Microgrids May Provide Distributed Energy 159
jobcello wrote to mention a BBC article discussing a new technique for power distribution that might provide electricity using a series of small "microgrids", in a manner similar to peer-to-peer software. From the article: "'This would save something like 20 to 30% of our emissions with hardly anyone knowing it ... A microgrid is a collection of small generators for a collection of users in close proximity ... It supplies heat through the household, but you already have cables in the ground, so it is easy to construct an electricity network. Then you create some sort of control network.' That network could be made into a smart grid using more sophisticated software and grid computing technologies."
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controller softwared exists (Score:5, Funny)
from the post:
I believe if you'll check the documentation, that sophisticated smart-grid controller software is part of the new Office 12 release.
What if... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:controller softwared exists (Score:5, Funny)
Great, just what we need (Score:5, Funny)
And you can bet on countless participants finding ways to not share at a 1:1 ratio, just like on most P2P networks...
Re:controller softwared exists (Score:5, Funny)
Clippy: It looks like you're trying to create a microgrid control network.
Clippy: Overload Generators?
Sort of (Score:3, Funny)
Re:wow, they have it all worked out! (Score:2, Funny)
will it run Linux?
More importantly, will it run Linux powered solely by dead cats?
Reliability of an electric network? Ha! (Score:3, Funny)
50-odd comments... (Score:2, Funny)