News tagged with distribution grid

'Artificial leaf' eyed as holy grail in energy research

Turbo-charging photosynthesis -- by which plants and bacteria turn sunlight into food and energy -- in an "artificial leaf" could yield a vast commercial power source, scientists said.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Smart software for self-regulating smart grid

Siemens and the utility company Allgauer Uberlandwerk (AUW) in the city of Kempten, Germany, are testing the smart grids of the future. The tests focus on optimized power distribution and the use of a self-organizing ...

Technology / Software

created May 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Testing smart energy systems

A smartphone is all it takes to turn the heating on or off at home. This might sound like science fiction to the average user, but it is not unusual for the scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

World's biggest Wave Hub installed off UK coast

(PhysOrg.com) -- A wave energy generation test site called the "Wave Hub" is being set up off Cornwall’s northern coast. The site is the first offshore wave energy site in the UK, and will allow four wave ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 report

Smart Grid Technology: Vulnerable To Hackers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Smart Grids are digitally based electricity distribution and transmission systems and test have shown that a hacker can break into the system resulting in a massive blackout.

Technology / Other

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 weblog