Downtime on the Microgrid: Architecture, Electricity, and Smart City Islands

by Malcolm McCullough

Something good about the smart city: a human-centered account of why the future of electricity is local.

Resilience now matters most, and most resilience is local--even for that most universal, foundational modern resource: the electric power grid. Today that technological marvel is changing more rapidly than it has for a lifetime, and in our new grid awareness, community microgrids have become a fascinating catalyst for cultural value change...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262043513
• ISBN13: 9780262043519
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.1"