Smart Transformers: Making the Grid Smarter
Right now, the power grid is a one-way stream of electricity from the power company to a house or business. But engineers are working to develop a power grid that behaves more like the Internet, where electricity and data flow in two directions: from the power company to the home and back again. Here are the different ways a smarter grid will improve your life.
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Energy Grid: Safe From Cyber Attack?
It's smarter, but not perfect. Experts forecast more attacks amid evolving defenses.
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How Smart Can Your Local Electricity Grid Get?
Xcel Energy's small-town test in Boulder, Colo., of smart-distribution and home-monitoring technology may set the stage for much bigger things.
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Electric Vehicles Won't Bring Down the Power Grid
The extra load will be relatively slow to grow, predictable and highly localized in its early years.
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10 Dumb Things About the Grid
SLIDE SHOW: The future electrical grid is touted as "smart," so does that mean the current one is dumb? In a lot ways, yes. Here are 10 dumb things about the nation's power grid.
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