本教程共10章，内容涉及基础知识、电力系统、发电、输电、配电、电力市场、电力客户服务、智能电网、能源互联网等与能源电力理论与实践直接相关的主题。每章各安排4篇与主题密切相关、新近见刊的文章作为阅读材料。第一篇阅读材料为正文，其余3篇为扩展阅读。生词的处理方面，第一篇文章以词汇表的形式列于文后，其他3篇阅读文章仅在第一次出现时给出中文释义。每篇阅读文章后都安排如填空、搭配、英汉互译、问答等难易度不同的习题，以便于学习者检测、巩固学习成果。本书所选文章难度适中，不仅适合已通过大学英语四级考试的在校大学生学习，也适合能源电力涉外工作者作为拓宽知识面的读物。

Unit 1 Electricity
Reading 1 Electricity and Application
Reading 2 Electric Charge and Electric Current
Reading 3 Electric Circuit and Electric Field
Reading 4 Electricity in the Workplace
Unit 2 Introduction to Power System
Reading 1 Structure of Electric Power Systems
Reading 2 Terminology of Power System
Reading 3 From Interconnections of Local Electric Power Systems to Global Energy Interconnection
Reading 4 Characteristic Analysis of UHVAC/DC Hybrid Power Grids and Construction of Power System Protection
Unit 3 Power Generation
Reading 1 Non-Conventional Sources of Energy
Reading 2 Obama to Hit US Power Plants with Tougher Than Expected Emissions Cuts
Reading 3 Solar Power Is Booming, But Will Never Replace Coal. Here's Why
Reading 4 Conventional Sources
Unit 4 Power Transmission and Distribution
Reading 1 The Economics of Electricity Distribution
Reading 2 Environmental Guideline for Electric Power Transmission and Distribution (Part One)
Reading 3 Environmental Guideline for Electric Power Transmission and Distribution (Part Two)
Reading 4 Electricity Distribution
Unit 5 Smart Grid
Reading 1 Security Risk Assessment for SDN-enabled Smart Grids
Reading 2 Smart Grid Development in Quebec. A Review and Policy Approach
Reading 3 Smart Grid and Energy Storage. Policy Recommendations
Reading 4 Battery Storage Systems in Smart Grid Optimised Buildings
Unit 6 Customer Service
Reading 1 Top 5 Tips for Utilities to Create a Customer Service Culture
Reading 2 Addressing the Customer of the Future
Reading 3 Redefinition of Customer Experience in the Grid Edge Transformation
Reading 4 Enhancing the Utility Customer Experience: A Digital Framework
Unit 7 Power Market
Reading 1 Influence of European Market Frameworks on Market Participation and Risk Management of Virtual Power Plants
Reading 2 Energy. New Market Design to Pave the Way for a New Deal for Consumers
Reading 3 Germany's Electricity Market Out of Balance
Reading 4 U.S. Electricity Grid & Markets
Unit 8 Building the Energy Internet
Reading 1 The Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management (FREEDM) System.. The Energy Internet
Reading 2 The Energy Internet
Reading 3 Creating the Energy Internet
Reading 4 5 Problems the Internet of Energy Can Solve
Unit 9 New Technology
Reading 1 Future of Electricity
Reading 2 Conveying Energy: New Technology Generates Power Using Energy Created by Conveyor Belts
Reading 3 Six of the Most Promising New Green Power Technologies
Reading 4 Desalination Technology in Power Generation
Unit 10 Power Industry in China
Reading 1 Is Power Sector Reform Essential to China's Plans for a Greener Future?
Reading 2 Here Comes a New Chinese Export. Nuclear Reactors
Reading 3 Powering the Dragon: How China's Power Sector Is Evolving
Reading 4 Technological Learning in the Chinese Wind Power Industry
References
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