Smart Grid Fundamentals

The textbook provides a comprehensive overview of smart grids, their role in the development of electricity systems, as well as issues and problems related to smart grid evolution, operation, management, control, protection, entities, and components. The book can be used as an introductory and basic textbook, reference and training resource by engineers, students, faculty, and interested readers to gain the essential knowledge of the power and energy systems, smart grid fundamentals, concepts and features, as well as the main energy technologies, including how they work and operate, characteristics, and they are evaluated and selected for specific applications--