The Microgrid Revolution

Business Strategies for Next-Generation Electricity

Mahesh P. Bhave Ph.D.

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Praeger Publishers Inc
11 October 2016

Electrical power industries

What kinds (according to U.S. News & World Report) of clean electricity initiatives—ones that make sense on public policy and business strategy levels—could overcome the hurdles in shifting away from the entrenched electricity and petroleum-based transport industries in the United States? This book explores the tremendous opportunities of the new electricity revolution that looks to threaten the century-old business models of our existing power production infrastructure. The electricity industry, having been in place for more than 100 years, has established tremendous power and influence. But as solar- and wind-based energy businesses gain small footholds and expand their impact, the incumbent electricity businesses face fundamental challenges that threaten their century-old business models. Will technological advances and the motivation to control climate change finally effect a revolution in the electricity markets? This unique book proposes public policy- and business strategy-level initiatives that could overcome the structural impediments that prevail in the current electricity industries and predicts the important changes to come in the immediate and distant future.

In The Microgrid Revolution: Business Strategies for Next-Generation Electricity, author Mahesh P. Bhave explains the current state of electricity production, identifies its widespread problems, and proposes a specific approach and particular solution to the puzzle of supplying clean energy for the 21st-century world. The introductory chapters lay the groundwork for the author's provocative thesis, and the concluding chapters elaborate on it with broad implications. By examining the subject material from the perspectives of public policy and regulatory concerns, corporate strategy, industry structure changes, innovation, and climate change as well as from a technological angle, readers from diverse industries and professional backgrounds will be able to understand how the coming electricity revolution is something we all have the power to influence.

By: Mahesh P. Bhave Ph.D.
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 510g
ISBN: 9781440833151
ISBN 10: 144083315X
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 11 October 2016
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Abbreviations ONE: Centrifugal Revolution: Strategies for Next-Generation Electricity TWO: Microgrids for Autonomy: Local Generation, Local Consumption THREE: Toward Off-Grid Campuses: The Design Challenge FOUR: Microgrids: Common Intersection between Developed and Emerging Economies FIVE: Divest and Fractionate for Value SIX: Define and Auction Market Blocks SEVEN: Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Electricity 2.0 EIGHT: Electricity Most Glamorous: The Enernet of Things (EoT) NINE: Functional, Therefore Dysfunctional, Business Schools TEN: Wrapping Up: Microgrids Everywhere APPENDIXES Appendix 1. Microgrid Alliance: Policy Advocacy Appendix 2. Course Outline: Strategic Management of Energy Systems Appendix 3. Select Microgrid-Related Articles by Mahesh P. Bhave Notes Bibliography Index

Mahesh P. Bhave, PhD, is a visiting professor of strategy, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kozhikode, Kerala, India, where he has taught for more than four years.

Reviews for The Microgrid Revolution: Business Strategies for Next-Generation Electricity

No brief review can convey the richness of the canvas of opportunities Bhave paints. . . . Bhave's writing is vivid and entertaining, interspersed with illuminating anecdotes and examples. He declares correctly that `this is an accessible book meant for the concerned or interested layperson.' But electricity specialists will also find it enlightening-and challenging. . . . Throughout the book, Bhave focuses on the role of business in bringing about and guiding the `microgrid revolution,' as Schumpeterian `creative destruction.' But he also stresses the crucial importance of business in tackling the looming threat of climate change. - Modern Power Systems