Smart Grid Infrastructure & Networking

A complete guide to smart grid networking and communications for energy engineers

Smart Grid Infrastructure & Networking describes network technologies for smart grids, including details on standardization, applications, protocols, wireless, wireline, and fiber optic communications. Architecture, management, and other topics are also discussed.

Smart grids have the potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions through the integration of renewable energy resources, energy storage, and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. They can increase the reliability of the electricity supply and render the utilization of power generation stations and electricity transport infrastructure more efficient by enabling dynamic pricing and demand/response strategies.

Smart Grid Infrastructure & Networking covers

• Network technologies for smart grids
• Key developments that have emerged in recent years: communication and sensing technologies and advanced components
• Potential for new technologies and markets

Comprehensive coverage
Historical and future developments in the energy sector; Smart grid communications and standardization; Smart grid applications in energy generation and transmission; Smart grid applications, from energy distribution to customer; Sensing, automation, and control protocols; Wireless communications for smart grids; Wireline communications for smart grids; Fiber optical communications for smart grids; Interoperability and routing between communications technologies; Smart grid management and architecture (cyber security); Next-generation smart grid control centers; Smart grid case studies and field trials

Krzysztof (Kris) Iniewski, Ph.D., manages R&D developments at Redlen Techlogies, a manufacturer of high resolution Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT) semiconductors in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and is also executive director of CMOS Emerging Techlogies Inc. (www.cmoset.com). His research interests are in hardware design for medical and networking applications. From 2004 to 2006, Dr. Iniewski was an associate professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering Department of the University of Alberta, where he conducted research on low-power wireless circuits and systems. Previously, he held various technical and management positions in industry, developing a number of VLSI chips used in optical networks, and he was also an assistant professor at the University of Toronto. Dr. Iniewski has published more than 100 research papers and holds 18 international patents granted in the