Thursday, July 9, 2009

What Exactly Is A "Smart Grid?" Ten Not-So-Easy Pieces Simply Defined

Carnegie mellon logo image Image credit: CMU Explaining the "smart grid" now is a bit like explaining the Internet to total novice was, back in the mid-1990's. Most of today's smart grid-media coverage reminds me of that fable of the 6 blind men describing an elephant according to what ever part of the animal they each are touching as they speak. Finally, an accessible, circumspect explanation of the smart grid concept and all of it's major components has been published. It is "The Many Meanings of 'Smart Grid'", by M. Granger Morgan, Jay Apt...

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