The Smart Grid By: Pranay Randad

Lights and Power come at a steep price … Without sufficient energy, standard of living decreases. Need reliable sources of electricity in order to maintain this standard of living. The problem is …

Power generation currently accounts for 40 percent of US’s carbon footprint. Demand for electricity is increasing 30 percent increase by 2030

Question: What do we need to do in order to meet the growing demand for electricity without contributing towards the carbon footprint?

The Smart Grid: The future of electricity distribution Transmission and distribution infrastructure for electricity

The Smart Grid: The future of electricity distribution 6 functions: – Enables consumer participation

Home Portal - Peak times Home Portal - Peak times Real Time Consumer Management Real Time Consumer Management Billing Real Time Output/Storage Real Time Output/Storage Real Time

The Smart Grid: The future of electricity distribution 6 functions: – Enables consumer participation – Will accommodate all sources of electricity generation.

Wind and Solar Energy Inaccessible to much of the nation Wind energy can provide 20 percent of US electricity generation. Areas in the mid-west and central and southwest deserts. Solar energy currently supplies only less than 1 percent of US’s needs.

The Smart Grid: The future of electricity distribution 6 functions: – Enables consumer participation – Will accommodate all sources of electricity generation. – Will enable new product services and market. » Bi-directional Metering » Near real time electricity market

The Smart Grid: The future of electricity distribution 6 functions: – Enables consumer participation – Will accommodate all sources of electricity generation. – Will enable new product services and market. – Will provide power quality needs for current economy and society.

The Smart Grid: The future of electricity distribution 6 functions: – Enables consumer participation – Will accommodate all sources of electricity generation. – Will enable new product services and market. – Will provide power quality needs for current economy and society. – Will optimize the assets currently available on the electricity grid with more efficiently.

Self Healing Using real time information, embedded sensors, and automated controls the smart grid can automatically avoid or alleviate power outages and power quality problems by predicting, indicating, and reacting to different situations and settings.

The Smart Grid: The future of electricity distribution 6 functions: – Enables consumer participation – Will accommodate all sources of electricity generation. – Will enable new product services and market. – Will provide power quality needs for current economy and society. – Will optimize the assets currently available on the electricity grid with more efficiently. – Will operate resiliency towards attack and natural disasters.

Why do we need a Smart Grid?

The Environment Why do we need a Smart Grid?

Slash total carbon emissions by US by 25 percent – same CO2 benefits as planting 160 million acres of forest- equivalent to size of Texas – same NOX benefits of taking up to 130 million cars off the road.

The Environment Money Why do we need a Smart Grid?

Business losses are passed on to consumers Why do we need a Smart Grid? Anywhere between $80 billion - $150 billion in business losses per year due to electricity unavailability (outages, lack of power, etc).

The Environment Money Decrease in rising electricity prices Why do we need a Smart Grid?

The Environment Money Decrease in rising electricity prices Transformation of Automobile Industry Why do we need a Smart Grid?

Unified Smart Grid Proposal for a United States wide grid which is a national network for electricity transmission and distribution linking all localized smart grids. Requires upgrade from current electrical systems to smart grids

Time and Cost 120 year period $160 billion 4.5 billion from stimulus package

What can we do? Compact Fluorescent Lights Microwaves Television

Compact Fluorescent Lights Microwaves Television What can we do? Compact Fluorescent Lights - Provide light equivalent to 100 watts, using only 23 watts Compact Fluorescent Lights - Provide light equivalent to 100 watts, using only 23 watts

What can we do? Compact Fluorescent Lights Microwaves Television Microwaves - vs. oven, saves on average 400 watts per use Microwaves - vs. oven, saves on average 400 watts per use

Compact Fluorescent Lights Microwaves Television What can we do? Television -CRT: 150 watts/hour -LCD: 220watts/hour -Plasma: 300 watts/hour Television -CRT: 150 watts/hour -LCD: 220watts/hour -Plasma: 300 watts/hour

The Terp Grid Dorm Rooms Teaching Facilities Storage Utilities

Dorm Rooms Teaching Facilities Storage Utilities 1.Cooperation 2.Peak Hours 3.Market 4.Education

Summary The Silk Roads of Electricity

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