smart grid
Richard Ford doesn’t like the term smart grid.
“It means different things to different people,” says the manager of grid solutions at Toronto Hydro. “The term has become overused. It gets in the way.”
One of the miracles of the electronic age is the ability to plug almost any device into a computer and have it perform as described without any further effort on the part of the user.
Pike Research, a global consulting firm, has issued a new report noting that global revenues from building energy management systems are expected to rise almost 14 percent, year over year, through the end of the decade.
Beginning in 2009, Ontario introduced “smart” meters, along with “time-of-use” electricity pricing designed to help homeowners manage increasingly expensive electricity costs.
A new 97.6-megawatt battery-storage wind power facility is now online in West Virginia. The installation represents the world's largest lithium-ion-based wind energy storage project and the biggest advanced battery clean energy project in the United States.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), under Energy Secretary Steven Chu, recently announced the awarding of more than $145 million to 69 projects in 49 states aimed at increasing efficiency, bringing down costs and shaping the future of solar energy technologies. This is in addition to the $170 million awarded in April.
Earlier this month Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE: DUK) released the white paper Duke Energy: Developing the Communications Platform to Enable a More Intelligent Electric Grid [pdf]. The paper addresses the company’s vision and plan to digitize the electric grid.
A cyber-terrorism attack could cripple America’s electric grid, shutting down everything from communications to transportation to law enforcement. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says such an attack could be America’s “next Pearl Harbor.” Are we prepared to protect our power system against a cyber attack?
Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd), an Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC) company, has received the findings of a report it asked consulting firm Black & Veatch to conduct concerning a one-year smart meter pilot program.
