Electricity Grids: Moving towards the Smart Grid

Power grids ensure that electricity actually gets from the producers to every consumer. This makes a stable electricity grid the prerequisite for a successful energy transition in Europe (Child, 2019). A comprehensive transformation of the generation and the consumption landscape requires not only the mere extension of the existing grid infrastructure but also new approaches to make the grid more intelligent and therefore smarter. The current chapter explains the components and challenges of these types of smart grids in some detail. But what is the technical and process-related background to our electricity grids? The pages below will answer this question.