Smartening the Grid in Developing Countries : Emerging Lessons from World Bank Lending

Nangia, Varun ; Oguah, Samuel ; Gaba, Kwawu

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: smart grids;    smart meters;    public utilities;    energy distribution;    energy transmission;   

RP-ID  :  107123

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Since fiscal year 2010 the World Bankhas supported 20 smart grid projects in 19 countries and allsix Bank regions. Valued at 960 million dollars - a quarterof all Bank support for transmission and distribution duringthe period — the projects have focused on advanced metering,distribution automation, and supervisory control and dataacquisition for energy and distribution management systems.Some of these projects are still under implementation, buttask teams are learning valuable lessons about how toimplement smart grid projects most effectively.