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This book presents a cross-disciplinary approach to smart grids,
offering an invaluable basis for understanding their complexity and
potential, and for discussing their technical, legal, economic,
societal, psychological and security aspects. Smart grids are a
complex phenomenon involving new, active roles for consumers and
prosumers, novel social, political and cultural practices, advanced
ICT, new markets, security of supply issues, the informational turn
in energy, valuation of assets and investments, technological
innovation and (de)regulation. Furthermore, smart grids offer new
interfaces, in turn creating hybrid fields: with the increasing use
of electric vehicles and electric transportation, smart grids
represent the crossroads of energy and mobility. While the aim is
to achieve more sustainable production, transportation and use of
energy, the importance of smart grids actually has less to do with
electricity, heat or gas, and far more with transforming the
infrastructure needed to deliver energy, as well as the roles of
its owners, operators and users. The immediate goal is to
contribute positively to a sustainable world society. The chapters
are revised and expanded texts based upon lectures delivered at the
Groningen Energy Summer School 2014. Questions for further
discussion at the end of each chapter highlight the key themes that
emerge. The book offers an indispensable resource for researchers,
professionals and companies in the power supply industry, and for
students seeking to broaden and deepen their understanding of smart
grids.
Data and Society: A Critical Introduction investigates the growing
importance of data as a technological, social, economic and
scientific resource. It explains how data practices have come to
underpin all aspects of human life and explores what this means for
those directly involved in handling data. The book fosters informed
debate over the role of data in contemporary society explains the
significance of data as evidence beyond the "Big Data" hype spans
the technical, sociological, philosophical and ethical dimensions
of data provides guidance on how to use data responsibly includes
data stories that provide concrete cases and discussion questions.
Grounded in examples spanning genetics, sport and digital
innovation, this book fosters insight into the deep interrelations
between technical, social and ethical aspects of data work.
This book presents a cross-disciplinary approach to smart grids,
offering an invaluable basis for understanding their complexity and
potential, and for discussing their technical, legal, economic,
societal, psychological and security aspects. Smart grids are a
complex phenomenon involving new, active roles for consumers and
prosumers, novel social, political and cultural practices, advanced
ICT, new markets, security of supply issues, the informational turn
in energy, valuation of assets and investments, technological
innovation and (de)regulation. Furthermore, smart grids offer new
interfaces, in turn creating hybrid fields: with the increasing use
of electric vehicles and electric transportation, smart grids
represent the crossroads of energy and mobility. While the aim is
to achieve more sustainable production, transportation and use of
energy, the importance of smart grids actually has less to do with
electricity, heat or gas, and far more with transforming the
infrastructure needed to deliver energy, as well as the roles of
its owners, operators and users. The immediate goal is to
contribute positively to a sustainable world society. The chapters
are revised and expanded texts based upon lectures delivered at the
Groningen Energy Summer School 2014. Questions for further
discussion at the end of each chapter highlight the key themes that
emerge. The book offers an indispensable resource for researchers,
professionals and companies in the power supply industry, and for
students seeking to broaden and deepen their understanding of smart
grids.
Data and Society: A Critical Introduction investigates the growing
importance of data as a technological, social, economic and
scientific resource. It explains how data practices have come to
underpin all aspects of human life and explores what this means for
those directly involved in handling data. The book fosters informed
debate over the role of data in contemporary society explains the
significance of data as evidence beyond the "Big Data" hype spans
the technical, sociological, philosophical and ethical dimensions
of data provides guidance on how to use data responsibly includes
data stories that provide concrete cases and discussion questions.
Grounded in examples spanning genetics, sport and digital
innovation, this book fosters insight into the deep interrelations
between technical, social and ethical aspects of data work.
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