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The US Department of Energy lists five technologies that will drive the adoption of the smart grid. The second is: Sensing and measurement technologies, to support faster and more accurate response such as remote monitoring, time-of-use pricing and demand-side management. Source: US DOE “The Smart Grid: An Introduction.” PR: wait… According to the US DOE, consumers want some pretty basic stuff from smart grid technologies: Consumers are not interested in sitting around for an hour a day to change how their house uses energy; what they will do is spend two hours per year to set their comfort, price and environmental preferences – enabling collaboration with [...] The US Department of Energy lists five technologies that will drive the adoption of the smart grid. The first is: Integrated communications, connecting components to open architecture for real-time information and control, allowing every part of the grid to both ‘talk’ and ‘listen.’ Source: US DOE “The Smart Grid: An Introduction.” PR: wait… 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 [...] Definition of Line loss: Electric energy lost because of the transmission of electricity. Much of the loss is thermal in nature. Source: US DOE PR: wait… According to a US DOE report, the United States energy grid is 99.97% reliable. One of the major goals of the smart grid initiative is to increase this reliability. Current energy grid visualization technologies are generally restricted to the individual utility level. The smart grid should allow real-time, two way data exchange across transmission lines & utilities that will result in a more holistic view of the energy grid. This can break the current grid’s, limited situational awareness. A grid visualization, smart grid style, [...] The US Department of Energy estimates that Smart Grid enhancements will ease congestion and increase energy utilization. This will allow utilities to send 50% to 300% more electricity through existing energy corridors. The real break through for the US smart grid will occur when two-way digital communication and plug-and-play cababilities become reality. Source: US DOE: “The Smart Grid: An Introduction” The US DOE states that a mere 5% increase inefficiency in the United States energy grid would result in energy savings equivalent to the fuel and greenhouse gas emissions from 53 million cars! The energy savings from a smarter grid could be huge, and may well be worth the investment in the smart grid. |
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