Technology: New electricity grids must develop in sync

Publication year:

2014

Publication Category:

Magazine Papers

Identifier and type:

doi:10.1038/500276c

Author:

Ettore Bompard, Marcelo Masera, William J. Nuttall

Publisher:

NATURE | CORRESPONDENCE

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Future US and European electricity systems will depend on the harmonious evolution of low- and medium-voltage 'smart' grids with high-voltage 'super' grids. Without care, these two developments could undermine, rather than reinforce, one another.