Tag: demand response
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AI’s Energy Myth: Why Data Centres Aren’t About to Break the Grid
The article critiques the exaggerated claims about the energy consumption of AI-driven data centres, arguing that predictions often lack grounding in reality. Historical trends show significant efficiency gains in data centres, and current forecasts suggest limited energy use from AI. It advocates for smart regulation and integrating renewable energy, cautioning against misallocated capital based on…
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3 Ways Electric Cars Are Changing More Than the Way We Drive
Part 1 of 3 on the Future of Transportation and the Internet of Things The world is moving away from cars based on the internal combustion engine (ICEs). The future is electric. With Tesla leading the way on what’s possible with electric vehicles, more traditional auto manufacturers are following suit. Volvo has announced that all…
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Internet of Things, renewables and storage – a perfect storm for utilities’ digital transformation
Without doubt it is a time of great turbulence in the electric utilities space. In most regions globally, wind and solar are now our cheapest sources of electricity generation, even without subsidies. As a consequence of this, wind has overtaken nuclear, hydro and coal to become the second largest source of electricity generation in EU…
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Technology is moving us to a world where energy is cheaper, smarter, and less carbon intensive
More and more variable electricity generation sources (wind and solar) are being added to the grid. Can technology help bed these in without making the electricity grid more unstable?
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EPRI releases open, standards based software, to connect smart homes to the smart grid
Automated Demand Response (ADR) is something we’ve talked about here on GreenMonk for quite a while now. And in other fora, back, at least as far as 2007. What is Automated Demand Response? Well, demand response is the process whereby electricity consumers (typically commercial) reduce their usage in response to a signal from the utility…
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The coming together of the Internet of Things and Smart Grids
I was asked to speak at the recent SAP TechEd && d-code (yes, two ampersands, that’s the branding, not a typo) on the topic of the Internet of Things and Energy. This is a curious space, because, while the Internet of Things is all the rage now in the consumer space, the New Black, as…
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Here comes the sun… IBM and solar forecasting
For decades now electricity grids have been architected in the same way with large centralised generation facilities pumping out electricity to large numbers of distributed consumers. Generation has been controlled, and predictable. This model is breaking down fast. In the last decade we have seen a massive upsurge in the amount of renewable generation making…
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The zero-emissions Nissan Leaf test drive
I love the idea of electric cars and have done for a long time. Recently, one of my best friends Ray Flynn, proprietor of Flynns Garage (a Nissan Dealership in Carlow, Ireland), contacted me to let me know he is one of only 15 Nissan dealerships in Ireland who have been approved to sell the…