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The Energy Trilemma and the Smart Grid: Implications Beyond the United States

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  • Jeannie Oliver, Benjamin Sovacool

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This article argues that smart grid technologies enable policy-makers and communities to successfully manage enduring energy policy concerns. It defines what ‘smart’ energy technologies, grids and policies mean, and then evaluates how the smart grid can enable policy-makers to respond to an emerging energy ‘trilemma’. Drawing on case studies from the United States, the article suggests that the automated communications enabled by smart grid technologies significantly benefit each dimension of the energy trilemma: economic, social and environmental. However, successful smart grid implementation requires smart communication beyond technology. Failure to engage with customers through targeted communication, or to adequately address customers' privacy concerns, risks alienating customers, threatening the value of the smart grid investment. This article concludes that, with smart communication, both technical and human, the smart grid is an important step towards a sustainable energy future for stakeholders well beyond the United States.

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  • Jeannie Oliver, Benjamin Sovacool, 2017. "The Energy Trilemma and the Smart Grid: Implications Beyond the United States," Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies 201705, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University.
    • Handle: RePEc:een:appswp:201705
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    2. Maria Juliana Suarrez Foréro & Frédéric Lantz & Pierre Nicolas & Patrice Geoffron, 2022. "The Impact of Electric Vehicle Fleets on the European Electricity Markets: Evidences from the German Passenger Car Fleet and Power Generation Sector," Working Papers hal-03898558, HAL.

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    smart grid; energy trilemma; energy security; sustainable development; communication;
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