Resumen:
In a national grid, where should a new power generating plant be built? In a competive electricity market, why do wholesale prices for electricity vary between regions? Such innocent questions are often met with rather involved technical and economic answers. How can a more accessible understanding of power grids be articulated, suitable even for a non technical audience? This article discusses one potentially helpful step in this direction: drawing power network diagrams in an electrically meaningful way, rather than using geographic maps that can obscure their inherent structure.
Palabras Clave: Power grids, Industrial plants, Power system planning, Electricity supply industry, Power generation
Referencia DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/MPOT.2016.2587826
Publicado en papel: Abril 2017.
Publicado on-line: Marzo 2017.
Cita:
P. Cuffe, E. Saiz, A. Keane, For power systems, geography doesn't matter, but electrical structure does. IEEE Potentials. Vol. 36, nº. 2, pp. 42 - 46, Abril 2017. [Online: Marzo 2017]