Smart Grid Applications and Developments

‘Smart Grid Applications and Developments’ enriches understanding of today’s energy and climate challenges.  It demonstrates how solutions require not only technological advances, but also political sensitivity; well-informed policy analysis, an impr

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Daphne Mah Peter Hills Victor O. K. Li Richard Balme Editors

Smart Grid Applications and Developments

Green Energy and Technology

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Editors Daphne Mah Department of Geography Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong People’s Republic of China Peter Hills The Kadoorie Institute The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong People’s Republic of China

Victor O. K. Li Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong People’s Republic of China Richard Balme Paris School of International Affairs and Centre d’Etudes Europeennes Sciences Po Paris France

ISSN 1865-3529 ISSN 1865-3537 (electronic) ISBN 978-1-4471-6280-3 ISBN 978-1-4471-6281-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-6281-0 Springer London Heidelberg New York Dordrecht Library of Congress Control Number: 2014944724 Ó Springer-Verlag London 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Acknowledgments

This book is very much a collaborative effort. We wish to extend special thanks to all our contributing authors for contributing complementary knowledge from their areas of expertise, for being so respons