Top Energy Stories of 2008: #9 Infrastructure Gains Attention
December 16 2008 / by joelg
Category: Energy Year: 2008 Rating: 1
The 'Big Grid' is based upon a mass distribution model from the 1930's and technology from even earlier. But industry and the Department of Energy are beginning to develop standards to transform the Big Grid into the Smart Grid so that it can handle renewable energy sources, electric vehicles, distributed energy generation, demand side managment, and information about it all. The sale of electric vehicle charging technology company V2Green to Smart Grid technology company GridPoint marks the beginning of a market where hi-tech geeks meet energy geeks.
Could there be a collision of paradigms between geeks who've grown up under Moore's law and those whose basic technology hasn't changed in 70 years?
Photo courtesy Bradley Woods.
Top Energy Stories of 2008:
#1 Story of the Year:
Electrification of the Passenger Car
#2 The Year of Scientific Breakthroughs
#4 From $147 to $50: The Price of Oil
#5 The Dying Gasp of Corn Ethanol
#6 The Clean Coal Lobby Breaks Through the Clutter...and Gets a Response
#8 The Rise of Local Initiatives
#9 Infrastructure Gains Attention
#10 Emerging Energy Missionaries & Visionaries
