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The Smart Grid Offers a Glimpse into the Internet of Things

October 18, 2011 by Christine Hertzog
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Smart Grid deployments are not only delivering improved energy security, grid reliability, and consumer control to us, they are bringing the Internet of Things closer to reality.  The Internet of Things (IoT) is defined in the Smart Grid Dictionary as a conceptual description of the ability to connect any objects with an IP... [read more]

Giving Thanks for Grid Reliability?

November 22, 2010 by Christine Hertzog
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Smart Grid technologies make the grid more reliable.  Distribution automation, such as remote sensing and management technologies give utilities real-time knowledge of grid conditions.  Utilities can become proactive in resolving any problems that occur within the domains of generation, transmission, and distribution of... [read more]

Nuks and the Grid: "Smart Grid" Verses Smart Grid Design

December 2, 2009 by Charles Barton
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A computer simulation of a nuclear dominated grid is not nearly as urgent an issue as the computer simulation of of a renewables dominated grid. We know that reactor generated power is reliable enough that a nuclear dominated grid will be at least as reliable as the present 20% nuclear grid. A sophisticated, multi-demintional... [read more]