A significant improvement in Demand Side Management communications technologies towards smart appliances direct control
Data has been transmitted across a national electricity grid for the first time, in what could be a significant step towards the creation of virtual power stations, where many thousands of homes and businesses combine…
Developing and Testing a Next Generation Energy Management System
Written by Marta Marmiroli An energy management system (EMS) is an essential function needed to increase energy efficiency and to optimally coordinate several energy sources. A large number of systems have been proposed, but not…
The Rise of the Personal Power Plant
Smart and agile power systems will let every home and business generate, store, and share electricity Photo: Adam Voorhes; Prop Stylist: Robin Finlay At first glance, downtown Fort Collins, Colorado, looks like a sweet anachronism….
A New Architecture for Distributed Energy Management
It is proposed that the utility be put at the center of the distributed energy equation and manage the output of all the distributed energy in its territory. The key to this approach is to…
