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Smart Grid. Allowing Alternative Energy An Active Role. Climate and Society Jorda Kovash and Joon Huh. GENDA. North American Blackout of 2003 What is a Smart Grid? Smart Grid: the Technology Boulder City: Smart Grid as a Reality In the News. Inability to:
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Smart Grid • Allowing Alternative Energy An Active Role Climate and Society JordaKovash and Joon Huh
GENDA • North American Blackout of 2003 • What is a Smart Grid? • Smart Grid: the Technology • Boulder City: Smart Grid as a Reality • In the News
Inability to: 1. Forecast demand correctly 2. Promptly detect power failure along the supply line
CLEAN ENVIRONMENT POWER GENERATION SMART GRID
WHAT IS SMART GRID? Delivering Electricity from suppliers to consumers using digital technology
CHANGING PARADIGM • CURRENT POWER GRID • SMART GRID • Central Power • One-way • Analog • Manual repair • Local control system • Limited information on price available • Mainly fossil fuel • Divided Power • Two-way • Digital • Automatic self-repair • Wider control • All information on price available • Involves clean energy
SMART GRID PRODUCT PORTFOLIO Smart Meter/Advanced Metering Infrastructure Two-way communications
SMART GRID WILL BRING ABOUT… Demand response (peak curtailment) CURTAILMENT MW TIME BaselineActual