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
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