dbNet SmartGrid

Overview

Featured links: The conference notes just below summarize SmartGrid issues current as of Summer 2009.

Interactions among variable power sources such as wind, and electric vehicle energy distribution controlled by Smart Grid: Part I, Part II, and my own views.
30 July 2009: Notes from Pillsbury Winthrop forum
- Smart Grid: Working with Utilities and Big Tech

DoE SmartGrid Overview book
This IBM Intelligent Utility Network is an excellent illustration of the vision for the SmartGrid.
IBM SmartGrid: Vision, GridWise, Partners
Intel Open Energy Initiative
Cisco Smart Grid Strategy
Calibration, and early rate hikes vs time-to-return a structural issue?
Federal (NIST) Smart Grid Interoperability Standards Project
Kema, Bogota, Colombia 2009: Smart Grid of the Future
Wired Dec 2008: 7 Ways to Fix the Grid
Wired Dec 2008: Grid support for wind, solar
Recovery Act Funded Projects, by Category
Recovery Act Funded Projects, by State
(5 May 2010) From Energy Pulse, an interesting article by Silver Spring managers, with reader comments that highlight issues around Smartgrid. Does Smartgrid provide a user benefit? Is it primarily a mechanism to be used by electric utilities to raise prices and ration energy? When utilities change rates, do users really have choices in usage?