“To get a greener grid, you need a Smart Grid.”
U.S.
Department of Energy, “The Smart Grid: An Introduction,” 2008
“…smart behaviors, smart choices, and smart planning
should be thought of as an essential resource for achieving energy and climate
goals."
ACEEE (American Council for an Energy-Efficient
Economy), "Behavior,
Energy, and Climate Change: Policy Directions, Program Innovations, and Research
Paths," November 2008
“Demand response will be a powerful tool for meeting the environmental
challenges ahead.”
California Independent System Operator (CAISO), “eGrid
Technologies Help Achieve Environmental Goals,” December 2007
“Energy Storage is critical to grid operations.”
U.S.
Energy Secretary Dr. Steven Chu, “Investing
in Our Energy Future,” September 2009
“The dirty secret of clean energy is that while generating it
is getting easier, moving it to market is not.”
New York
Times, “Wind Energy Bumps into Power
Grid’s Limits,” August 2008
“Pairing another environmentally friendly resource—demand
response—with renewable power will help the [California] ISO maintain
grid reliability. Demand reduction is just as effective, and often
less expensive, than adding megawatts onto the grid and it doesn’t
add a single pollutant.”
California Independent System Operator
(CAISO), “eGrid
Technologies Help Achieve Environmental Goals,” December 2007
“One area in which energy storage technologies could provide
great benefits is in conjunction with renewable energy resources. By storing
energy from variable resources such as wind and solar power, energy storage
could provide firm generation from these units, allow the energy produced
to be used more efficiently.”
U.S. Department of Energy Electricity
Advisory Committee, “Bottling
Electricity: Storage as a Strategic Tool for Managing Variability and Capacity
Concerns in the Modern Grid,” December 2008
“Smart Grid technologies will allow the grid to better adapt
to the dynamics of renewable energy and distributed generation, helping utilities
and consumers more easily access these resources and reap the benefits.”
U.S.
Department of Energy Electricity Advisory Committee, “Smart
Grid: Enabler of the New Energy Economy,” December 2008
