Here’s more from our new contributor Darek Letkiewicz on microgrids and their growing importance in today’s world. I continue to make a big deal over this subject, as it’s critical to the electrification of the developing world, which is a …
Category: Smart Grid
Microgrids Are Here To Stay
Darek Letkiewicz writes: I really enjoyed reading your blog post, ‘These People Can Make a Commitment to Solar—And We Can’t?‘ Keep up the great work. My name is Darek and I lead the Energy services program at O’Brien & Gere …
From 2GreenEnergy Intern Fabio Porcu: The Human Aspects of a “Smart City”
Often when we talk about Smart City, the focus falls on the role of technological factors: innovations in energy efficiency, communication and information platforms, and so forth. However, this list often omits the human factor: aspirations, interests and abilities of …
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From 2GreenEnergy Intern Fabio Porcu: The Cyber Security of Smart Grids
The analysis and implementation of security systems in the Smart Grid is a challenge, but also an important task and commitment for those who must develop this technology. This is especially true considering the amount of the potential damage that …
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From 2GreenEnergy Intern Fabio Porcu: Architecture of the Smart Grid
In a previous post, we addressed the general characteristics of a smart grid. Here, we’ll discuss the devices that make up its structure. Smart grid is a measurement and intelligent communication system that consists of the following components: • Smart …
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From 2Green Energy Intern Fabio Porcu: The Future of Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, and Consumption–“The Smart Grid”
A Smart Grid is a network that delivers electricity from sources to consumers by using various forms of information and communication technologies in order to save energy, to reduce production costs, and increase the reliability and transparency of the electrical …
From 2GreenEnergy Intern Fabio Porcu: Smart Sensors for Smarter Cities
In a world where our cities are growing day by day, it is increasingly important to control all the different aspects of city life when it comes to energy consumption. For this reason, an increasing number of cities are adopting …
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From 2GreenEnergy Intern Fabio Porcu: The Benefits of Smart Parking in Large Cities
Every day, a surprising number of people waste their time—and their gasoline—looking for parking. The vehicles looking for parking are an important part of the total traffic in the inner-city environment—as much as 22%. Especially in large cities, drivers adopt …
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Tomorrow’s Electrical Energy Paradigm: Microgrids
It’s hard to imagine the content of the conversations that are going on in the boardrooms of the power utilities. Perhaps it’s not too different from those happening at the oil companies: The very conditions by which we exist are …
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The Future of Transportation: Using Less of It
It seems that one could add the suffix “genic” to any noun form, to create an adjective meaning that a certain thing is made or caused by a particular source. Take the work “obesogenic,” for instance; it’s hardly in mainstream …
