{"id":245930,"date":"2010-01-29T10:16:49","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T15:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gereports.com\/?p=5060"},"modified":"2010-01-29T10:16:49","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T15:16:49","slug":"switching-smart-grids-from-%e2%80%98demo%e2%80%99-to-%e2%80%98deploy%e2%80%99-at-wef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/245930","title":{"rendered":"Switching smart grids from \u2018demo\u2019 to \u2018deploy\u2019 at WEF"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span>As we described yesterday, one of the hot conversations for GE Energy at this year\u2019s annual meeting of The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland is the immense benefit that can result from reducing the amount of gas that\u2019s flared from drilling projects<\/a>. Another critical energy topic at Davos — where more than 2,500 business leaders and officials are meeting in over 200 working sessions — is how to move smart grid efforts from smaller-scale, demonstration phases to mainstream rollouts.<\/p>\n

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John Krenicki, GE Energy\u2019s<\/a> president and CEO, is in Davos and one of the points he\u2019s focusing on during his panel discussions is how to drive city-scale deployments of proven smart grid technologies. For example, GE is working with partners in Miami, Florida to deploy more than 1 million advanced wireless \u201csmart meters\u201d<\/a> — giving the project the potential to be the most comprehensive and holistic smart grid city implementation ever launched in the U.S. While it\u2019s a huge win for Miami\u2019s energy future, for the gains to really move the needle on efficiency and productivity, they need to be replicated at the city level around the world.<\/p>\n

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\nJust the beginning:<\/span> Other pieces of the puzzle being talked about at Davos focus on helping consumers understand that smart meters, although a critically important foundation in smart grids, are just a gateway to a more sustainable and economically competitive future. Regulatory frameworks are also on the agenda, as they need to be adapted so that utilities are rewarded for changing and driving efficiency. Click on the image above to see GE\u2019s vision of a Net Zero Energy Home.<\/div>\n

As Bob Gilligan, Vice President, GE Energy — Transmission and Distribution, just wrote in an essay published on arabianbusiness.com<\/a>: \u201cSmart grid technologies can increase energy efficiencies and improve utilization of the existing electrical infrastructure. Asset optimization technologies can help prolong electrical transformer life. Energy management systems can accommodate the integration of higher percentages of cleaner energy sources into the electrical system.\u201d And smart grid technologies can meet the challenge of renewable energy sources like wind and solar, he writes, by helping to manage the fluctuations that come from these sources. \u201cSmart grid is not a vision of the future,\u201d he says, \u201cbut rather a solution to the energy and environmental challenges facing us today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Part of the conversation in Davos is the way in which these smart grid efforts can go hand in had with other energy efficiency solutions that are within easy reach. In an article he wrote for the WEF, \u201cTowards a More Energy Efficient World,\u201d John Krenicki says: \u201cIncremental improvements, when multiplied across the scale of the energy sector, can result in huge gains in energy efficiency and carbon reductions.\u201d John writes that his \u201cfavorite opportunities\u201d on the supply side start with the substantial quantities of electricity that are lost in the transmission and distribution of power. \u201cFor example, in the United States, line losses approach 6 percent of total generation; in India, these losses can reach 25 percent of generation,\u201d he writes. \u201cThe technology exists to minimize these line losses.\u201d<\/p>\n

His other favorites include utilities investing in technologies that save power by reducing and optimizing voltage and capturing the heat that\u2019s generated when producing electricity to create more power — a technology known as combined heat and power, or \u201ccogeneration.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more about GE Energy on GE Reports<\/a> in the stories below:
\n* “Putting flare gas on the firing line at the WEF in Davos<\/a>”
\n* \u201cThinking locally with energy tech at Copenhagen<\/a>\u201d
\n* \u201cGoogle & GE call for home energy info in Copenhagen<\/a>\u201d
\n* \u201cTransformers Part 2: Flipping NJ\u2019s smart grid switch<\/a>”
\n* “Building smart washers\/dryers in KY to create 430 jobs<\/a>”
\n* “Getting smarter about the smart grid<\/a>”
\n* “Carbon-neutral Masdar City plugs in smart appliances<\/a>”
\n* Learn about GE\u2019s smart grid efforts in Florida<\/a>, Oklahoma<\/a> and Houston<\/a><\/p>\n

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