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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Adventures in the smart grid no. 2: Demand response Information is power	Patrick Mazza	27 Jul 2007	Gristmill
The day is sweltering, air conditioners are cranked up, and the power grid is straining to meet demand. Today is a 'needle peak' day -- on the annual power demand chart, it shows up as a spike. Out of the year's 8,760 hours, needle peaks will occupy 200 hours or less. An extreme day like this is why the grid maintains roughly twice as much power generating and transmission capacity as it uses on an average day. Even though power plants and lines are idle most of the ye ...
Topics: electricity grid, energy, energy at home, energy efficiency, fossil fuels, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics)

Adventures in the Smart Grid no. 1 Why the Smart Grid is important	Patrick Mazza	10 Jun 2007	Gristmill
It's the world's largest machine -- the interconnected network of power plants, transmission towers, substations, poles, and wires that make up the power grid. When you flip the switch you expect the juice to flow and don't have much reason to think about it, except during the occasional blackout. Power engineers and energy wonks might get passionate about the grid, but for most people it's just a background fact of life. It's time to bring the grid into the for ...
Topics: electricity grid, energy, energy efficiency, renewable energy (all these topics)