The US electric grid needs to be upgraded to eliminate the regional blackouts from the recent past, to tolerate intermittent renewable energy of today, and prevent the cyber attacks of tomorrow. As we charge ahead with wind and solar energy to mitigate climate change, we just assume the electric grid will be able to do load balancing by using smart meters. But is it that simple?
Our discussion will be based on the following videos:
- Al Gore Presents Reason for Hope #4- THE ELECTRIC GRID IS EVOLVING
- PBS NewsHour: Rooftop solar on the move again in Hawaii
- Zoom-In clip: Grid stability
- Scientific American: What is the smart grid
- RT Report: No Privacy with Smart Meters
- Collection of news clips: Are you prepared for a major power outage
- MSNBC: The Threat Against America's Power Grid
- CalEnergy: UCSD microgrid
CHALLENGE: In the first video, Al Gore talks about a micro grid in Rutland VT. He gives the impression that Rutland has a community grid run completely on solar. Can you find out what the real story is here?
------------------------------------ Update 10/22/15 ---------------------------------------
HERE is a link to the Congressional hearing on cyber attacks on the grid, which was sampled during the meeting.
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