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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Energy and Electricity | |
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| The World Energy Scene | |
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| The Environmental Impact of Energy Use | |
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| Generating Electricity | |
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| The Electrical Power System | |
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| References | |
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| Features of Conventional and Renewable Generation | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Conventional Sources: Coal, Gas and Nuclear | |
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| Hydroelectric Power | |
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| Wind Power | |
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| PV and Solar Thermal Electricity | |
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| Tidal Power | |
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| Wave Power | |
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| Biomass | |
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| Summary of Power Generation Characteristics | |
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| Combining Sources | |
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| References | |
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| Power Balance/ Frequency Control | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Electricity Demand | |
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| Power Governing | |
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| Dynamic Frequency Control of Large Systems | |
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| Impact of Renewable Generation on Frequency Control and Reliability | |
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| Frequency Response Services from Renewables | |
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| Frequency Control Modelling | |
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| Energy Storage | |
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| References | |
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| Other Useful Reading | |
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| Electrical Power Generation and Conditioning | |
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| The Conversion of Renewable Energy into Electrical Form | |
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| The Synchronous Generator | |
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| The Transformer | |
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| The Asynchronous Generator | |
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| Power Electronics | |
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| Applications to Renewable Energy Generators | |
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| References | |
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| Power System Analysis | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Transmission System | |
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| Voltage Control | |
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| Power Flow in an Individual Section of Line | |
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| Reactive Power Management | |
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| Load Flow and Power System Simulation | |
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| Faults and Protection | |
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| Time Varying and Dynamic Simulations | |
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| Reliability Analysis | |
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| References | |
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| Renewable Energy Generation in Power Systems | |
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| Distributed Generation | |
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| Voltage Effects | |
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| Thermal Limits | |
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| Other Embedded Generation Issues | |
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| Islanding | |
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| Fault Ride-through | |
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| Generator and Converter Characteristics | |
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| References | |
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| Power System Economics and the Electricity Market | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Costs of Electricity Generation | |
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| Economic Optimization in Power Systems | |
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| External Costs | |
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| Effects of Embedded Generation | |
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| Support Mechanisms for Renewable Energy | |
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| Electricity Trading | |
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| References | |
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| The Future - Towards a Sustainable Electricity Supply System | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Future of Wind Power | |
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| The Future of Solar Power | |
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| The Future of Biofuels | |
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| The Future of Hydro and Marine Power | |
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| Distributed Generation and the Shape of Future Networks | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Appendix: Basic Electric Power Engineering Concepts | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Generators and Consumers of Energy | |
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| Why AC? | |
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| Waveforms | |
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| Response of Circuit Components to AC | |
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| Phasors | |
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| Phasor Addition | |
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| Rectangular Notation | |
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| Reactance and Impedance | |
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| Power in AC Circuits | |
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| Reactive Power | |
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| Complex Power | |
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| Conservation of Active and Reactive Power | |
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| Effects of Reactive Power Flow - Power Factor Correction | |
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| Three-phase AC | |
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| The Th_venin Equivalent Circuit | |
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| Reference | |
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| Index | |