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The Grid of the Future: Rebuilding Electricity Networks for a Changing Energy System
Electricity networks are becoming more complex as power flows from a growing variety of generation sources and demand changes across industries, cities and transportation. Transmission and distribution systems must accommodate renewable generation, distributed energy resources and increasingly dynamic electricity consumption. This edition examines the grid technologies supporting that transition, from digital substations and automation to advanced monitoring and interconnections, and explores how electricity networks can become more flexible, visible, reliable and capable of managing a changing power system.
Editor's Note
The electricity grid is one of the largest machines ever built, yet much of its operation remains invisible to the people who depend on it. As generation becomes more diverse and demand becomes more dynamic, the network itself must evolve. This edition examines how transmission, distribution, automation and digital technology are changing the grid and why modernising electricity networks is fundamental to almost every other transformation taking place in energy.
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