By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca
It’s a ticking time bomb – how do we integrate millions of solar, wind and battery projects along with 250 million EVs by 2030 into our outdated 20th Century Grid? Old school utilities often think of building more power plants, distribution, and transmission, but that would cost too much and could never happen fast enough.
At least part of the answer lies in software, AI and smart grid technologies. This week on Green Energy Futures we talk to Sabine Erlinghagen, the CEO of Siemens Grid Software about bringing the light of day and smart thinking to the emerging grid increasingly made up of millions of distributed energy resources. We are talking about making much more efficient use of existing grids, overbuilt to provide peaking power and to accommodate more cheap renewable energy which could reduce electricity costs. GreenEnergyFutures.ca CKUA.com VIDEO PODCAST
Green Energy Futures CKUA.com 4-minute Podcast
Green Energy Futures Full Interview with Sabine Erlinghagen, CEO of Siemens Grid Sofware
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See our stories on the Decentralized Energy Canada and Medicine Hat Energy Innovation Challenge for more on grid modernization and how utilities are working on this in Canada. And check out our story on virtual power plants.