In years to come, you could be looking at the humble electrical socket on your wall in a whole new light.
Singapore is setting up an experimental base for a future islandwide ‘smart’ energy grid which potentially will be able to incorporate power not just from mainstream power stations but also from new alternative energy sources.
With electric cars looking like becoming viable, one little scenario might involve car owners selling unused electrical power back into the national power grid while being also able to tap into the grid to recharge their batteries as needed.
But the possibilities as to what can be fed into the grid to diversify its sources will be limited only by the imagination and feasible technology. Potential sources could involve biodiesel, solar photo-voltaic cells or any feasible future technology.
via A*Star flips a switch on smart energy – September 25, 2009.
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