• DocumentCode
    686578
  • Title

    Power electronics enable energy super-highway

  • Author

    Smedley, K. ; Smedley, Gregory

  • Author_Institution
    Power Electron. Lab., Univ. of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    11-13 Dec. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    7
  • Abstract
    This keynote speech addresses some of the tough challenges that the power grid is facing today, discusses the path forward, and projects a vision fur the future. The speech concludes that power electronics is the enabling technology for a smart, robust, and efficient energy superhighway.
  • Keywords
    power electronics; smart power grids; energy superhighway; power electronics; power grid; Actuators; Inverters; Reactive power; Smart grids; Voltage control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Electronics Systems and Applications (PESA), 2013 5th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Hong Kong
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-3276-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PESA.2013.6828257
  • Filename
    6828257