FortZED is a set of active projects and initiatives in Fort Collins, Colorado, created by public-private partnerships. They use smart grid and renewable energy technologies to achieve local power generation and energy demand management.
The future smart electric grid needs not only smart meters but also smart transmission and distribution technologies as Dr. Ram Adapa of EPRI discusses in our featured video that highlights the role power electronics will play in smart transmission by enhancing transmission capacity, reliability and security.
On the island of Jeju, South Korea, 2,000 homes are currently hooked up to a smart grid pilot that's changing the way electricity is supplied. See this project close up in this Al Jazeera video.
The application featured in this EPRI video combines the functionality of GIS (geospatial information system), OMS (outage management system), WMS (work management system) and asset management utilizing a light weight graphical interface and messaging based on the Common Information Model (CIM). The technology combines and presents information from a variety of back office systems with the perspective of the field crew in mind.
This brief smart grid overview by Southern California Edison provides consumers with a cheerful introduction to the smart grid and how it touches their lives.
American Medical Systems was honored for its installation of new, high efficiency solutions to help provide critical system reliability for round-the-clock temperature control. As this video details, the upgrades included a chilled water system and building automation controls to increase overall operational and energy efficiency as well as to improve building performance and day-to-day functionality.
The nation's crumbling electric grid is the focus of this video report created as part of PoweringANation.org, a project through the School of Journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. Through interviews with industry leaders, the report explains how electric consumption is increasing dramatically, and the construction of power lines has fallen far behind, setting the stage for more serious and frequent blackouts in the coming years.
This panel discussion features industry leaders discussing ongoing utility efforts to implement in-home energy technologies and customer applications of the smart grid to empower consumers to better manage their energy. Moderated by NV Energy CEO Michael Yackira, the panel includes: OGE Energy Corporation CEO Peter Delaney, Silver Spring Networks CEO Scott Lang, and Colorado Public Utilities Commission Chairman Ron Binz.
This animation showcases the virtual power plant concept in the ConEd region of Queens, N.Y., explaining how VVPs can be leveraged to improve grid reliability as an alternative to installing additional grid infrastructure.
With energy efficiency and grid optimization technologies that improve power supply and demand, the potential of the smart grid is huge. This Georgia Tech video explores how, after a handful of years of innovation, this vision aligns with today's reality.
In Texas, TXU Energy is charging ahead with plans to install a dozen electric vehicle charging stations in the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth as part of its plans to accelerate adoption of electric vehicles. This video discusses the project, including interviews with city officials and a public utility commissioner.
We just posted a series of new videos courtesy Verizon Business. They cover everything from future-proofing the smart grid to the business-versus-technology challenges in building an intelligent grid. Other topics: Managing the evolution of regulated and deregulated markets across the smart grid and regulatory trends in consumer energy use information. Links to each inside.
What are the challenges in managing the coordinated evolution between the regulated and deregulated markets across the smart grid? Rilck Noel, global managing director of Verizon's energy and utility practice, reveals how utilities will need to ensure that consumer data is secure and accessible when customers request it -- and how utilities can transform "customer call centers" into "customer engagement centers."
What are the key trends in the regulated and unregulated utility space around providing energy consumption information to consumers? Rilck Noel, global managing director of Verizon's energy and utility practice, addresses how regulations will ensure that consumers have control over their own data -- and who gets to see that information.
With smart grid in the early stages of a major evolution, how can utilities and the vendor community effectively future-proof? Rilck Noel, global managing director of Verizon's energy and utility practice, discusses the advantages of working collaboratively across industries toward smart grid development and the importance of creating standards for a unified approach.
To what extent is building the smart grid a technology issue and to what extent is it a business issue? Rilck Noel, global managing director of Verizon's energy and utility practice, highlights how the disenfranchised components of the smart grid must be bridged to ensure a connected smart grid and improved business performance.
Security expert Andy Bochman provides a smart grid cyber security update in a video presentation. Get his perspective on where we are now and what's coming in 2011.
Last year the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) was awarded $127.5 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to advance smart grid implementation. In this video, Jim Parks, the utility's Program Manager of Energy Efficiency and Customer R&D, discusses project elements, hype vs. reality, what's here today and what's needed for tomorrow, future potential, timelines and issues.
Energy management is undeniably one of the most talked about topics in the electronic systems industry. During this keynote panel, leaders in consumer technology, energy management, and smart grid technology deliver the state of the union as it relates to energy management and the electronic systems industry.
This video is a re-recording of a presentation given to members of NARUC on behalf of NIST and the SGIP. EnerNex CTO Erich Gunther gives an overview of the first five standards recommended by NIST as ready for FERC consideration for potential recommendation or adoption in rulemaking and discusses how state regulators might use these and future smart grid standards.
Smart grid expert Erich Gunther of EnerNex talks to the U.S. Embassy in London about the implications of smart grids and reflects on his recent discussions with British and American energy experts.
Researchers at the University of Minnesota are trying to make more energy with less impact on the environment and on our infrastructure. In this video, Professor Massoud Amin talks about a more intelligent way to deliver electricity and how, if we could power the United States with a smart grid, it would not only save money, it would also boost energy security.
Misconfiguration of software assets and (usually unintentional) vulnerabilities in code are the primary pathways hackers use to breach systems, alter their behavior and reach sensitive data. This 17-minute video presentation by security expert Andy Bochman is more of a "why to" than a "how to" manual. Don't miss it.
Highlighting the concept of a "Customer Smart Grid," this video focuses on how the demand side of the electricity industry can provide valuable services to improve reliability, lower energy costs, and increase overall sustainability. By utilizing these services customers not only lower their electricity bills, but actually receive payments from their utility.
We're getting mixed signals about the vitality of the smart grid market. On the one hand, the recent DistribuTECH conference was one of the most successful ever. On the other, a well-known Wall Street analyst recently told his clients that the smart metering sector is "facing several headwinds," including weak regulatory support in the U.S. and delays in European adoption. Taking the pulse of the smart grid industry is this week's Tuesday Topic.
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