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SMART GRID

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CONTENT
Introduction
What is Smart Grid??
Who are using Smart Grid?
How Smart Grid is used?
Comparison
Smart Grid components
Advantages
Disadvantages
Smart Grid Future
Conclusion
WHAT IS SMART GRID?
An intelligent electricity- delivery system:
energy suppliers and consumers: interconnect through a network
Smart meters:
are installed at homes and business
monitor energy consumption
transmit that information back to energy providers
Energy providers :
track energy consumption
automatically throttle down energy consumption on a granular level when
demand gets too high.
WHO ARE USING SMART GRID?

Individual consumers

Corporate participation

Government regulators
 HOW SMART GRID IS USED?
Foster communication between the energy company
and the end consumer

Electricity is sent from:

Energy company Distribution center destination

Allows energy companies to track areas of high use,

identify possible outages, and provide the proper
service.
COMPARISON
SMART GRID COMPONENTS
SMART METER

PHASOR MEASUREMENT

INFORMATION TRANSFER

DISTRIBUTED GENERATION
SMART METER

RECOGNIZES AND DETAILS ELECTRIC CONSUMPTION

RELAYS INFORMATION TO CENTRAL MONITORING STATIONS

WILL REPLACE TRADITIONAL METERS

POWER OUTRAGE NOTIFICATION AND POWER QUALITY

MONITORING

TIME OF DAY CHARGES.

WORKING OF SMART GRID
ADVANTAGES OF SMART GRID
Reduces the cost of blackouts $$$

Helps measure and reduce energy consumption and

costs

Helps businesses reduce their carbon footprint

Opens up new opportunities for tech

companies meaning more jobs created!!!
 DISADVANTAGES OF SMART GRID
Biggest concern: security and privacy
Smart Grid: use
automated meters,
two-way communications: between a power consumer and
provider
and advanced sensors

Some types of meters can be hacked

Hacker:
gain control of thousands, even millions, of meters
increase or decrease the demand for power
DISADVANTAGES (cont.)
Not simply a single component

Various technology components:

software, the power generators, system integrators,
etc.

Expensive for consumer: $60 per month

 WHAT WILL HAPPEN?
Fastest growing business in the Green-Tech market

Was included in Obamas stimulus bill

U.S. Congress act without delay

Very few companies invest and utilize: Austin Energy (Texas) and
Pacific Gas & Electric (California)
SMART GRID FUTURE
In the near future, will not be any vast development

Risky because of financial demands and regulations

In the long-run, attitudes will change, wide spread

usage of the smart grid from every business to every
home just like the Internet
CONCLUSION
Smart Grid is a concept designed to provide
electricity in more efficient way by better allocating
electricity according to consumers wants.
It integrated multiple energy sources and avoid
over-generation as well.
In foreign countries, namely the UK and USA,
started to implement as they see it as a solution of
energy and environment pressure in their own
country.
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