Power system planning technologies and applications
Subtitle: concepts, solutions and management
By: by Fawwaz Elkarmi and Nazih AbuShikhah
Contributors: AbuShikhah, Nazih, 1957-
Publisher: Engineering Science Reference
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Hershey, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781466601734; 9781466601741; 9781466601758
Subjects: Management; Electric power systems
Description: "This book focuses on the technical planning of power systems, taking into account technological evolutions in equipment as well as the economic, financial, and societal factors that drive supply and demand and have implications for technical planning at the micro level"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Power system planning process objectives; title: Factors affecting the future of power supply industry; title: Planning criteria; title: Load research; title: Electricity load forecasting; title: Energy efficiency objectives; title: Demand side management; title: Renewable energy technologies; title: System expansion studies; title: Integrated resource planning; title: Interconnected systems; title: Financing of power projects; title: Tariff studies; title: Planning tools; title: Bibliography; title: Glossary.