A Tale of Smart Cities: How Collaboration Between Utilities and Communities Is Essential to Building Smart Cities

Cities are critically dependent on energy and the ability to manage environmental challenges. Emerging technology and design concepts provide new opportunities for meeting the needs of residents while contributing to major improvements in local and global environments. Cities are where grid infrastructure and resilience goals meet. Across the world, policymakers at every level are developing and executing plans to meet decarbonization and resilience goals for their residents. As about half of the world’s population is now urban, city leaders are looking for best practices on how to support the increased deployment of clean energy generation, including solar photovoltaics (PVs), while also integrating beneficial electrification to mitigate the effects of climate change.