Grid

What is 'Storage' Anyway?

On Aug 1, 2009, Transmission & Distribution World published the following article, written by Rick Bush and Gene Wolf

Energy Storage Becomes A Virtual Power Plant

Smart Grid, green power and renewable energy have changed the way the electric power industry does business. Today's utilities have smart meters, intelligent substations and digital capabilities coupled with wind turbines, solar plants and biomass. The quest for improved reliability, together with cleaning up the environment using friendly alternative energy sources, has become a global concern.
What is next in the evolution the industry is experiencing? Is there something missing from the balance? Where does the industry go from here? Are all the parts in place now? Can utilities begin to relax and concentrate on the business of business? Regrettably, there is one critical technology lagging behind.

Efficiency and the Electric Grid

Speaker: 
Jon Wellinghoff, Commissioner, FERC
Mike Warwick, Battelle-Northwest
Event Date: 
Monday, September 17, 2007 - 5:22pm

Video of the event is available here

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Barriers and Challenges to Building The Smart Grid

Speaker: 
Jon Wellinghoff, FERC
Event Date: 
Monday, September 15, 2008 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm

America currently uses an alternating current power grid that was created in 1896, based on an 1888 Nikola Tesla design. In fact, many implementation decisions and processes used today were made for the first time using the limited emerging technology available 120 years ago.

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The Power of Storage - A 21st Century Energy Revolution

Speaker: 
Dr. Imre Gyuk, Director of Storage, Department of Energy
Arnie Quinn, FERC, Director of the Office of Energy Policy and Innovation
Kenneth J. Lutz, Ph.D., Office of Senator Ron Wyden
Event Date: 
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 5:30pm - 8:15pm
Event Location: 

L’Enfant Plaza Hotel
480 L’Enfant Plaza, SW
Washington, DC

An .mp3 of the event is available for download here

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