Not Grandpa’s Grid I recently participated in a web colloquy with nuclear proponents about the future of baseload power (as represented by nuclear plants that have to operate around the clock) and the “problems” with integrating large amounts of renewable power into the grid. Their big bugaboo: variability. Renewable resources do not operate 24-7. They … Continue reading Not Grandpa’s Grid
Smart Grids 101: Connectivity of the Future The Obama administration has included $3.5 billion in grid modernization in its budget for the 2016 fiscal year. On top of that, the smart grid IT market is expected to double by 2024 and the future for implementation of smart grid technology is all but certain, with cities … Continue reading Smart Grids 101: Connectivity of the Future
Smart Grid Technology Solves Key Electric Vehicle Utility Challenges In the push to reduce CO2 emissions in the United States, consumers are purchasing electric vehicles (EVs) at an unprecedented rate, with the newest data showing that 2014 U.S. sales of 100 percent electric cars were up 58 percent. While this is good news for the … Continue reading Smart Grid Technology Solves Key #Electric_Vehicle #Utility Challenges
Can high-tech companies compete with mainline utlities for energy customers? Want to really cut your electricity bill? Some might say to call your light-footed high-tech dealer. But others will simply rely on their mainline utilities. Indeed, WGL Holdings and Southern Co. are now testing a battery storage system at a 1-megawatt solar array in Georgia. … Continue reading Can #high-tech companies compete with mainline #utilities for #energy_customers?
The Navy Yard sets off toward its own ‘smart-grid’ power network Behind the scenes at the Navy Yard, with its new corporate headquarters and restored 70-year-old buildings, another transformation is taking place that is largely invisible to the public, but that could have far-reaching implications. Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp., the agency redeveloping the Navy Yard, … Continue reading The Navy Yard sets off toward its own ‘smart-grid’ power network
Homegrown encryption threatens millions of smart grid devices Millions of thermostats and other smart devices could be under threat thanks to poor encryption, new research has revealed. The Open Smart Grid Protocol (OSGP) is one of the most widely used smart grid networkings standards in the world, but in what could be a nasty blow … Continue reading Homegrown encryption threatens millions of smart grid devices
How IoT will change your life …………A better balance of power Take the smart grid, for example. This is the application of the IoT to the modernization of our ageing electric infrastructure. In many countries, the grid was built in the 20th century and has not been modernized to tackle the challenges of the 21st … Continue reading How IoT will change your life
Three More Firms Join Association for Demand Response and Smart Grid WASHINGTON — Three more companies have joined the Association for Demand Response & Smart Grid (ADS). They come aboard as ADS gears up for its 12th annual National Town Meeting on Demand Response and Smart Grid. The new members are EcoFactor, Tendril, and Cadmus. … Continue reading Three More Firms Join Association for Demand Response and Smart Grid
Verizon pushes smart cities and smart farms WASHINGTON – Verizon Enterprise Solutions announced it will expand its foray into smart city and smart agriculture technology as part of the vaunted “Internet of Things” revolution. The carrier’s push into IoT makes business sense as many analysts predicted connected objects and machines will become a multitrillion-dollar industry … Continue reading #Verizon pushes smart cities and smart farms
Smart Wires Clears Congestion and Allows More Renewables on the Transmission Grid Transmission grids are one of the biggest bottlenecks to growing the world’s share of wind and solar power. Transmission networks built to push power from central power plants at steady outputs, along undisturbed paths, aren’t well suited for cutting back or increasing throughput … Continue reading Smart Wires Clears Congestion and Allows More Renewables on the Transmission Grid
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