A Systems View of the Modern Grid - Optimizes Assets and Operates Efficiently
Description
This 19-page white paper is part of a series produced by NETL's Modern Grid Initiative. It explains how the Smart Grid gets more out of existing assets, including additional capacity, condition-based maintenance and other control techniques.
Predictive life cycle asset managment smart grid apps.
To significantly improve the reliability and efficiency of the grid, proactive smart grid - life cycle asset management _systems and applications are required and must be deployed by the utilitres. These smart grid solutions will enable the utility to better manage its grid reliability and efficiency. The technology and prodcut components that make up these smart grid applications and service would include the following,
(1)intelligent sensors,
(2) robust analytics,
(3) Grid visualization and network connectivity module
(3) Smart Grid "platform" , based on an open architecture, that provides the data collection, data managmen, device management and network management functionality.
Are there utilities that ahve these types of applications and ervicees deployed to betetr manage their trasnmission and distribution mission critical assets thta compriose the grid.
Thank you. James
james zahoudanis - 02/07/2010 - 19:22
San Luis Valley is the Nations Best Model for Renewable
As communities and utility companies battle over power lines and who is to blame for falling behind on renewable energy goals, a quiet revolution has occurred right under our nose.
With little fanfare, the San Luis Valley has already become the best model for distributed renewable energy generation in the West and maybe even the Nation.
When the first energy crisis shook the country in the 1970's, solar energy aficionados and off-gridders flocked to the San Luis Valley where cheap land, loose zoning and cool sunny skies offered endless opportunity. A myriad of passive and active solar powered, off-grid homesteads cropped up around this off the beaten track, rural agricultural valley.
Over time, solar experiments grew bigger and bolder. When the 8.22 MW SunEdison plant went online in April of 2007, the San Luis Valley was briefly home to the largest solar PV farm in the US. But it didn't stop there.
Online & permitted solar PV:
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Ceal Smith - 05/09/2010 - 16:11
San Luis Valley Smart Grid
Ceal Smith:
Is there a report or synopsis of the Smart Grid development in San Luis Valley that you describe in your note? I am particularly interested in what type of energy storage was found to be most cost-effective as the community developed their solar energy dependence.
Natural gas is getting so cheap that it may become cheaper and faster to slap up a gas-fired peaking plant than to implement a complicated demand response or renewable project - two of the biggest drivers of a smart grid. Yikes! Will natural gas alternatives make the smart grid too expensive by comparison? That's this week's Tuesday Topic in our discussion forum. Please join in.
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