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April 30, 2009

Supply-side Management and Security on the Smart Grid

by Stephen Lacey, Podcast Editor
New Hampshire, United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com]

Smart grid technologies will allow consumers to see how behavioral changes can save them money and reduce their environmental footprint. But the entities managing the grid will have to change as well. In this podcast, we'll look at how utilities and grid operators are breaking tradition and transforming the way they approach control of the grid.

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Frank Prager, Vice President of Environmental Policy at Xcel Energy, talks about why utilities need to change the way they do business in order to stay relevant.

Mark Ahlstrom, President of WindLogics, describes the changing role of grid operators as they manage greater levels of wind and other renewables.

Also, James Woolsey, Partner with Vantage Point Venture Partners and Former CIA Director, tells us why electric transport and smart grid technologies are so important for enhancing national security.

Inside Renewable Energy offers the latest in renewable energy news and information.

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May 2, 2009
The American car manufacturing companies are spiralling down the googler in part because they didn't provide what their customers want. The Energy industries can avoid this fate. Create a system which is beneficial for your customers and you won't have to depend on customer loyalty - you will have customer self interest - a much more dependable motivation. Renewable energy is uniquely suited to shifting the grid (smartly) to demand balancing rather than the present supply balancing and a few strokes of the pen by all levels of government can greatly enable the process.
http://mtkass.blogspot.com/2007/10/excess-energy-what-to-do.html
http://mtkass.blogspot.com/2007/07/solar-electric-government-role.html
http://mtkass.blogspot.com/2008/04/double-metering-its-insidious.html
http://mtkass.blogspot.com/2007/09/kiwisaver-and-solar-panels.html
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May 13, 2009
While the "developing world" is generally assumed (by the USA) as being any other country other than the USA, we must re-assess this arrogant attitude. Untill we can claim none of our infrastructure is detracting from the general environmental quality, we are as much in the background of development as any other country.
More focally, untill we have laid off our water and space heating and cooling loads to solar direct, we are foolish indeed to consider the necessity of outbuilding and "smartening" the grid. Unless we have a handle on just how much energy is NOT needed for these venues that may be addressed by solar direct means we are not very "smartly" developed at all.
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