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Smart Grid

According to a 2010 International Energy Agency report, smart grid technologies and systems have the potential to reduce global CO2 emissions by more than two gigatons per year by 2050. Smart grids can reduce emissions directly by saving energy through peak load management, reduced transmission and distribution losses, and by providing feedback on energy use. Smart grids can further reduce emissions by enabling greater integration of renewable energy sources and by facilitating greater electric vehicle and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle adoption.

Smart grid technologies and systems are evolving rapidly, and distinct motivations drive their deployment in each country and region. In many regions, smart grids are seen as a pathway to solving energy access concerns and as a pathway to economic development by ensuring levels of reliability necessary for cutting-edge information technology businesses. In other regions, smart grids are viewed as a critical enabling component for the integration of renewable energy sources. Whatever the driving motivations for grid modernization, policymakers will face the challenge of integrating the technical, economic, and human dimensions of smart grid systems into a coherent vision of a 21st century electrical grid.

This page presents technical resources that policymakers can use to inform the design and implementation of smart grid technologies and systems.

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American Samoa’s Solar+Storage Microgrid

The island of Ta’u in the U.S. territory of American Samoa relied heavily on diesel generation to meet its electricity…

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Clean Energy Group

Resilient Power

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16 February 2017

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Berkeley India Joint Leadership on Energy and the Environment (Website)

This is the website of the Berkeley India Joint Leadership on Energy and the Environment (BIJLEE), which is a partnership…

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University of California

Berkeley

The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Climate and Energy Webcasts

This website provides access to a collection of webcasts and podcasts presented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Local Climate…

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United States Environmental Protection Agency

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ClimateTechWiki: A Clean Energy Platform (Website)

This database provides publications, case studies, tools, general discussions, and other resources focusing on a wide variety of technologies. Users…

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United Nations

Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs

Energy Research Center of the Netherlands

Joint Implementation Network

University of Edinburgh

Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Partnership

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Global Infrastructure Facility

Despite robust growth, many people in emerging markets and developing economies still do not have access to reliable and affordable…

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The World Bank

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Global Infrastructure Facility

Despite robust growth, many people in emerging markets and developing economies still do not have access to reliable and affordable…

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The World Bank

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Greening the Grid

This website and toolkit provides technical assistance that can be use by energy system planners, regulators and grid operators to…

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Enhancing Capacity for Low Emission Development Strategies (EC-LEDS)

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Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Solutions for Energy Efficiency

This report discusses the ways in which information and communication technologies (ICT) solutions could play a transformative role in the…

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World Bank

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Institute for Building Efficiency (Website)

This website provides information and analyses of technologies, policies, and practices for efficient, high-performance buildings and smart energy systems around…

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Johnson Controls

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Open Energy Info (OpenEI)

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, this website provides international energy-related…

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United States Department of Energy

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Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership Projects (Website)

This website provides a listing of all projects supported by the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP). Since its…

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Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership

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Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse (SGIC) (Website)

This portal provides public access to a clearinghouse of information about smart grid. It includes a map of projects, use…

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Virginia Tech Advanced Research Institute

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Power & Energy Society

EnerNex Corporation

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Smart Grid Implementation Strategy Reference Library (Website)

This website links to a collection of technical reports detailing the technologies, systems and policies that will support smart grid…

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United States National Energy Technology Laboratory

United States Department of Energy

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SmartGridCity (Website)

SmartGridCity is a technology pilot that explores smart-grid tools in a real-world setting. As part of SmartGridCity, Xcel Energy has…

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Xcel Energy

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Smart Grid Maturity Model (SGMM)

The Smart Grid Maturity Model (SGMM) is an analysis tool that utilities can use to plan smart grid deployment, prioritize…

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Carnegie Mellon

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The Energy Challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa

This pair of linked reports explores the scientific, technical economic, and policy opportunities for renewable energy technologies to address Africa’s…

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Oxfam

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1 January 2017

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The Political Economy of Clean Energy Transitions

This book steps into the new world of broad-scale and locally relevant policy experimentation. Chapters focus on the political economy…

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Oxford University Press

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The SmartSacramento Smart Grid Project

This recorded webinar examines the SmartSacramento smart grid project. A U.S. Department of Energy grant awarded to California’s Sacramento Municipal…

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International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN)

Clean Energy Solutions Center