The microgrid revolution : business strategies for next-generation electricity / Mahesh P. Bhave.

By: Bhave, Mahesh P, 1957- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, An imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2016]Description: xxxii, 182 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781440833151; 144083315XSubject(s): Electric utilities | Microgrids (Smart power grids) | Electric power distribution -- Environmental aspects | Electric industries -- Environmental aspects | Renewable energy sources | Electric industries -- Environmental aspects | Electric power distribution -- Environmental aspects | Electric utilities | Microgrids (Smart power grids) | Renewable energy sourcesAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Microgrid revolution.DDC classification: 333.793/20684 LOC classification: HD9685.A2 | .B497 2016
Contents:
Introduction -- Centrifugal revolution: strategies for next generation electricity -- Microgrids for autonomy: local generation, local comsumption -- Toward off-grid campuses: the design challenge -- Microgrids: common intersection between developed and emerging economies -- Divest and fractionate for value -- Define and auction market blocks -- Entrepreneurial opportunities in electricity 2.0 -- Electricity most glamorous: The Enernet of things (EoT) -- Functional, therefore dysfunctional business schools -- Wrapping up : microgrids everywhere -- Appendix 1. Microgrid alliance: policy advocacy -- Appendix 2. Course outline: strategic management of energy systems -- Appendix 3. Select microgrid-related articles by Mahesh P. Bhave.
Summary: What kinds (according to U.S. News & World Report) of clean electricity initiatives―ones that make sense on public policy and business strategy levels―could overcome the hurdles in shifting away from the entrenched electricity and petroleum-based transport industries in the United States? This book explores the tremendous opportunities of the new electricity revolution that looks to threaten the century-old business models of our existing power production infrastructure. -- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-178) and index.

Introduction -- Centrifugal revolution: strategies for next generation electricity -- Microgrids for autonomy: local generation, local comsumption -- Toward off-grid campuses: the design challenge -- Microgrids: common intersection between developed and emerging economies -- Divest and fractionate for value -- Define and auction market blocks -- Entrepreneurial opportunities in electricity 2.0 -- Electricity most glamorous: The Enernet of things (EoT) -- Functional, therefore dysfunctional business schools -- Wrapping up : microgrids everywhere -- Appendix 1. Microgrid alliance: policy advocacy -- Appendix 2. Course outline: strategic management of energy systems -- Appendix 3. Select microgrid-related articles by Mahesh P. Bhave.

What kinds (according to U.S. News & World Report) of clean electricity initiatives―ones that make sense on public policy and business strategy levels―could overcome the hurdles in shifting away from the entrenched electricity and petroleum-based transport industries in the United States? This book explores the tremendous opportunities of the new electricity revolution that looks to threaten the century-old business models of our existing power production infrastructure. -- Provided by publisher.

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