Comments on: “Dinosaurs ARE pretty cool” http://greenmonk.net/dinosaurs-are-pretty-cool/ Green from the roots up, Sustainable from the top down Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:24:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: null is not an object » Blog Archive » Cloud Computing + Smart Grids = Smart Clouds http://greenmonk.net/dinosaurs-are-pretty-cool/comment-page-1/#comment-4399 null is not an object » Blog Archive » Cloud Computing + Smart Grids = Smart Clouds Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:37:21 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=614#comment-4399 [...] own right. However, I have been thinking about smart grids a lot (and so have a lot of others like the better half of RedMonk and even The Google), which in short are electricity grids that have the ability to both provide [...] [...] own right. However, I have been thinking about smart grids a lot (and so have a lot of others like the better half of RedMonk and even The Google), which in short are electricity grids that have the ability to both provide [...]

]]> By: Indarki http://greenmonk.net/dinosaurs-are-pretty-cool/comment-page-1/#comment-4395 Indarki Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:43:09 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=614#comment-4395 Well, in fact, current grid provide electricity on demand, not all the time as it is said in the video. Power capacity is what has to be available all the time in case you need it, but the energy isn't delivered to you house this way. Moreover... it can't be delivered unless you ask for it. If you switch on a light, there is an additional energy consumption, which causes a (small) reduction on the frecuency of the grid. In order to get back to the normal frecuency of the grid, a new power generator starts or a working one, powers up. The system is as smarter sa the pizza system suggested by the boy: the pizza eater/energy consumer asks for a pizza/electricity by phoning/switching on, and de pizzeria/utility sends the pizza/electricity. What would make the grid smarter would be the posibility of swapping the way of the order and the pizza/energy. Imagine: pizza eater cooking his own pizzas and sending leftover pizzas to other pizza eaters (or the pizzeria). That can be posible, in a limited way, in the electrical grid but imposible in the pizza system. My mother tongue isn't english, so sorry about my probable language mistakes. In any case, first time I comment on Greenmonk... and interesting blog as I am very interesting in energy and the future (r)evolutions in that sector. Well, in fact, current grid provide electricity on demand, not all the time as it is said in the video. Power capacity is what has to be available all the time in case you need it, but the energy isn’t delivered to you house this way. Moreover… it can’t be delivered unless you ask for it.

If you switch on a light, there is an additional energy consumption, which causes a (small) reduction on the frecuency of the grid. In order to get back to the normal frecuency of the grid, a new power generator starts or a working one, powers up.

The system is as smarter sa the pizza system suggested by the boy: the pizza eater/energy consumer asks for a pizza/electricity by phoning/switching on, and de pizzeria/utility sends the pizza/electricity.

What would make the grid smarter would be the posibility of swapping the way of the order and the pizza/energy. Imagine: pizza eater cooking his own pizzas and sending leftover pizzas to other pizza eaters (or the pizzeria). That can be posible, in a limited way, in the electrical grid but imposible in the pizza system.

My mother tongue isn’t english, so sorry about my probable language mistakes.

In any case, first time I comment on Greenmonk… and interesting blog as I am very interesting in energy and the future (r)evolutions in that sector.

]]> By: WBN - Links für Dienstag, 25.11.2008 http://greenmonk.net/dinosaurs-are-pretty-cool/comment-page-1/#comment-4394 WBN - Links für Dienstag, 25.11.2008 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:52:22 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=614#comment-4394 [...] IBM Video über Smart Grids, via Greenmonk Mehr dazu auf www.asmarterplanet.com [...] [...] IBM Video über Smart Grids, via Greenmonk Mehr dazu auf http://www.asmarterplanet.com [...]

]]> By: Sebastian http://greenmonk.net/dinosaurs-are-pretty-cool/comment-page-1/#comment-4392 Sebastian Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:49:04 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=614#comment-4392 Great find. Too bad the smarter planet URL only seems to work with "www". Great find. Too bad the smarter planet URL only seems to work with “www”.

]]> By: Nick Nichols http://greenmonk.net/dinosaurs-are-pretty-cool/comment-page-1/#comment-4391 Nick Nichols Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:48:31 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=614#comment-4391 "The utility grid sends a constant stream of electricity to your home." Huh? I totally don't get it. That sounds patently false to me, Tom. There's a concept here that I'm missing. The guys at IBM are not exactly clueless. To me, the fact that electricity flows from a generator to your home only when you flick on a switch - and only to the extent that is needed by the device (the demand) - is one of the major wonders of this 80 year old system. Isn't supply already perfectly synchronized with demand? “The utility grid sends a constant stream of electricity to your home.” Huh? I totally don’t get it. That sounds patently false to me, Tom.

There’s a concept here that I’m missing. The guys at IBM are not exactly clueless.

To me, the fact that electricity flows from a generator to your home only when you flick on a switch – and only to the extent that is needed by the device (the demand) – is one of the major wonders of this 80 year old system. Isn’t supply already perfectly synchronized with demand?

]]> By: Patrick Liddy http://greenmonk.net/dinosaurs-are-pretty-cool/comment-page-1/#comment-4390 Patrick Liddy Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:32:08 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=614#comment-4390 Fab... Fab…

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