Bringing Solar Power to the Smart Grid

摘要

The term "smart grid" means many things to many people, but there is one characteristic that people agree on: the focus of technology developments that transform how we will regard future power generation and consumption. One such technology development is the concept of widely distributed power generation facilities. In the past, a relatively small number of power plants were controlled by a relatively small number of utilities. In the future, more generation facilities such as wind farms and solar power plants will be controlled by a larger number of corporations and individuals.