Power and Energy Magazine Compendium 2013: Smart Grid: Challenges & Opportunities

Here you'll find articles on the array of issues that remain relevant year after year. We bring you up-to-date explorations of:
- the fundamental drivers, challenges and probable solutions of and for smart, modernized grids,
- federal and state regulatory issues that bear scrutiny and need carefully considered changes,
- the rebirth of interest in DC power and how its efficiencies and other characteristics will make it an exciting area for innovative solutions,
- cost-effective, software-based simulation models that save the time and cost of laboratory or real-world trial and error in advancing power systems,
- cyber-attack vectors and vulnerabilities and the value of simulation for developing solutions
- the fundamental value of obtaining accurate data on the grid’s operational state, made possible by wide area measurement systems, or WAMS,
- and more on cyber security and communication networks.