In this first implementation, the smart grid's feedback mechanism is manual: Consumers must go online for an update on current grid conditions and then actively alter their use of power. (discovermagazine.com)
«Ultimately the cost of fabricating the product makes it difficult to be competitive with current grid prices.» (scientificamerican.com)
So if you have multiple vehicles plugged in at the same time, then current grids quickly reach their limits,» says Dr. Michael Agsten from the Advanced System Technology (AST) department at the Ilmenau site of the Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSB. (sciencedaily.com)