That can happen only if the distribution system -- the national smart grid -- is not privately owned.
Alonso ended with the fastest time but was later handed a five-place grid penalty -- with eventual race winner Hamilton elevated to pole position.
The microgrid comprises eight 100-kW grid-tied inverters, the rooftop PV array, the lead-acid battery pack, backup diesel generators, and a Web-based monitoring and control system.
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The Smart Garage -- smart cars hooked through smart buildings to a smart grid -- will soon be swapping electricity and information for mutual advantage.
That's because this grid -- which is made up of everything from power lines to generators to the meters in your home -- still runs on century-old technology.
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Both can be integrated without great pain into PreussenElektra's existing grid -- meaning, in essence, that Veba will be able to extract more economies from PreussenElektra's power generating and distribution assets.
And we created new pillars for long term growth with Project SHIELD and NVIDIA GRID -- first-of-their-kind devices that will extend our leadership in visual computing into mobile and the cloud.
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In the absence of sensible policies that invest in long-term public goods like education or basic research, roads, railways, broadband, a smart electric grid -- an absence of those investments can be equally disastrous.
Until smart pricing evolves to match smart meters, consumers are unlikely to cut their energy use much, and greenhouse gas reductions--an additional advantage that has been promised to result from the smart grid--will likely be minimal.
Come race day he started at the back of the grid -- with said broken ankle -- and stormed through the field to finish an incredible sixth, overtaking Ducati's former world champion Nicky Hayden on the last lap.
The biggest of these firms by far - National Grid - said it was reviewing the "lengthy and wide ranging" plans.
They can be used for communications, border patrol initiatives, disaster response, relief missions, and much more, meeting the most demanding infrastructure requirements in on-grid applications and off-grid areas.
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At an Albert Heijn pilot store in Harlem, customers enter a circular marketplace with soft focused lighting, rather than the neon-lit, grid-like labyrinth of most supermarkets.
And not only controls Power-Grid the PC - it works in reverse as well.
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The fastest-growing technology is grid-connected solar electric power, which saw a 53% increase in installed capacity during 2009.
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Their 2003 chassis, in particular, was very good - many consider it to be the best on the grid - and it made up to some extent for what remains a down-on-power radical wide-angle engine.
In May 2007 Kempton formed a coalition of utility and energy experts--Mid-Atlantic Grid Interactive Cars, or Magic--and sought funding to prove the V2G business model.
Without the need to electrically charge devices--either via outlets or USB cables--users could at last start to break free from on-the-grid power connections.
Unlike traditional "centralized" systems, distributed energy relies on small power-generating technologies like solar panels or ultra-efficient natural-gas turbines built near the point of energy consumption to supplement or displace grid-distributed electricity.
Expansion of the grid, which is made up of eight fiber-linked data centers at universities and research institutions around the country, will not only make the grid mind-bogglingly fast and powerful but will also enable many more outsiders to connect to it and take advantage of its resources.
The proposed super-grid in the Mid-Atlantic is enjoying broad public support from the politicos and its would-be patrons.
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Two, they can substitute grid-based power with self-generated power, i.e. power produced onsite using solar panels, fuel cells or whatever that never flows through the grid.
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The uniform rows of grid-like streets, the four-wheel drive vehicles and modern wooden bungalows in the Inupiat village of Kaktovic show that they have already accepted any benefits and costs that oil may bring.
The logistical challenges involved in sustaining military operations in remote areas where wars are commonly waged has convinced the U.S. Department of Defense to deploy a growing number of cutting-edge solar-energy technologies in off-grid combat zones.
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As with the homepage, the layout isn't much to look at -- it's laid out in a basic 3-by-4 grid.
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"Pinterest needs to be way easier to use, " said co-founder Evan Sharp, 30, who created the site's grid-like design.
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The 50% cost reduction in Simpana 10 is due to workflow automation, parallel deduplication using a grid-based architecture as well as customizable web-based reporting and services to support multi-tenancy access, self service operations and chargebacks.
Leveraging natural gas infrastructure, it can be distributed as CNG, LNG, or in pipelines via gas-to-grid injection.
With its tree-lined dirt roads, whitewashed cottages and vintage signposts giving distances in miles (South Africa converted to metric in the 1970s), Nieu Bethesda is an off-the-grid destination.
Kempton, a wiry, 59-year-old renewable energy professor at the University of Delaware with round, wire-rimmed glasses, is the U.S.' foremost proponent of what's known as vehicle-to-grid technology.
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