Transmission is the talk of the town right now with various plans under discussion that could see a radical transformation of Europe’s electricity transmission system. These moves are being prompted by the realisation that if Europe is to meet its 2020 targets to increase its share of renewable energy to 20% of the total, a Continue reading →
supergrid
It is a criticism frequently leveled at those promoting wind or solar power as an alternative to fossil fuels: what happens when the wind doesn’t blow or the sun doesn’t shine? Well, now there is a smart answer, at least in Europe — we’ll simply and instantly switch to another source of clean, green power. Continue reading →
A quarter of a century after Apple’s iconic Macintosh computers advert premiered during the Super Bowl in the US, General Electric launched a Super Bowl ad it hoped would symbolise another technological revolution – the smart grid. GE’s smart grid ad features an animated scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz atop electrical infrastructure and dangling Continue reading →
