Handbook of Distributed Generation: Electric Power Technologies, Economics and Environmental Impacts

Book Overview

This book features extensive coverage of all Distributed Energy Generation technologies, highlighting the technical, environmental and economic aspects of distributed resource integration, such as line loss reduction, protection, control, storage, power electronics, reliability improvement, and voltage profile optimization. It explains how electric power system planners, developers, operators, designers, regulators and policy makers can derive many benefits with increased penetration of distributed generation units into smart distribution networks. It further demonstrates how to best realize these benefits via skillful integration of distributed energy sources, based upon an understanding of the characteristics of loads and network configuration.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319846264
• ISBN13: 9783319846262
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 819 Pages
• Weight: 2.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"