Power system planning technologies and applications concepts, solutions and management /

• Main Author: Elkarmi, Fawwaz, 1950-
• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: AbuShikhah, Nazih, 1957-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2012.
• Subjects: Electric power systems > Management.; Demand side management; Energy efficiency; Generation expansion; Integrated resource planning; Investment analysis; Load information and trends; Principles of load forecasting; Regulatory and market constraints; Renewable energy technologies; Transmission expansion
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"This book focuses on the technical planning of power systems, taking into account technological evolutions in equipment as well as the economic, financial, and societal factors that drive supply and demand and have implications for technical planning at the micro level"--Provided by publi...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Power system planning process
• 2. Factors affecting the future of power supply industry
• 3. Planning criteria
• 4. Load research
• 5. Electricity load forecasting
• 6. Energy efficiency
• 7. Demand side management
• 8. Renewable energy technologies
• 9. System expansion studies
• 10. Integrated resource planning
• 11. Interconnected systems
• 12. Financing of power projects
• 13. Tariff studies
• 14. Planning tools.