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What the heck is a Smart Grid?
Jan 15th
Nowadays we have several issues to face that are causing concern to humanity in general and the western world specifically. I don’t think I need to repeat them here but basically they are environmental as well as geopolitical in nature. Hence, the old coal or oil burning power plant needs to be phased out and we must become much more efficient at generating and delivering electricity to end users or the costs become extraordinary over time.
Everywhere I look these days I see Smart Grid this and Smart Grid that and Smart Grid everything else. Hmmm … must be… Continue reading
SCADA, VAR, and phase load balancing smart grid software
Jan 15th
I.S/G now offers utility companies the unique and rare opportunity leverage our industry proven software and framework to seamlessly integrate with both existing grid infrastructure, as well as upcoming energy innovations.
Analyze voltage requirements, proactively track deficiencies, and make necessary adjustments manually or though autonomous agents through a secure and highly scalable network of reliable components and controls in real-time. From SCADA, VAR and, phase load balancing to operational sourcing, our software will provide you with necessary decision making capability in today’s evolving energy markets.
I.S/g was developed with the core customers in mind. Any outage will ultimately… Continue reading
HD-PLC:Newest Solution for Smart Grids
Jan 15th
In countries such as the U.S., the ‘Smart Grid’ is seen as the newest solution to stop global warming, which optimizes the delivery of electricity through IT. Function-rich electric meters are needed at individual homes for the smart grid to be implemented. HD-PLC has drawn attention as one of the solutions to make the meters more function-rich.
The smart grid is a next generation electricity network that automatically adjusts the flow of electricity between suppliers and consumers by using IT. It aims to become an electricity network where homes, businesses and power utility companies cooperate together in using electricity… Continue reading
Emerging U.S. Smart Grid Energy Market: $3.4 Billion Boost
Jan 15th
U.S. Government announced the largest single energy grid modernization investment in U.S. history, funding a broad range of technologies that will spur the country’s transition to a smarter, stronger, more efficient and reliable electric system. U.S. electric grid and make it possible for grid operators to better monitor grid conditions and prevent minor disturbances in the electrical system from cascading into local or regional power outages or blackouts. This monitoring ability will also help the grid to incorporate large blocks of intermittent renewable energy, like wind and solar power, to take advantage of clean energy resources when they are available… Continue reading
Investing In Smart Grid Technology With ETF’s
Jan 15th
Julian Murdoch From Hard Assets Investor Writes: President Obama made the overhaul of the nation’s electrical infrastructure a vocal part of his 2008 campaign. In an interview with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow just days before the election, he outlined his promise of involvement:
“One of, I think, the most important infrastructure projects that we need is a whole new electricity grid. Because if we’re going to be serious about renewable energy, I want to be able to get wind power from North Dakota to population centers, like Chicago. And we’re going to have to have a smart grid. If we… Continue reading
The Smart Grid in 2010: Market Segments, Applications and Industry Players
Jan 15th
In this free report and market taxonomy, GTM Research provides a comprehensive look at the drivers, characteristics, market segments, applications and the leading companies that are defining next-generation, intelligent power grids.
A confluence of concerns including national energy security, climate change and grid reliability has ushered in a period of rapid investment and increased political will to develop and deploy Smart Grid technologies around the globe. The race to be the solution provider for one of the multitude of challenges/opportunities – from advanced metering, demand response, the integration of distributed generation and storage, advanced utility control systems, and home/building… Continue reading
GE’s smart grid: Introducing the “Zero Energy” home
Jan 15th
As the movement to make electrical grids “smarter” grows around the globe, defining just what a smart grid is — for both consumers and power producers — takes on critical importance. Today, GE is hosting a symposium at its Global Research Center in Niskayuna, New York to spotlight smart technologies that are being fielded now — and how the grid will look in the near future with the next generation of GE innovations. As part of the symposium, GE unveiled what it’s calling the “Net Zero Energy Home” concept — as well as new consumer polling data and smart grid… Continue reading
Perennial Starts AMI Deployment by Brandon Lehman Manager of Engineering
Jan 15th
On December 18th, 2007 the Perennial Board of Directors approved the purchase of an AMI system. AMI is an acronym for Advanced Metering Infrastructure. There are three components which make up the infrastructure. Servers at the office, injection equipment at the substations, and the meter at your residence, business, or irrigation well. Perennial’s goal is to have the system completely installed in two years. There are approximately 7500 meters that will be change and 15 substations which will need to be retrofitted. Once the system is installed Perennial will be able to “read” your meter from our office. There are… Continue reading
Everyone Loves Smart Grid
Jan 15th
In a much-discussed op-ed column in Monday’s New York Times, Nobel laureate and former Vice President Al Gore declared his support for a crash program to modernize the nation’s electrical system:
We should begin the planning and construction of a unified national smart grid for the transport of renewable electricity from the rural places where it is mostly generated to the cities where it is mostly used. New high-voltage, low-loss underground lines can be designed with “smart” features that provide consumers with sophisticated information and easy-to-use tools for conserving electricity, eliminating inefficiency and reducing their energy bills. The cost of this… Continue reading
The Emergence of the “Smart Grid”
Jan 15th
The power grid of the near future must be an intelligent, self-healing, real-time system i.e. a “Smart Grid”
What is a Smart Grid?
The integration of communications networks with the power grid in order to create an electricity-communications superhighway capable of monitoring its own health at all times, alerting officials immediately when problems arise and automatically taking corrective actions that enable the grid to fail gracefully and prevent a local failure from cascading out of control, as happened August 14, 2003 (The Great Northeast Blackout).
How RuggedCom is Helping to Enable the Smart Grid
RuggedCom has developed communications products and… Continue reading
