Electricity 2.0 Making Electricity more like the Internet

Electricity 1.0 Read Only Top down Disparate/disconnected (National not international) Buggy Dumb Closed Architected for the past Architected for control Architected for "dial tone" To be fair - it "just works"

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Electricity Dumb! Photo

Electricity Dumb! Photo

Electricity Closed! Photo

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2.0 self healing self provisioning

All was well(ish!), until... Photo

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Renewable energy

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Which leads to...

Exotic Storage solutions Image

And this...

Solution? Make it a big Network!

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Use Publish/Subscribe Can't control supply? Then Manage Demand o Utilities publish prices o Consumers subscribe equipment responds accordingly o AKA Demand Response

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Peak Shaving Photo

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Demand Stimulation Photo

The r/w grid - Microgeneration! Photo

Vehicle to Grid - r/w grid Photo

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Requirements Political will Political will and Political will

Soundbite! If we have a system where demand mirrors supply then we can throw as much variable supply (renewables) onto the grid as we want without destabilising it. Renewables FTW! Tom Raftery

Electricity 2.0 Read and Write, Publish and Subscribe Bottom up and top down Multiple Sources An Architecture of Participation Open "API's" so anyone can add electricity to the grid Why not have DC in the house? USB sockets FTW

Quote I could imagine a smart garage where I would plug in my car and the computer handles it. I could even make money by cost shifting.... It solves energy security, energy prices and job creation...and by the way, climate change. Eric Schmidt CEO Google

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