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The Smart Grid – More Than Grid Modernization, It’s Grid Transformation
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The Smart Grid is all about grid modernization and transformation. When we modernize the grid, we update technologies, but leave in place existing energy sources, existing business models, and existing policies. When we transform the grid, we exchange old energy sources for new ones, reinvent business models, and revise policies to...[read more]
Are Smart Meters Hazardous To Your Health?
We all need energy to survive. That’s just the facts in our modern society. The problem is that producing energy is a dirty business, and actually burning it’s even worse. Since we can’t give up on fossil fuels all at once (although we do have the capacity to produce plenty of clean, affordable energy without them) conservation is often...[read more]
Policy Decisions Make Things Happen for the Smart Grid
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There are three types of people in the world, the saying goes. Those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who wonder what happened. When it comes to the Smart Grid, this observation applies to businesses and governmental entities too. States like California are making things happen through...[read more]
Cracks in wall for California’s ban on nuclear energy
The potential for nuclear energy is not lost on some of the state’s political and business leaders For the past three decades the State of California has banned the development of new nuclear reactors inside its borders. Green groups led by the Sierra Club have pulverized any effort to over turn the ban like Viking warriors taking a...[read more]
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Scott Edward Anderson is a consultant, blogger, and media commentator who blogs at The Green Skeptic. More »
Christine Hertzog is a consultant, author, and a professional explainer focused on Smart Grid. More »
Gary Hunt Gary is an Executive-in-Residence at Deloitte Investments with extensive experience in the energy & utility industries. More »
Jesse Jenkins is a graduate student and researcher at MIT with expertise in energy technology, policy, and innovation. More »
Jim Pierobon helps trade associations/NGOs, government agencies and companies communicate about cleaner energy solutions. More »
Geoffrey Styles is Managing Director of GSW Strategy Group, LLC and an award-winning blogger. More »
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“One real question, is how much energy did this "investment" produce?Another, related question, is what was the external cost of this investment.The answer to the first question can be found on the web page of the California Energy Commission.http://energyalmanac.ca.gov/electricity/electric_generation_capacity.html1533 Gigawatt-hr as of 2012.The second question, will be, as always, obscured ...”
“This reflects some of the Vehement/viceral/ One track minded attitude that I think I've noticed with some Renewables/GW enthusisats. I will use some humour to exaggeratingly illustrate the point. In a Top Secrete, High level SPANISH Government debate.."The Economy is bad, what tough choices do / MUST we, COURAGEOUSLY make to recover?"........Fund Solar Power, or Feed the ...”