The Modern Grid Initiative

According to the report by National Energy Technology Laboratory for the U.S. department of Energy(NETL), Today we'd like to introduce a system view of the modern grid which consisting of 5 key technologies as followings

1. Integrated Communication

2. Sensing and Measurement

3.Advanced Component

4. Advanced Control Metheod

5.Improved Interfaces and decision support

For more details please follow us on the next post.!!!

Smart grid development at cramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)

Recommended Video from Smartgridnews.com !!!!!


SMUD, last year, was granted $127.5 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to advance smart grid implementation. This video present and discuss the most essential facets of smart grid technology as well as the implemented project at Sacramento. It also relates to the question which states that what's here today and what's needed for tomorrow, future potential, timelines and issues corresponding to the implementation of smart grid technology in the real world. 


This presentation is conducted by  Jim Parks, the utility's Program Manager of Energy Efficiency and Customer R&D.

Consumer Report from SGCC, Download Now!!

SGCC rolled out the "SGCC 2011 State of the Consumer Report", a 38-page report concerning all facet of consumers and smartgrid.

Download free now at SGCC website.

Shanghai Municipal Electric Power Company executives visit PEA

Mr.Narongsak Kamales, Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) Governor, Mr.Pongsakorn Tontivanichanon, Deputy Governor (Planning and System Development), Mr.Numchai Lowattanatakul, Deputy Governor (Office of the Governor), Mr.Wongsawat Pilaslaksanakan, Assistant Governor (Planning and System Development) and PEA executives welcome Mr.Gong Zun, General Manager, Shanghai Bi Yang Energy Technology Company, Shanghai Municipal Electric Power Company (SMEPC), Mr.Zhao Yu, Director of International Business Development Division, International Cooperation Department and SMEPC Delegation on the occasion of the Visit Head Office of PEA on 13th January 2011. 


           According to the framework of the discussion during this event, there are six fields of cooperation in 2011 between PEA and SMEPC as followings 1. Electric Vehicle(EV), 2. Renewable energy (RE), 3. Advanced Metering Infrastructure(AMI), 4. Underground Facilities(UG),  5.  Information and Communication Technology(ICT and Training) , and 6. the arrangement of the technician exchange, training programs and project developing.


           On January,14 2011, SMEPC also visited some PEA's pilot projects such as Solar Farm in ChaChoengSao Province, Underground Cable and Advanced Metering Infrastructure sites in Pattaya which was organized by  Public Relations Data Base Section, Corporate Communications Division.


Reference: http://www.pea.co.th/th/annoucment/annouce_indetail.php?NID=2815

In home, It's time to get smart

one from hundreds of firms which work on residential sector energy management, "Control4 is one of the most compelling smart home visions" said smartgridnews.
Why? Control4 had announced hem alliance with Silver Spring Networks early this year which leads to expansion of its EMS-100 among Nevada's households.
Now it can be concluded that demand response is not a far future.

full story at: www.smartgridnews.com

Smart Grid: EVs will be as popular as the iPhone

Smart Grid: EVs will be as popular as the iPhone

Buy only what you really need

Bloom energy, a fuel cell and distributed energy supplier, announced a new service "Bloom Electron" allows customers to buy only power they need and leave the equipment managed by Bloom Energy. It's a new age of buying energy which they said it'd immediately cut power bill by 20%.

Source: Smartgridnews