====== Get started ======
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The ISGAN Smart Grid Wiki builds a shared language around smart grid transitions. It integrates knowledge across ISGAN working groups, grounding concepts in real-world examples and connecting them across disciplines.
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===== What this wiki is for =====
Each topic page approaches a concept from three complementary angles: who the relevant actors are, what the technical picture looks like, and what institutional structures shape the system. Pages are grounded in real-world examples from different regions and connected through links that make their dependencies visible. After publication, pages are revised and updated as knowledge develops.
===== Who is this wiki for? =====
The wiki serves three groups simultaneously. Writing well for all three at once is possible, but it requires deliberate choices.
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**ISGAN experts across working groups**
The wiki is a space that brings together collective and different ideas around key concepts that define smart grid transitions.
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**Policy makers and ministry officials**
Energy ministries, regulatory bodies, and international agencies use the wiki to understand the framing of technical and governance debates, and to communicate across departments and to elected politicians.
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**Researchers across disciplines**
Engineers, social scientists, energy economists, and policy researchers use the wiki when writing proposals and when communicating across disciplinary communities.
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===== How the wiki is organised =====
Topics are grouped into five categories that reflect the main analytical lenses used across ISGAN working groups.
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**Table 1.** Topic categories and what they cover.
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^ Category ^ What it covers ^
| **General Topics** | Foundational concepts relevant across the wiki: flexibility, resilience, scenarios, digitalisation, and related cross-cutting themes. |
| **Governance, Innovation & Change** | How transitions are organised and steered: governance frameworks, innovation policy, regulatory sandboxes, transition pathways, and change processes. |
| **Institutions & Markets** | The rules and market structures shaping system behaviour: regulation, market design, network codes, tariffs, and energy services. |
| **Actors & Stakeholders** | The groups whose decisions shape the system: operators, users, aggregators, communities, and their roles. |
| **Technology & Infrastructure** | The physical and digital infrastructure of smart grids: grid architecture, storage, sector coupling, grid edge, and infrastructure components. |
Each topic sits in one primary category. Related topics in other categories are linked directly from the Related topics section.
===== Get involved =====
To contribute, you need a wiki account. Register using the link in the top navigation. Your account will be reviewed by an admin before activation. For questions about contributing or to propose a new topic, contact the WG7 Task Lead.

See the [[about:guidelines|Editorial guide]] for writing standards and contributor roles, the [[about:markup|Wiki markup]] reference for formatting, and the [[about:newtopic|Topic builder]] to submit a new topic.