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Distribution and substation automation improves reliability with real-time monitoring and intelligent control. Many analysts believe it is the secret to making the Smart Grid pay for itself. This section highlights the best stories, position papers, and technical information.
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GTM Research, the market research arm of Greentech Media and industry leader in providing market, technology and economic analysis for the global renewable energy and electric power industries, today announced the availability of The 2010 North American Utility Smart Grid Deployment Survey, a comprehensive analysis of the trends emerging as utilities across the continent roll out smarter grids. The three primary deployment concerns are systems integration, data management solutions and electric vehicle integration, each receiving marks over 50% when asked where the biggest technology gaps exist (multiple selections were allowed). |
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A new Pike Research report indicates that global spending on Smart Grid technologies will reach $200 billion during the period from 2008 to 2015. |
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Buckeye Power, Inc. is the wholesale power supplier for the 25 electric distribution cooperatives operating in Ohio. The 25 cooperatives combined serve more than 380,000 homes and businesses in 77 of Ohio's 88 counties. To enhance system reliability, Buckeye Power wanted a system that could report outages from the more than 330 delivery points on their system. In addition, operations wanted power quality information from the delivery points as well. By combining outage data with power quality information, Buckeye could achieve better real-time monitoring of the delivery points on their system. |
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Engineering firm SAIC will soon release software able to predict grid failures days, weeks and even months before they happen. Reliability center maintenance (RCM) has been catching on in other industries, but has yet to gain traction in the electric power sector despite attempts by several startups. |
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Improved power quality is one of the promises of the Smart Grid. Technology to make that happen is getting smarter, and Erich Gunther suggests PSL's high-performance, low-cost PQube Power Quality Monitor is one to watch. Learn why PQube scored 90 out of 100 on SGN's Smart Grid Scorecard. |
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Advanced sensor technology could change the way in which the power delivery grid is operated by moving from a deterministic approach to a probabilistic approach based on sensor information. Utilities may be able to extend the life of existing power generation and delivery assets via improved knowledge of their condition. |
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A six-page guide to 20 reports NARUC considers of special value to utility commissions. Divided into Basics; Supply Resources; Technologies; End-Use Technologies; Rates; Cybersecurity; and Demonstrations. All the reports described in this bibliography are also available for immediate download on SmartGridCentral.com. |
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A 31-page presentation by a leading grid researcher to the Utah Public Utilities Commission. Explains the Smart Grid with emphasis on its contribution to climate change and carbon reductions. Also includes valuable discussion of making the business case and creating as many value streams as possible from each asset. Also delves into distribution automation topics such as Volt-VAR control (conservation voltage reduction) and real-time feeder reconfiguration. Intended for an industry audience. |
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This 11-page vendor white paper lays out the key communications requirements for the Smart Grid. It begins with an overview of the forces pushing us towards grid modernization and the components of the Smart Grid before delving into the communications piece. Despite the clear marketing purpose, this document is one of the better overviews available. Written for a business audience. |
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A lengthy and dense presentation to the Congressional R&D Caucus. Recommends grid improvements, electric transportation, renewables and energy efficiency. Contains numerous charts and statistics demonstrating the lack of investment in the grid and the increase in congestion and grid problems. Suitable for an intermediate to advanced audience. An appendix discusses the self-healing grid. |
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A four-page white paper authored by two executives from Silver Spring Networks. Outlines the importance of getting the network infrastructure right as the foundation for the Smart Grid. Discusses the basic pieces of that communications infrastructure, proposes a step-by-step program and emphasizes the importance of standards. |
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Detroit Edison has long been one of the nation's progressive utilities. This 16-page white paper lays out DTE's vision for the Smart Grid, as presented to the House Energy & Technology Committee in February 2009. It includes details on DTE's plans for advanced metering. Written to an intermediate level. |
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A 50-page white paper that lays out a vision for the Smart Grid. Includes mention of the barriers, a description of the major initiatives, and a discussion of key technologies. Even though the report was prepared by a regional transmission operator, it discusses the distribution and customer aspects of the Smart Grid as well as the transmission side. Includes an extensive bibliography. Written to an intermediate audience. |
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A 17-slide presentation from the National Technical University of Athens. After a typical description of Smart Grid components and benefits, it discusses the Lavrion Pilot Project, which included broadband over powerline and both underground and overhead installations. Diagrams give details on technologies and topologies. |
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An 80-page presentation that summarizes a daylong Smart Grid workshop prepared by the Regulatory Assistance Project. RAP consists of former regulators and regulatory staffers who provide consulting services to public utility commissions. A thorough overview that discusses all the key aspects. Originally prepared for and presented to regulators and policymakers. |
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A 21-slide presentation by an EPRI expert suggesting . It begins with an overview of the Smart Grid and presents typical sensor and measurement technologies. It discusses the lack of a "common language" for exchanging information. It describes several demonstration projects based on EPRI's IntelliGrid architecture and suggests that they can help to create a comprehensive Smart Grid reference design for use by utilities. Written for a technical audience, this presentation contains valuable advice on how to set up, conduct and evaluate demonstrations so the resulting findings are broadly useful. |
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A four-page white paper from the utility sector's leading provider of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) that explains the relationship between the Smart Grid and "enterprise-class" GIS. It begins with typical descriptions of the Smart Grid, its drivers and its uses, with emphasis on distribution automation and asset management. It includes a discussion of the ways a GIS helps a utility manage its field assets and monitor their condition. The ESRI view is that the GIS provides the detailed, comprehensive network model necessary to manage a Smart Grid. Although a bit dense, it is written to a general audience and is a useful overview of GIS and asset management, which are sometimes overlooked as valuable benefits from a Smart Grid. |
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This eight-page brochure is one more summary of the Smart Grid. We note that the brochure steals heavily from the work of the Modern Grid Initiative at National Energy Technology Laboratory. It does not attribute all of the things that it plagiarized, but when it does, it credits them to Research Reports International, a for-profit research company that lifted big chunks of material from the MGI reports. Although this brochure is largely a rehash of material from other places, we do like its drawing and explanation of the shift from today's hierarchical, one-way power system to tomorrow's networked Smart Grid. |
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This 41-page white paper is part of a series prepared by NETL's Modern Grid Initiative. It provides an overview of the five technology areas considered core by MGI: Communications, Components, Control Methods, Sensing and Measurement, and Decision Support. Each of the five is covered in more detail in a separate white paper. |
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An 8-page white paper that argues utilities should use "no regrets" business planning to justify Smart Grid investments. It recommends the use of a Smart Grid technology road map and has suggestions for making the business case. |
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This 26-page white paper is part of a series produced by NETL's Modern Grid Initiative. It provides an overview of the meters, monitors and sensors that "watch" grid components and report back. It describes the current state of the art and suggests likely advances in the near future. It also describes the benefits of deployment and the barriers to adoption. |
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This 23-page white paper is part of a series produced by NETL's Modern Grid Initiative. It explains one of the Smart Grid's chief benefits -- namely, the ability to isolate and restore problems with little or no human intervention. It discusses continuous self-assessments and the benefits of a networked design with multiple energy sources. |
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This 26-page white paper by NETL's Modern Grid Initiative explains the technologies that "convert complex power-system data into information that can be understood by human operators at a glance." Those technologies include animation, color contouring, virtual reality, and other data-display techniques. It surveys the existing state of the art, and concludes that "improvements are needed." |
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This 22-page white paper from NETL's Modern Grid Initiative provides an overview of the advanced control systems necessary to create a Smart Grid. It defines those systems as "are the devices and algorithms that will analyze, diagnose, and predict conditions in the modern grid and determine and take appropriate corrective actions to eliminate, mitigate, and prevent outages and power quality disturbances." It summarizes the current state of advanced control, suggests future developments, considers the benefits and explains the barriers to deployment. |
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This 20-page white paper is part of a series produced by NETL's Modern Grid Initiative. It explains the vital role communications play in establishing a Smart Grid. It examines the current state of communications technologies and standards and discusses the benefits and barriers to improvements. |
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