{"id":214,"date":"2009-11-25T11:08:21","date_gmt":"2009-11-25T11:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/texasenergyexchange\/?p=214"},"modified":"2015-12-21T12:46:56","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T18:46:56","slug":"not-all-smart-grids-are-green-grids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2009\/11\/25\/not-all-smart-grids-are-green-grids\/","title":{"rendered":"Not All Smart Grids are Green Grids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-224\" style=\"float:right\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/texasenergyexchange\/files\/2009\/11\/psp-logo-150px.jpg\" alt=\"psp-logo-150px\" width=\"77\" height=\"150\" \/>Now we\u2019re talkin\u2019.\u00a0 Austin is already known as one of the \u201cgreenest\u201d cities in the nation, and it looks like we\u2019ll soon be even greener \u2013 and smarter, too.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Dept. of Energy\u2019s Nov. 24 announcement of $620 million in \u201csmart grid\u201d demonstration and energy storage projects included $10.4 million for the Austin-based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pecanstreetproject.org\/161\" target=\"_blank\">Pecan Street Project<\/a>. The grant will be used to fund an advanced smart grid project at the Mueller development in central Austin. The Mueller neighborhood \u2013 a public-private joint venture between the City of Austin and the Catellus Development Group \u2013 is located at the site of Austin\u2019s former airport.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The demonstration project will integrate with Austin Energy\u2019s next generation smart grid platform to create, operate, and evaluate an \u201copen platform Energy Internet\u201d \u2013 a type of smart grid that allows two-way electricity and information flow and is modeled on the architecture of the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>EDF, a leading partner in the project since its 2008 launch, will release recommendations for Phase I by the end of this year and will continue as a board member during Phase II in the newly formed nonprofit: Pecan Street Project, Inc. Technologies to be tested as a system in the demonstration project include distributed clean energy (roof-mounted solar on four commercial sites and 100 residential rooftops), energy storage, smart grid water \/irrigation systems, smart appliances and plug-in electric vehicles linked to a grid-integrated system of smart charging stations.<\/p>\n<p>All of this is exciting news, to be certain. However, it\u2019s important to note that <em>not all smart grids are green grids<\/em> \u2013 some are largely focused on efficiency and rely on one-way communication from a utility to the consumer. The Pecan Street Project, on the other hand, will stress not just efficiency but also a two-way relationship in which, say, consumers with their own rooftop generation capacity will be able to sell power back into the grid to replace power now generated with carbon fuels.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s EDF\u2019s role \u2013 to ensure that the potential environmental benefits are given priority alongside the economic benefits. Ultimately, if done correctly, smart grids will help us dramatically reduce global warming pollution, and this DOE grant will help keep Austin at the forefront of a burgeoning new field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now we\u2019re talkin\u2019.\u00a0 Austin is already known as one of the \u201cgreenest\u201d cities in the nation, and it looks like we\u2019ll soon be even greener \u2013 and smarter, too. 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