The following is a video by KQED of California on the smart grid.
QUEST on KQED Public Media.
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The total potential peak load reduction reported by entities for all regions and customer classes is 37,335 MW, up 26 percent from the 2006 FERC Survey results, and represents approximately five percent of the total forecasted U.S. peak demands for summer 2008 (752,579 MW), according to the 2008 FERC Demand Response and Advanced Metering Survey. OfficeDrop is a cloud filing system, scanner software provider and document scanning service that helps small businesses manage paper and digital documents. OfficeDrop provides tools that sync businesses’ desktops and scanners with an online search engine and cloud filing cabinet. The affordable service saves businesses time and money by enhancing paper based collaboration and workflows, [...] As quoted in the LA Times, the Electric Power Research Institute (a utility industry think tank) estimates that the cost of building a smart grid at $165 billion. That’s $8 billion a year for two decades. PR: wait… The generation of electricity emits 40% of the carbon dioxide in the US. Only 20% of emissions is caused by the transportation sector. Let’s hope that a smarter grid will reduce our electricity’s CO2 generation. PR: wait… The smart grid will require several types of energy storage – both Power Oriented Storage and Energy Oriented Storage. New energy production plus a smarter grid will enable the Energy Oriented Storage market to grow rapidly. Power Oriented Storage is most often associated with frequency regulation. Production of fast energy storage in 2009 is estimated at [...] The smart grid will never arrive if investment in the US energy grid continues to decrease. Look at the declining investment dollars in the transmission infrastructure from this US DOE chart: Decreasing Investment in US Energy Transmission |
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