Title :
Smart grids from a European perspective
Author_Institution :
DG Res. & Innovation, Eur. Comm., Brussels, Belgium
Abstract :
The European network has more than 400 million customers and reliability rates vary between 99,990% and 99,995%. The regulatory frame is based on the unbundling of electricity generation and networks. The paper summarises the main challenges to combat climate change.
Keywords :
climate mitigation; power system reliability; smart power grids; European network; European perspective; climate change; electricity generation; electricity network; reliability rate; smart grids; Air pollution; Electricity; Europe; Industries; Reliability; Renewable energy resources; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT), 2012 IEEE PES
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2158-8
DOI :
10.1109/ISGT.2012.6175582
