| Smart Grid Technologies: Smart Grid (SG).
Description: Although presently there is no widely accepted
defenition of Smart Grid (SG means different things to different
people), the term refers to electrical power system and technologies
that allow two-way energy flow registration and monitoring (Smart
Metering; Advanced Metering Infrastructure, AMI), which allow
connection of user loads or user energy sources (usally
renewable energy sources: solar, wind, etc.) to the electrical power
grid. The goal is improvement of efficiency, power quality,
reliability, and security of the future electrical power system (both at the transmission and distribution levels) by additing to it communications and networking capability, automation, and inteligence in many forms. US National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) groups technologies that enable Smart Grid operation into five key areas: integrated communications, sensing and measurement,
advanced components, advanced control methods, and interfaces and
decision support. Smart grid links of interest: Main web portal of National Institude of Standards and Technology (NIST), US NIST Smart Grid Twiki
Main Page of the NIST Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) SGIP Interoperability Knowledge Base (IKB) Standards Catalog US Department of Energy (DOE) Smart Grid Site
US DOE Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse
NETL Smart Grid Implementation Strategy, SGIS
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