Smart Grid

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Energy Value Chain

Simplified Grid Schematic

Growth in Smart Grid Technology

The Challenges

The pessimist complains about the wind, the optimist expects it to change, the realist adjusts the sails

William Arthur Ward

Clarke's Third Law

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic

Smart Grid Technology

Phasor measurement units, distributed power
flow control, dynamic turn up/down,
automation, artificial intelligence, drones......
OMG!!!

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Source: IoT World Forum

Sensors are Fundamental 

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Smart Grid People

[innovation] is coming .... much faster than their cultures  will find it easy to cope with.

Smart Grid

By TILIX

Smart Grid

From the smart meter through to process control in generation plant, IT's 3rd platform of Industrial IoT, Big Data, Social & Mobile will bring many challenges & opportunities to the electricity grid.

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