Smart-Grid Technology
Smart-Grid Technology. I’m Greg Martin as Line On Agriculture presents the Harvest Clean Energy Report.
What could be simpler than flipping on a light switch? On, there is power. Off, well you get the idea. But there is a lot of new technology behind that simple act and it is getting smarter. Ron Melton, Project Director for Pacific Northwest Smart-Grid Demonstration Project describes what smart-grid technology is.
He also says there can be additional “intelligent devices” installed in the system like substations, transformers or smart meters in your home. The Smart-Grid Demonstration Project is being overseen by Battelle.
MELTON: One of the key benefits is it enables us to engage the load at the endpoint, the houses, the factories or the businesses and have the load be able to respond to the conditions on the grid. That allows better management of the grid overall. If we have a period of time where there is a peak load period.
Like happens typically in the evenings when people get home from work and start cooking dinner. The system can manage that peak and flatten it out so the limits of the system are seldom reached. That can go for electric vehicles when the technology advances more. Finally
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