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According to Innovation Observatory, the smart grid upgrade in the United States will cost $60 billion, including the meters, grid automation, communications infrastructure, IT systems and hardware, systems integration, and home area network equipment. China will outspend the US on smart grid investments by 2016. Other countries expected to be in the top ten spenders on the [...] Over capacity in China is driving lower prices for solar and wind power, as reported in cnet. A wind turbine can now generate electricity at a cost of about 6 to 8 U.S. cents per kilowatt hour (kWh), depending on construction and financing costs, compared with about 3 to 7 cents for gas and coal, say [...] Just heard about a new company called SmartSync. From their site: SmartSynch is a Smart Grid Technology Company enabling utilities to communicate with any device on the grid. The company’s clean-tech innovations in the two-way delivery of real-time energy usage data over public wireless networks (AT&T, Rogers, T-Mobile, etc.), in lieu of private network build-outs, have [...] Demand response can save a significant amount of energy through more efficient matching of supply generation with demand. From the 2008 FERC Survey: 2008 FERC Survey asked respondents to provide estimates of the potential peak load reductions (in MW), actual peak reductions (in MW), potential MWh change and actual MWh changes as of the end of [...] From the 2008 FERC Demand Response and Advanced Metering Survey, here is what different ISOs are proposing to the FERC regarding their intentions for implementing demand response smart grid application technology: Midwest ISO: FERC conditionally accepted the Midwest ISO’s proposal to implement a dayahead and real-time ancillary services market. The market design provides for the integration [...] Smart demand response can minimize congestion, increase efficiency within markets, and enhance reliability of the entire energy/electricity system. Demand response is one of the most important smart grid applications! Read more in 2008 FERC Demand Response and Advanced Metering Survey List and map of the North American Reliability Councils: Source: Wikipedia/Bouchecl
FRCC – Florida Reliability Coordinating Council Obviously these groups [...] There have been significant increases in advanced metering in the US since 2006. The results of the 2008 FERC Demand Response and Advanced Metering Survey (2008 FERC The current state of the energy grid is sadly inadequate in the level of visibility and situational awareness. One of the most important smart grid applications will be better visibility and visualization tools. According to an article by Jesse Berst, some of the key features that will be brought to the energy grid by improved [...] The reliability of electric systems can be broken down into two concepts*: Adequacy Adequacy implies that there are sufficient generation and transmission resources installed and available to meet projected electrical demand plus reserves for contingencies. Security Security implies that the system will remain intact operationally (i.e., will have sufficient available operating capacity) even after outages or other equipment failure. The [...] |
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