Affiliation:
1. School of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Abstract
The chapter describes the major components of the power grid. It then describes and explains the trends in the consumption and generation of electricity, with a particular focus on increasing the share of renewable energy sources. The concept of the smart grid is then described, including a discussion of the smart meter and the prosumer concept. The second part of the chapter is dedicated to electromobility. This section describes the main characteristics of electric vehicles and the trend of their diffusion, battery technologies, charging stations, smart charging, and the vehicle-to-grid concept.
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