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The Smart Grid: Enabling Energy Efficiency and Demand Response by Clark W. Gellings

The Smart Grid: Enabling Energy Efficiency and Demand Response Clark W. Gellings ebook
Format: pdf
ISBN: 0881736236, 9780881736236
Page: 250
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If successful, utilities For the power company, the only benefit to energy efficiency is having to build fewer power plants in the future. Enables new products, services, and markets. With a smart grid, utilities can meet next generation demand response challenges, optimize local grid efficiency, predict power outages before they occur and rapidly restore service, and implement other services. We are on the cusp of another transformation in energy efficiency as the smart grid takes hold. Automated demand response, or AutoDR could cost-effectively help combat intermittent renewable energy supply, particularly in light of the current high costs of grid-connected storage batteries. To elaborate, such metrics include reductions in peak energy demand, increased adoption of renewable energy, such as solar power, wide-spread implementation of smart energy devices and diminished greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, among others. Portland General Electric, the local utility company in Portland and Salem, Oregon, sponsored a look at the Smart Grid entitled, “A Smart Grid Perspective of Energy Efficiency, Renewables, and Demand Response.” At the beginning of the seminar we learned that there are over 80 different definitions of the Smart Grid floating “Enables active participation by consumers. In addition, ComEd and Ameren have elected to The current grid is aging and polluting. We need more clean and renewable energy on the grid, including energy efficiency and demand response. More utilities are piloting smart grid-enabled demand response programs, but customer engagement is crucial to success. The smart grid will enable the utility to communicate to the consumer those times of peak demand through dynamic meter pricing. The Akuacom Demand Response Automation Server provides utilities and independent system operators (ISOs) two-way communication with energy management systems at commercial and industrial sites. Farrell suggested, “looking to energy efficiency and conservation, or smart-grid enabled demand response. For states that can't meet their demand completely from renewables, Mr. Honeywell Acquires Demand Response and Smart Grid Leader Akuacom. Utilities, and businesses investing billions in domestic solar, wind, energy efficiency, smart grid, and electric vehicle companies and More clean renewable energy and less dirty fossil fuel. Accommodates all generation and storage options. SmartPlanet: You JE: I'm personally very pleased that we're really making a lot of progress with regard to entering the commercial demand-response space, connecting the smart grid side of the business with my core business, energy efficiency. However, the consumer must be "engaged" to adjust energy use appropriately to reduce electricity demand during this peak period, which is familiarly known as a demand response event. I spoke with Honeywell Energy Solutions chief Jeremy Eaton about the state of the industry, how demand-response fits into the greater picture and why utilities need to rethink how they're selling the smart meter. Acquisition Enables Broad Deployment of Commercial Demand Response, Adds to Honeywell's Smart Grid Technology and Expertise MINNEAPOLIS, May 7, 2010 and services for the smart grid.