electricity 2.0 - using the lessons of the web to improve our energy networks
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Nicholas Carr advised Internet companies to become more like utilities. In this talk I turn this on its head and show that the next generation Electricity companies will need to incorporate lessons from Web 2.0 to survive in the age of renewables.TRANSCRIPT
Electricity 2.0
Using The Lessons Of the Web To Improve Our Energy Networks
Tom Raftery
•Lead analyst, energy and sustainability practice, RedMonk•GreenMonk.net•twitter.com/tomraftery•[email protected]•+34 677 695 468
Which Switch?
Telecoms
Photo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Alexander_Graham_Bell.jpg
Telecoms
Photo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:1876_Bell_Speaking_into_Telephone.jpg
Telecoms
Photo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Alexander_Graham_Bell.jpg Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/alt1040/2675256698/
Electricity
Photo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Thomas_Edison.jpg Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/intimaj/111843868/
Electricity 1.0 - Read Only
Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericskiff/2400270056/
Electricity 1.0 - Top Down
Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikedefiant/1949525340/
Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/adambrock/142056834/
Electricity 1.0 - LAN!
Electricity 1.0 - buggy
Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/smb_flickr/892015017/
Electricity 1.0 - Dumb!
Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/bright/24691962/
Electricity 1.0 - Closed!
Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/markusschoepke/72431367/
Electricity 1.0 - Architected for the Past
Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/bakewell/35026819/
Provisioning for Hits
Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/hsinho/228010056/
Provisioning for Hits
OH NOES!
Chart http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:RockyMtnGuy
Then along comes...
Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/hsinho/228010056/
Renewable energy
Source - Red Eléctrica de España (http://www.ree.es)
Renewable energy
Electricity Demand Wind Energy Wind
20065GW max
1.8GW min
0.9GW max
0.0GW min6.5%
Renewable energy - 2020
Electricity Demand Wind Energy Wind
202510GW max
3.6 GW min
6.3GW max
0.0GW min40%
Storage?
Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/spo0ky/420291292/
Exotic storage solutions
Image http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d9/Minebw-large.jpg
Exotic Storage solutions
Image http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Pumpstor_racoon_mtn.jpg
Less Exotic Storage solutions!
Image http://www.flickr.com/photos/airport/154582232/
And this...
Solution? Make it a big Network!
Use proven principles
Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexbip/247333777/
Information
Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/traftery/2888824539/
Peak Shaving
Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/ronlayters/13237817/
Peak Shaving in the home
Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/andybutkaj/441970348/
Demand Stimulation
Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/m_alsaleh/2737919108/
Demand Stimulation in the home
Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/pigpogm/320545917/
The Read/Write Grid
Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdell/185642911/
Vehicle to Grid - p2p power?
Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/54493249@N00/2243340775/
Quote
I could imagine a smart garage where I would plug in my car and the computer handles it. I could even make money by cost shifting.... It solves energy security, energy prices and job creation...and by the way, climate change.
Eric SchmidtCEO Google
To Know Me Is To Change Me
Photo http://www.currentcost.co.uk
To Know Me Is To Change Me
Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/tristanf/2627886505/
Hacking Your Home Electric
Infrastructure Requirements
Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/eastpole/580765318/
Barriers to Participation?
Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/gavinandrewstewart/93222089/
Quote
The electranet presumes that every citizen is a producer and seller of electricity as well as a consumer of electricity.
Jock Gill
Electricity 2.0
• Architecture of Participation • Bottom up and top down• Hackable • Massive routable network• Multiple Sources• New entrants • Open "API's" • Publish and Subscribe • Read and Write • Sustainable
Why is this important?
As global average temperature increase exceeds about 3.5 degrees C, model projections suggest significant extinctions (40-70% of species assessed) around the globe.
2007 IPCC Climate Change Synthesis Report
http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/syr/ar4_syr_spm.pdf
Why is this critical?
If there’s no action before 2012, that’s too late. What we do in the next two to three years will determine our future. This is the defining moment.
Rajendra PachauriChair IPCC