Sentences with phrase «like smart grid»

Like the smart grid for electricity, a smart water grid includes the meters, infrastructure and software that provide real - time data on water use to consumers and utilities.

Climate - friendly investments will proceed through the government's green infrastructure fund and its forthcoming infrastructure bank — but the budget also allocates dollars specifically to clean energy priorities like smart grids, energy storage, electric vehicle charging, stronger building codes, and moving remote communities off diesel.

Then we should take away the placebo projects that make people feel good, but will accomplish triviality; such including electric vehicles, solar and wind renewable dreams, and things like smart grids.

Not exact matches

Rationale: Smart grid software made by the likes of Itron may aid the reconstruction process by assisting in «finding and coping with compromised grid connections.»

While terms like «smart grid» and «smart economy» are hard to peg down, we can at least say that for «smart mobility» we're starting to see some of the bluster turning into reality.

With dynamic pricing, provided from the power market and smart meters, installed by utility companies it is now possible for consumers to sell electricity back to the grid and trade it like a typical commodity.

The 99 % lower power consumption (in comparison to LCD) makes possible the realization of innovative solutions, like smart traffic signs, interactive bus stops, interconnected destination shields; even in the places without connectivity to the electric grid and for a much lower cost.

Smart tools like the grid tool, zoom, and cropping makes the editing experience faster than ever.

There are many initiatives across the nation with titles like «smart grid» and «plug - in.»

It would be urine separating, like Mike described in After Smart Grids, Smart Sewage?

In this regard, the smart - grid would be much like a truly national broadband network.

Modern grid technologies like advanced batteries, real - time pricing, and smart appliances can also help solar and wind be essential elements of a well - performing grid.

Like Cool Power, the ultimate application of Wire - Lite's technology, which is now growing one customer at a time, will come with the implementation of smart grid technology, when — with wider use — it would be able to take on demand response responsibilities.

The «smart grid» people blabber on about for renewable energy sounds like a good fix on the surface.

In fact, some smart grid projects like distribution upgrades will help support the high levels of distributed generation that many residents want.

However, there's no question that the smart grid is on its way, even if it feels like progress is slow - after all, energy efficiency is on the tips of everyone's tongue and we need the smart grid to be truly efficient with our energy.

Google is prejudging what the next energy economy will look like by investing hundreds of millions of dollars in renewable energy and smart grid technologies — not only into R&D but into actual deployment of today's powerful, mature wind and solar technologies, from which they expect to profit in the short term, not decades from now.

Essentially, the administration is in the process of finding effective ways to incentivize a market for green homes and funding things like better transportation programs and smart grid development.

The booths also show the variety of options we have for what the smart grid will look like in the upcoming years.

This can mitigate the problem, along with other technologies like hydro storage, smart grids that can better match supply and demand, and things like V2G for electric cars (storing renewable energy surplus in batteries, and using it when there's a deficit).

The installation serves as a foundation for future smart grid actions like real - time pricing «The potential benefits of advanced metering to ratepayers and the company are too great to delay,» said the Idaho Public Utilities Commission in a released statement.

While naysayers continue to point to the intermittent supply of solar and wind, large - scale energy storage; the massively underestimated potential of energy efficiency; and the rapid advance of smart grid technology and truly low energy building infrastructure all point to an energy future that will look nothing like our past.

Requiring no gigantic «smart grid» sucking the efficiency like a vampire — things that are inherent to these nasty wind machines — Nuclear SMRs are going to allow us to meet all our CO2 reduction goals, without the canard of «nominal power output» being accepted by the lost eco-sheep, and without the 100 % conventional, CO2 - generating backup generators — which must be kept on idle at all times should the wind die down, or a cloud pass over a solar cell — and which all of these wind turbines require.

These include strong renewable electricity standards, financial incentives like clean energy tax credits, and investment in a smarter electrical grid.

The company is essentially using smart grid technologies and a proprietary «swarm algorithm» to make sure that energy use stays at a steady, and cheap, rate when things like air conditioners and heaters need to kick on.

While that seems like a good compromise, it could affect the overall effectiveness of the smart grid if there are gaps in wireless smart meter coverage or a mixture of devices being used in an area.

And companies like GE and Cisco, who are investing major money in the smart grid and transitioning significant portions of their business to focus on grid technology, have a lot at stake when it comes to consumer trust and national adoption of the smart grid.

Assembling a functioning smart grid like the one depicted in the video is going to be easier said than done though... Anyhow, enjoy:

It sounds like a perfect solution not only for buildings, but for homes as well - and the smart grid in general.

However, like everything else regarding smart grid technology, engineers are wary about taking the swarm logic to a bigger scale because it's new and hasn't been extensively tested.

Things like wind farms, solar panels, hybrid cars, mass transit and efficient buildings connected to a smart electricity grid.

Rather, think of it like a big iPhone, with an apps store, where energy monitoring and communication with the smart grid is incorporated.

With consumers only just starting to hear the term «smart grid,» let alone trust utilities as they install millions of smart meters in homes nationwide, we're used to hearing stories about how consumers are pushing back against companies like PG&E; during smart meter installation, reporting higher bills thanks to the new meters, or fretting about potential security or privacy breeches.

Me, I actually like battery cases for when I have to go off the power grid, especially far outdoors, but the Apple Smart Battery Case is more expensive and offers less recharge power than the competition — and it's not waterproof or particularly rugged.

Fill it with some smart but inexpensive built - in grid shelving like Mandi did at Vintage Revivals.