UMS Future City (Twizel, New Zealand) by Parker Sands

2018-11-27 22:25:43 UTC

recent 7.8 magnitude earthquake near twizel.

2018-11-27 22:30:09 UTC

Calcium is added to aluminum. Stronger lighter powerlines compared to steel core. Cost less. calcium is the answer. Added to aluminum in the form of small particles, the resulting composite is stronger, lighter and can lower overall costs to build new overhead powerlines compared to traditional steel-core aluminum cable. Lighter cable requires fewer support towers, which make up roughly half the total cost of constructing new power lines.

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https://phys.org/news/2013-04-reinventing-power-line-cable.html

60 minutes pt 2

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60 minutes pt 1

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Created by: K. R. Sridhar, a company that has been "undercover" for decade(s)
Funded by: The same person who funded:
--Google
--Amazon
--ect.

--Segway

What is BloomBox?: It is a set of small boxes, each one made up of special ceramic plates with special inks on each side, separated with a cheap metal alloy, put into a large generator which feeds oxygen in one side and natural gas (which could be renewable: eg. landfill gases, solar, etc.) in the other and out comes electricity! <-- |-:

Bloom box energy source

2018-11-27 22:55:36 UTC

The core of the Bloom box technology is sand. From the sand they get zirconium oxide. They use the zirconium oxide to make a fuel cell which they altered and changed to make a Bloom Box fuel cell. The Bloom Box fuel cell can produce 25 watts, and when you take many and put them together in what is called a stack that is enough to power an average US home. To get even more power you just take more stacks and put them together.

zoe_johnson1 — 2018-11-27 22:56:27 UTC

Reduced peak demand, which will also help lower electricity rates

shruti_patel1 — 2018-11-27 22:56:27 UTC

Better integration of customer-owner power generation systems, including renewable energy systems

shruti_patel1 — 2018-11-27 22:56:39 UTC

https://www.smartgrid.gov/the_smart_grid/smart_grid.html

The Smart Grid represents an unprecedented opportunity to move the energy industry into a new era of reliability, availability, and efficiency that will contribute to our economic and environmental health.

shruti_patel1 — 2018-11-27 22:58:12 UTC

The Smart Grid will consist of millions of pieces and parts—controls, computers, power lines, and new technologies and equipment.

shruti_patel1 — 2018-11-27 23:01:24 UTC

Security

2018-11-27 23:02:13 UTC

While modernization of electrical grids into smart grids allows for optimization of everyday processes, a smart grid, being online, can be vulnerable to cyberattacks.[82] Transformers which increase the voltage of electricity created at power plants for long-distance travel, transmission lines themselves, and distribution lines which deliver the electricity to its consumers are particularly susceptible.[83] These systems rely on sensors which gather information from the field and then deliver it to control centers, where algorithms automate analysis and decision-making processes. These decisions are sent back to the field, where existing equipment execute them.[84] Hackers have the potential to disrupt these automated control systems, severing the channels which allow generated electricity to be utilized.

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The December 2015 Ukraine power grid cyberattack, the first recorded of its kind, disrupted services to nearly a quarter of a million people by bringing substations offline.[88][89] The Council on Foreign Relations has noted that states are most likely to be the perpetrators of such an attack as they have access to the resources to carry one out despite the high level of difficulty of doing so. Cyber intrusions can be used as portions of a larger offensive, military or otherwise.[89] Some security experts warn that this type of event is easily scalable to grids elsewhere.[90] Insurance company Lloyd's of London has already modeled the outcome of a cyberattack on the Eastern Interconnection, which has the potential to impact 15 states, put 93 million people in the dark, and cost the country's economy anywhere from $243 billion to $1 trillion in various damages.[91]

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WHY TO USE A SMART POWER GRID/WHAT IT DOES

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More efficient transmission of electricity
Quicker restoration of electricity after power disturbances
Reduced operations and management costs for utilities, and ultimately lower power costs for consumers
Reduced peak demand, which will also help lower electricity rates
Increased integration of large-scale renewable energy systems
Better integration of customer-owner power generation systems, including renewable energy systems
Improved security

Superconducting cables

2018-11-27 23:05:17 UTC

they can carry 3 times as much current, than thicker copper or aluminum power lines.
https://phys.org/news/2011-06-compact-high-temperature-superconducting-cable-award.html#nRlv

it is about giving you the information and tools you need to make choices about your energy use.

shruti_patel1 — 2018-11-27 23:07:03 UTC

https://www.smartgrid.gov/the_smart_grid/smart_grid.html

The difference between a traditional and a smart power grid.

2018-11-27 23:08:57 UTC

A traditional power grid is basically an interconnection of power transmission lines, substations, transformer, synchronous machines, and different types of loads. where as a smart power grid is more secure and dependable than a traditional power grid a smart grid is also a two way communication between utility and consumer.

2018-11-27 23:09:43 UTC

In short, the digital technology that allows for two-way communication between the utility and its customers, and the sensing along the transmission lines is what makes the grid smart. Like the Internet, the Smart Grid will consist of controls, computers, automation, and new technologies and equipment working together, but in this case, these technologies will work with the electrical grid to respond digitally to our quickly changing electric demand.

This will minimize outages and minimize the effects when they do happen. When a power outage occurs, Smart Grid technologies will detect and isolate the outages, containing them before they become large-scale blackouts.

shruti_patel1 — 2018-11-27 23:09:49 UTC

https://www.smartgrid.gov/the_smart_grid/smart_grid.html

A microgrid is a localized group of electricity sources that typically run with the traditional macrogrid, but can also disconnect and maintain operations autonomously

2018-11-27 23:10:00 UTC

https://building-microgrid.lbl.gov/about-microgrids

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BASICLY THE SMART POWER GRID IS A POWER GRID BUT IT CAN SENSE WHO AND WHAT NEEDS POWER/SOME POWER/NO POWER , AND CAN BE CONTROLLED EASALLY

It’s a way to address energy efficiency, to bring increased awareness to consumers about the connection between electricity use and the environment.

shruti_patel1 — 2018-11-27 23:11:42 UTC

https://www.smartgrid.gov/the_smart_grid/smart_grid.html

Parts Of A BloomBox

2018-11-27 23:12:01 UTC

Bloom Energy Fuel Cell: A flat rectangle made out of sand --> 25 watts
Stack: A stack of BLOOM ENERGY FUEL CELL--> powers "the average US home"
BloomBox: A set the size of a refrigerator full of STACK(s)--> Powers starbuks
Bloom Energy Server: A set of BLOOMBOX(es) the size of a parking spot --> powers supermarket

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Advantages of Bloom Box

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In addition to reliability, the fuel flexibility of the platform gives that same datacenter the ability to operate with zero carbon emissions using biogas or reduced carbon emissions using natural gas, all at a lower and predictable total cost of ownership.

picture of faults near twizel

2018-11-27 23:17:22 UTC

twizel is about 25-35 miles from major fault lines.

general economic developments

2018-11-27 23:20:12 UTC

with a smart grid a customer can choose their electricity supplier depending on tax methods.

smart grid market

2018-11-27 23:25:13 UTC

the smart grid market in 2009 was valued at 21.4 billion

Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC

zoe_hall — 2018-11-27 23:26:48 UTC

Solid oxide fuel cells use a hard compound as an electrolyte. They are about “60% efficient at converting fuel to energy” - energy.gov SOFC operates at high temperatures, which according to the cite “as high as 1,000°C (1,830°F). High-temperature operation… reducing the cost.” They also are the most sulfur resistant and are not poisoned by carbon monoxide

These are what powers the Bloom BOx

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