Dresden

Early registration deadline 31 July 2011

Communication networks nowadays count for 2 % of the worldwide emissions of CO2 with an exponentially rising trend. Today electrical energy is generated in few power plants and distributed to the user. Efficient use of energy requires distributed generation and distributed control of alternative energy generators. Therefore the power grid has to become a smart grid, which in turn requires a communication network for controlling the power grid. Smart grid communications can be realized by all communication technologies, wired or wireless. Applications range from meter reading to home automation and entertainment and the control of distributed power plants. EUNICE 2011 addresses research issues of energy-aware communication networks and communications for smart grids.