IEEE Electrification Magazine - June 2016 - 1

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VOL. 4, NO. 2

JUNE 2016

ISSN 2325-5987

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F E AT U R E S

Solar-dc Microgrid
for Indian Homes
A transforming power
scenario.

DC microgrids from
concept to demonstration
to deployment.

Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Aditya Lolla,
and Prabhjot Kaur

Luis Eduardo Zubieta

Voltage-Level Selection
of Future Two-Level
LVdc Distribution Grids

A compromise between
grid compatibility, safety,
and efficiency.

Next-Generation
Shipboard DC
Power System

Introducing smart grid
and dc microgrid
technologies into maritime
electrical networks.

Enrique Rodriguez-Diaz,
Fang Chen, Juan C. Vasquez,
Josep M. Guerrero, Rolando Burgos,
and Dushan Boroyevich

Are Microgrids
the Future of Energy?

Zheming Jin, Giorgio Sulligoi,
Rob Cuzner, Lexuan Meng,
Juan C. Vasquez, and
Josep M. Guerrero

DC Local Power
Distribution

Technology, deployment,
and pathways to success.

Bruce Nordman
and Ken Christensen

DC Microgrid Protection
Using the coupled-inductor
solid-state circuit breaker.

Atif Maqsood and Keith Corzine

D E PA R T M E N T S & C O L U M N S
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