Challenges | |
Getting Smart? Climate Change and the Electric Grid | |
Jennie C. Stephens3  Elizabeth J. Wilson2  Tarla R. Peterson1  | |
[1] Department of Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, TAMU-2258, College Station, TX 77843, USA; E-Mail:;Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, 301 19th Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; E-Mail:;Environmental Science and Policy, Clark University-IDCE, 950 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01610, USA | |
关键词: electricity; mitigation; adaptation; smart grid; grid modernization; | |
DOI : 10.3390/challe4020201 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
Interest in the potential of smart grid to transform the way societies generate, distribute, and use electricity has increased dramatically over the past decade. A smarter grid could contribute to both climate change mitigation and adaptation by increasing low-carbon electricity production and enhancing system reliability and resilience. However, climate goals are not necessarily essential for smart grid. Climate change is only one of many considerations motivating innovation in electricity systems, and depending on the path of grid modernization, a future smart grid might do little to reduce, or could even exacerbate, risks associated with climate change. This paper identifies tensions within a shared smart grid vision and illustrates how competing societal priorities are influencing electricity system innovation. Co-existing but divergent priorities among key actors’ are mapped across two critical dimensions: centralized
【 授权许可】
CC BY
© 2013 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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