At night between 11 PM and 4 AM there is an overcapacity of electrical energy. With the installation of wind energy, this overcapacity will even increase, since the is no merit in not using the wind to produce energy. In a smart grid, we will have time-of-use pricing for electrical energy and smart appliances being […]

27-29 August, 2012 University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) 2000 Simcoe St. N. Oshawa, ON, L1H 7K4 The Smart Grids are electricity networks that promise to enhance the operational efficiency of nationwide power supply via distributed generation with bi-directional electricity flow. This objective is achieved by allowing intelligent monitoring and control of different components […]

The Smart Grid will help to balance energy production and consumption. While we are waiting for the Smart Grid to come, there is something we can do meanwhile – optimizing the energy usage of our local network of electrical appliances. Because one thing is for sure: energy does not come for free now and won’t […]