stuart Borlase, Michael Covarrubias, Jim Horstman, and Greg Robinson
Chapter 15: Data Analytics for the Smart Grid
Greg Robinson, Jim Horstman, Mirrasoul Mousavi, and Gowri Rajappan
Chapter 16: High-Performance Computing for Advanced Smart Grid Applications
Yousu Chen and Zhenyu (Henry) Huang
Chapter 17: Cybersecurity for the Smart Grid
Jeffrey L. Hahn
Chapter 18: FACTS and HVDC
Neil Kirby and Johan Enslin
Chapter 19: Microgrids
Stuart Borlase, Patrick Burgess, Mehdi Ganji, and Wei Tian
Chapter 20: The Dynamics of Wholesale and Distributed Energy Markets
Eric Woychik, Hong Chen, and Dave Erickson
Chapter 21: Transactive Energy
Eric Woychik
Chapter 22: Smart Grid Standardization Work
Aaron F. Snyder, Frances Cleveland, and Eric Lambert
Chapter 23: The Smart Grid IoT
Stuart Borlase, Donivon Hettich, and Dave Kranzler
Chapter 24: Smart Cities
Stuart Borlase, Dolan Beckel, Patrick Burgess, Jessie Denver, Paul Doherty, Mehdi Ganji, Adrienne Grier, Kip Harkness, Daniel Kushner, Eric Lambert, Mahsa Nicknam, Mohammad Shahidehpour, Mark Wells, and Gary Wong
Chapter 25: Refining a Holistic View of Grid Modernization
John D. McDonald, Patty Durand, Charles W. Newton, Robby Simpson, and Eric Woychik
Biography
Stuart Borlase has extensive experience in strategic solution sales and global business growth in the energy and utility industry. Stuart’s experience has included a series of progressively more influential positions with Schneider Electric, General Electric, Siemens, and Wipro Technologies, in both the Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) areas of smart grid modernization and business transformation.
Stuart received his B.Sc.Eng. (Power Engineering) degree from the University of Natal in South Africa, and his M.Eng. (Power Engineering) and D.Eng. (Power Engineering and Business) degrees from Texas A&M University. Stuart is a member of the Eta Kappa Nu (Electrical Engineering Honorary) and Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honorary) societies. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a registered Professional Engineer. Stuart is also a GE certified Six Sigma Black Belt.
Stuart has published and presented numerous papers on smart grid and grid modernization. He is a co-author of the Role of Substations in Smart Grids chapter for the book, Electric Power Substations Engineering, Third Edition, published by Taylor & Francis/CRC Press in 2012. Stuart is the Editor-in-Chief and co-author of the first edition of this book, which was published by Taylor & Francis/CRC Press in 2012.
"It is a great introduction to the Smart Grid, both knowledge and its practice."
— Xiaolin Ge, Black & Veatch, USA"The first two chapters of this second edition provide an accurate history of how electric grid modernization has progressed in the last 10 – 15 years and lay out the current challenges and opportunities that customers, utilities, regulators, and new entrants to the electric supply and delivery industry are facing. It is helpful that economic, political, policy and business drivers for the changes have been explained."
— Tom Weaver, American Electric Power, USA
