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The Advanced Smart Grid: Edge Power Driving Sustainability
Author(s): Andres Carvallo (Author), John Cooper (Author)
- Publisher: Artech House Publishers
- Publication Date: September 2, 2011
- Language: English
- Print length: 237 pages
- ISBN-10: 1608071278
- ISBN-13: 9781608071272
Book Description
Placing emphasis on practical ‘how-to’ guidance, this title provides a first-hand, insider’s perspective on the advent and evolution of smart grids in the 21st century. It provides detailed explanation of how an advanced smart grid incorporates demand response with smart appliances and management mechanisms for distributed generation.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“The Advanced Smart Grid is the visionary book on smart grids. It is the right book for these times. If you read only one book on the smart grid – you have already picked the right one.” (William R. Moroney, President & Chief Executive Officer, Utilities Telecom Council) “…a timely, comprehensive and insightful overview of the powerful potential that a truly advanced smart grid has…. Carvallo and Cooper deliver a must-read for anyone interested in the promise and capability of these fast-evolving networks.” (Laura Chappelle, J.D., Former Chairman/Commissioner, Michigan Public Service Commission)” –Laura Chappelle
About the Author
Andres Carvallo is the executive vice president and chief strategy officer at Proximetry. He is a board member of the Utilities Telecom Council s Smart Networks Council and an energy and technology advisor to The University of Texas, The University of Kansas, and The University of California, Los Angeles. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Kansas.
John Cooper is president of Ecomergence, a consulting firm that supports consumer adaptation to the emerging Smart Grid. Mr. Cooper is the author of numerous white papers and magazine articles on smart grid. He earned his B.A. in government and M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.
