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The Smart Grid: Enabling Energy Efficiency and Demand Response Clark W. Gellings
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There are also more smart grid-focused projects underway that could also automate commercial buildings for energy efficiency and demand response. It is estimated that Demand Response is an alternative solution that is enabled by the Smart Grid. Sure, there is Oklahoma Gas & Electric's residential demand response program, which is helping to offset new generation until after 2020. An increasing use of electrical appliances and a fuel shift from oil-based transportation to the electrification of transport means that energy demand will result in greater dependence on power quality and security of supply. The information available to A more intelligent system, enhanced by developments in telecommunications and information technology, will allow the system to operate more efficiently, with corresponding benefits to society. The Federal Government Further, smart grids allow new services such as sending real time consumption information to users and demand response, and enable the seamless integration of renewable energy, electric vehicles and other novel energy resources. The new “Smart Grid” is being designed to allow information flows, as well as energy, to reach all parts of the system. Increased In fact, we can't have the smart grid discussion without having the renewables discussion, or the energy efficiency discussion. The answer, for the most part, is not really. Department of Energy to test new technologies and advanced analytical tools for the Smart Grid. Tendril Energize™ and Tendril Connect™ will be deployed to deliver consumer engagement and enable energy usage behavioral changes, and to provide demand response (DR) and load control benefits to NorthWestern Energy. By enabling energy users to adjust power consumption based on signals from the grid, demand response (DR) provides a more efficient and less expensive way to use energy. Automated demand response, or AutoDR could cost-effectively help combat intermittent renewable energy supply, particularly in light of the current high costs of grid-connected storage batteries. 2) Demand response becomes ubiquitous. While it has slightly fewer megawatts under management than EnerNOC, it's also pursuing different opportunities, most recently with its Apollo platform, which enables DR over smart meters as well as its traditional pager networks. And we need For many utilities, the smart grid as a central, enabling technology is the only way to satisfy these demands. NorthWestern This deployment is part of the Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project, a $178 million program funded by the U.S. EnerNOC, for instance, has acquired a series of businesses including building energy efficiency software and wireless controls — markets potentially much bigger than demand response. Not only are utilities attracted to this new concept but governments see smart grids as a way to increase both energy efficiency and energy security, as well as reduce carbon emissions. GRIDresponse improves deployment and operation of large- and small-scale demand response assets.