Electricity requirements for a digital society / / Walter S. Baer, Scott Hassell, Ben Vollaard.
Increasing use of the Internet and other information and communications technologies (ICTs) marks a U.S. transition toward a ""digital society"" that may profoundly affect electricity supply, demand and delivery. RAND developed four 20-year scenarios of ICT evolution (2001?2021)...
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| Year of Publication: | 2002 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (173 p.) |
| Notes: | "Prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy." |
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Table of Contents:
- PREFACE; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS; Chapter One INTRODUCTION; 1.1 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES AND ENERGY IN A DIGITAL SOCIETY; 1.2 REPORT OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND ORGANIZATION; Chapter Two APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY; 2.1 WHY CREATE SCENARIOS?; 2.2 APPROACH TO DEVELOPING ICT SCENARIOS; 2.3 ICT DRIVING FACTORS; 2.4 DATA, ASSUMPTIONS, AND UNCERTAINTIES IN THE SCENARIOS; Chapter Three INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SCENARIOS; 3.1 OVERVIEW OF SCENARIOS; 3.2 COMMON 2001-2006 SCENARIO; 3.3 REFERENCE SCENARIO
- 3.4 ZAIBATSU SCENARIO3.5 CYBERTOPIA SCENARIO; 3.6 NET INSECURITY SCENARIO; 3.7 COMPARING THE SCENARIOS; Chapter Four IMPLICATIONS OF THE SCENARIOS FOR U.S. ELECTRICITY USE; 4.1 HOW ICT INFLUENCES ELECTRICITY AND OTHER ENERGY USE; 4.2 ELECTRICITY USE IN THE RESIDENTIAL SECTOR, 2001-2021; 4.3 ELECTRICITY USE IN THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR, 2001-2021; 4.4 ELECTRICITY USE IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR, 2001-2021; 4.5 PROJECTED ELECTRICITY USE IN THE RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS, 2001-2021; Chapter Five IMPLICATIONS OF THE SCENARIOS FOR THE U.S. ELECTRICITY SYSTEM
- 5.1 ASSURING POWER QUALITY AND RELIABILITY FOR DIGITAL DEVICES5.2 USING ICT TO IMPROVE GRID RELIABILITY AND OPERATIONS; 5.3 USING ICT TO SUPPORT DISTRIBUTED GENERATION AND STORAGE; 5.4 REDUCING VULNERABILITY OF ICT AND ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURES; Chapter Six CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS; 6.1 ALIGNING EERE PROGRAMS AND PLANNING WITH ANTICIPATED ICT DEVELOPMENTS; 6.2 IMPROVING ELECTRICITY PROJECTIONS INVOLVING ICT; 6.3 IMPROVING ICT SCENARIOS FOR ENERGY PLANNING AND FORECASTING; Appendix A INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SCENARIO MATRIX
- Appendix B ICT-RELATED ELECTRICITY USE PROJECTIONSREFERENCES