Smart grid prevents energy wastage
I talked about this last year but here is more support for a smart electrical power grid because this could decrease annual electric energy use and utility sector carbon emissions at least 12 percent by 2030, according to a new report from the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
A recent report, The Smart Grid: An Estimation of the Energy and CO2 Benefits, evaluates how the smart grid could provide substantial reduction in energy use and carbon emissions – both directly by using new technology and indirectly by making renewable energy and efficiency programs more affordable and potentially larger.
“By making the grid smart, we make it more efficient and more accommodating of renewable energy, and we’re able to cut down on the amount of carbon we emit to generate the electricity we need,” said Rob Pratt, senior author of the report that suggests emissions could be substantially reduced with a smart grid becoming more environmentally sustainable
A smart grid incorporates multiple technologies into the existing electricity delivery system and enables more visibility and control of both the existing electricity infrastructure and new “smart” components, like smart meters, automated demand response, plug-in electric vehicles and electricity storage devices. The smart grid’s much broader cost and operational benefits are provided through high-speed, two-way communication, sensing and real-time coordination of assets all the way down to the customer meter and other end use devices, such as smart appliances and thermostats.
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February 2nd, 2010 at 2:30 am
[...] If you are interested in water you may like to meet me at EcoForum and join in an interactive Sustaining Water Workshop and also read more about one way to stop wasting so much power in my post about the smart grid. [...]