Utilities have a central role to play in promoting energy efficiency and they no doubt have expertise to bring to the table. What complicates the matter is the basic mistrust felt by customers: Why would any energy company wish to sell less of its product?
A motivator for Utilities is certainly to reduce peak load
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The general idea behind smart grid implementations is to layer a communication network alongside the power grid. “Sensors”, strategically located on the grid, are then connected to the network & generate data. The promise of the Smart Grid is that the collected data can be analyzed and transformed into actionable information, essentially becoming a decision [...]
Whichever way we look at this conundrum – whether you consider the unavoidable depletion of fossil fuels’ resources or analyze the dire consequences of carbon emissions on the climate – the logical & inescapable conclusion is that the current global trends of energy consumption are simply unsustainable for another century. Change will happen before 2100 [...]
Based on popularity index and media coverage, renewable energies certainly look like they are high up on the list of things we ought to do. Today, the contribution of non-fossil energies to the global supply is a little short of 20%, but let’s take a more specific look at renewables.
Source: International Energy Agency – Key World [...]
The decline of oil production will start in less than a generation and burning all coal, oil & natural gas would only take a short century. Since fossil fuel is the fabric of modern life, most people would agree that the better option is to manage the decline.
But what exactly does it mean – [...]
