Recent storms in the DC metro area have once again rendered the grid weak and response to blackouts inadequate. This doesn’t happen in countries such as Japan where electricity rates are higher but power companies respond quickly to any downed trees or disruptions in service. That begs the question, would you pay higher rates in order to update and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Grid’
Poll: Would you Pay More for Electricity to Have a Better Grid?
August 18th, 2010 
Justin Manger 
Posted in Behavior, Business, Justin Manger, Local Energy/Food, Policy, Polls, Smart Grid 
Tags: Electricity Generation, Grid 
No Comments »Solar Thermal Energy Production Returns Home
August 3rd, 2009 Eric Wilson Public Radio International’s program “The World” reported on solar thermal electricity generation’s long trip across the globe last week. Originally invented in the United States, solar thermal (also known as concentrating solar power), was developed in the 1970s by Arnold Goldman. Designed as a disruptive technology, concentrated solar power uses the same general principle as [...]
Posted in Clean Technology, Eric Wilson Tags: California, Coal, Electricity Generation, Grid, Solar Energy No Comments »Five Friday Facts
June 26th, 2009 Justin Manger 323,439 kilowatt hours are wasted every minute by inefficient home energy use. (IBM) With little or no intelligence to balance loads or monitor power flows, enough electricity is lost annually to power India, Germany and Canada for an entire year, according to IBM. If the U.S. grid alone were just 5% more efficient, it would [...]
Posted in Five Friday Facts, Justin Manger Tags: Grid, High Speed Rail, Trains, United Nations No Comments »Electricity Management and the Smart Grid
January 28th, 2009 2ndgreenrevolution Networking giant Cisco Systems has entered the electricity management sector with its new software, EnergyWise. This program will eventually help monitor the consumption of electricity by various sources from IP addresses to building systems, including heating and cooling. Much of the work that has been undertaken in “greening the grid” or making a “smart grid” [...]
