Electricity Requirements for a Digital Society

• Auteur principal: Baer, Walter S. (auth)
• Autres auteurs: Hassell, Scott (auth), Vollaard, Ben A. (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: RAND Corporation 2002
• Sujets: Environmental policy & protocols; Technology: general issues; Political Science; Technology
• Accès en ligne: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Greater use of 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 2001-2021 scenarios of ICT evolution and assessed their implications for U.S. electr...