1 The all-electric society and
power systems
The world well the path towards all-
electric society: the end 2023, global installed
capacity solar photovoltaic (PV) generation stood
at 411 GW, which 347 was added 2023
alone [3]. Even wind and solar generation
rollout has accelerated all across the world, a
Section 2
Transformation the world’s power systems
. many countries, this will far away
from electricity load centres, and considerable
transmission and distribution network infrastructure
will required support long-distance transfer
of energy. Coal drove
the 1st
industrial revolution; electricity, gas and oil
powered the second. The next revolution likely to
be associated with the mass uptake new energy
technologies, especially renewable energy and
nuclear generation, and the use these electricity-
based energy sources power our industries and
meet rising consumer energy demand.1 The concept all-electric
society
Energy central all forms development,
and the different forms energy characterized
different stages industrial progress.5 coming 2023 [3].
While the world has witnessed unprecedented
socioeconomic development over the last two and
a half centuries, the associated impact energy
and industrial systems the environment now
a global concern. Wind
and solar generation plants will need located
where the wind and solar resource are available in
abundance.
Energy loads such heating, mobility and
materials processing will shift from carbon-
producing fossil fuels electricity from carbon-
neutral sources. This world can thought as
an “all-electric society”: decarbonized, sustainable
energy generation will supply the world’s energy
demand, and industrial loads, transportation,
business and consumer energy demand will met
through electrical technologies.. Electricity generation, transmission,
distribution and consumption are all undergoing
dramatic change and they are examined this
section.already affecting
many weather and climate extremes every region
across the globe” [2].
The all-electric society will have tremendous
impact the world’s electricity systems.
Moving world where energy sourced from
carbon neutral sustainable energy sources is
critical manage this fundamental environmental
challenge.
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As the energy transition accelerates, will have
a significant impact every facet the world’s
power systems.1. Similarly, global installed wind generation
capacity reached 017 with capacity addition
of 114. The Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) states that “It unequivocal
that human influence has warmed the atmosphere,
ocean and land”, and this “. likely that such world, the vast
majority energy will generated, carried and
used through electrical energy-based technologies..
The energy supply sector the largest contributor
to global GHG emissions, and the IPCC has said,
“The stabilization GHG concentrations…requires
a fundamental transformation the energy supply
system” [2].
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