The Future of Smart Grid Technology

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There are plenty of challenges facing the world, but perhaps the most pressing issue is how we can ensure that everyone has all the energy they need, without having an overly detrimental effect on the natural world. One of the solutions to this problem will be to ensure that the method for delivering energy to homes and businesses is as efficient as possible. Though we tend to focus on the end result (energy in the home), it’s important to look at the process by which it was delivered. And it turns out that this method isn’t as efficient as it could or should be.

That’s because the infrastructure that transmits energy around the home isn’t as efficient as it could be. To combat this problem, researchers have looked into how they make the system better — for the consumer and the planet — and have come up with smart grid technologies. This modern technology can help to reduce the number of greenhouse gases produced by the grid by a significant amount, and is considered to be the system of the future. This fact is reflected by its predicted growth; it already experiences growth by some 8% each year, and continues to be attractive to investors.

There are plenty of benefits to smart grid technology, the most important being that it can help plug some of the energy problems that society experiences under the current system, which is outdated. To learn more about smart grid technology, check out the infographic below, which was produced by the University of California Riverside.

Infographic design by University of California University of California RIverside