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A Microgrid Revolution – Blockchains spreading everywhere
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March 28, 2017
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It should be called the Dumb Grid.
Remember the General Electric TV advertisement from the 2009 SuperBowl? It showed a scarecrow dancing from line to line on Power Towers without getting scorched? Don’t try it at home. This guy did.
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People wonder why the power grid goes down, causing massive outages with tens of millions of homes cut off.
Is it the antiquated generating systems, or the inadequate transmission systems? No to both of those.
Its the trading in energy that is causing gridlock on the grid. Huge amounts of futures contracts cause energy to be switched this way and that, not because it is needed by consumers, but because it is being bought and sold many times over.
As I explain in my book Off the Grid: Inside the Movement for More Space, Less Government, and True Independence in Modern America like any gridlock, the problem is too much traffic. The power industry lobbyists have been contemptuous of my arguments ever since the book was published, refusing to debate the accusations in public, and warning that if they withdraw from the market, the consumer will suffer. Ever since Enron, the US Grid has been hijacked by the banks and big money. Now their lobbyists are fighting hard for the Smart Grid which will cement into place this conspiracy against the interests of ordinary consumers.Also, by the way, against the interests of many corporate customers, although not the biggest users who cut their own sweetheart deals.
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Further evidence in favor of Micro-grids and against the so-called Smart Grid.
The runaway take-up of rooftop solar panels in Australia has undermined the electricity supply system, feeding so much power back into the network that it is causing voltage rises that could damage household devices such as computers and televisions. This means we should either rewire every home and every street, to suit the convenience of the big Utility companies, or rethink the way the nation’s energy delivery is organised. What applies to Australia is true elsewhere in the world.
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As consensus builds around micro-grids as the future of energy, main question will be: “who owns them?”
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Australia’s bungled Smart Meter program adds 20% to costs. Rest of World little different
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National Grid plc will be one of the principal beneficiaries of the 200 billion investment it is calling for in the national power infrastructure
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Smart Grid not living up to its name – costly upgrade will likely increase profits of Utilities without saving customers money or energy
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Only the rich will be able to afford energy for heating/cooling when the Smart Grid goes nationwide. At least, that is the logical conclusion to be drawn from an early example of the Smart Grid – in Colorado, where the budget has tripled in two years.
Xcel Energy has begun charging customers across the state to recoup some of the skyrocketing costs the company has incurred building its smart grid project in Boulder,according to local media.
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The man who runs one of the largest Energy retailers in America (and Britain) has signalled the death of the traditional utility company. He is typical of a new breed of Energy executive which will try to take the mantle of environmentalism to keep the profits rolling in and keep control of the industry firmly away from end users.
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Evil empire goes off-grid — GE endorses the concept of the Off-Grid Ready Home with new $30,000 package
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The stimulus billions are going to fund big grid-tied corporations instead of a myriad local and micro energy projects
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