• Electricity Markets and Their Implications
    In Antonio Carlos Zambroni de Souza & Miguel Castilla (eds.), Microgrids Design and Implementation, Springer Verlag. pp. 369-406. 2018.
    In almost all countries, electricity reform has been a part of wider policies towards a liberal market economy. The former vertically integrated electricity utilities were restructured and unbundled by a reform process that introduced competition into generation, wholesale, and retail segments of the industry. The transmission and distribution businesses that were either regional or national monopolies have been subjected to regulation by an independent regulator. Other common elements of the re…Read more
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    A REALIDADE DESVELADA: Galileu e o ingresso da humanidade no Jardim de Fractais
    Dissertation, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil. 2018.
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    Smart Metering Technology
    with Paulo Coelho and Carlos Moreira
    In Antonio Carlos Zambroni de Souza & Miguel Castilla (eds.), Microgrids Design and Implementation, Springer Verlag. pp. 97-137. 2018.
    Over the last few years, the need for electricity has increased in households as new and different appliances are progressively introduced. This increased demand for electricity raises a concern to many developed and developing countries since it is a human’s responsibility to assure a sustainable future. Energy demand management can be an effective approach to reduce the energy consumption; this approach requires final consumers to be empowered with more information for improving their decision…Read more
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    Microgrid Protection Schemes
    with Paulo Coelho and Carlos Moreira
    In Antonio Carlos Zambroni de Souza & Miguel Castilla (eds.), Microgrids Design and Implementation, Springer Verlag. pp. 311-336. 2018.
    A microgrid embraces a low-voltage distribution grid with distributed energy resources and controllable loads. In the last years, there has been a growing awareness in exploiting microgrids to facilitate DER integration in electric power systems as well as to improve reliability and power quality in distribution grids. A microgrid can operate connected to the upstream medium voltage grid—utility grid—or islanded in a controlled and coordinated way. A major challenge associated with the implement…Read more