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e.g. regional market operators, utilities, service providers organisations such as Smart Grids Africa have been set up and consumers to promote Smart Grid in smaller countries. “e Allow power system operators to monitor their own In every case, Smart Grid is being accelerated by systems as well as neighbouring systems that affect them | government stimulus spending. The global vendors are so as to facilitate more reliable energy distribution and _ merely lining up their money buckets to be filled up with delivery taxpayer funds. As is the case in the US, there was little, if “e Coordinate the integration into the power system of | any, pre-existing or latent demand for Smart Grid emerging technologies such as renewable resources, _ technology. Demand has been artificially created by the demand response resources, electricity storage facilities respective governments of each country. and electric transportation systems “e Ensure the cyber security of the grid”. Part 3: Technocracy Endgame—Global Smart Grid Thus, the bi-directional and real-time Smart Grid Today in 2011, the development and implementation of communications network will depend on Wi-Fi from end to — Smart Grid technology in the US—reinventing the electrical end. This is easily understood from the two figures grid with Wi-Fi-enabled digital power meters—is included in the Wi-Fi Alliance white proceeding at breakneck speed. paper. Global companies like IBM, GE and While the consumer is pacified with Siemens are putting their full effort the promise of lower utility costs, it is behind the "build-out" that will the utility company that will enforce the “ ‘ consolidate all of America into a single, policies set by the regional, national and There Isa new integrated, communication-enabled global regulators. Thus, if a world wide web electricity delivery and monitoring ighbouri tem h hort f . . tem, with pl ki electricity, your thermostat might | €Mergingright | angards that wil integrate all of North au omatically be turned gown ° before our eyes. America including are and cance compensate; if you have exceeded your I . | b l into a single, unified, Smart Gri monthly daytime quota of electricity, tisa g oba energy system. energy-consuming tasks like washing network and, like Moreover, there is a serious initiative and drying clothes could be limited to underway to create a Global Smart Grid overnight hours. the Internet, It will that will integrate all the Smart Grid and the utility's change our continents on the globe! control extends beyond electricity. . The Global Energy Network There is a Wi-Fi linkage to gas and culture, society Institute (GENI) presents its water meters as well. and how we do Dymaxion™ Map of the world, from the perspective of the North Pole, which reveals the global grid currently under construction (see diagram on page 28). The only part of planet Earth left untouched is Antarctica. The yellow lines represent high- voltage electrical transmission Going Global business.” A BusinessWeek article, "How Italy Beat the World to a Smarter Grid", published on 16 November 2009, stated: "After several false starts, 2010 finally could be the year when smart meters go global." Indeed, it was: inks that are capable of transferring large amounts of ¢ Italy has already implemented Smart Grid technology in energy from continent to continent. 85 per cent of its homes nationwide; The GENI project is gathering momentum and is ¢ Earth2tech.com reports that Smart Grid will generate — endorsed by the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, $200 billion of global investment in the next few years; US Senator James Jeffords, Dr Noel Brown ({the now ¢ The International Electrotechnical Commission has laid ormer] North American director of the UN Environment out a global roadmap to ensure interoperability of Smart Programme), the United Nations and the governments of Grid systems between nations; Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland and China, among ¢ Global companies are rushing to gain their share of the _ others. global Smart Grid market: IBM, Siemens, GE, Cisco, The nature of the global grid is revealed on the Panasonic, Kyocera, Toshiba, Mitsubishi, etc.; TerraWatts.com website: ¢ China is spending $7.32 billion to build-out Smart Grid "There is a new world wide web emerging right before our in Asia. eyes. It is a global energy network and, like the Internet, it Other countries with Smart Grid pilot projects already will change our culture, society and how we do business. launched include Germany, France, England, Russia, Japan, | More importantly, it will alter how we use, transform and India, Australia, South Africa and a host of others. Regional — exchange energy... organisations such as Smart Grids Africa have been set up to promote Smart Grid in smaller countries. In every case, Smart Grid is being accelerated by government stimulus spending. The global vendors are merely lining up their money buckets to be filled up with taxpayer funds. As is the case in the US, there was little, if any, pre-existing or latent demand for Smart Grid technology. Demand has been artificially created by the respective governments of each country. It is a global energy network and, like the Internet, it will change our culture, society and how we do business.” Was: ¢ Italy has already implemented Smart Grid technology in 85 per cent of its homes nationwide; ¢ Earth2tech.com reports that Smart Grid will generate §200 billion of global investment in the next few years; ¢ The International Electrotechnical Commission has laid out a global roadmap to ensure interoperability of Smart Grid systems between nations; ¢ Global companies are rushing to gain their share of the global Smart Grid market: IBM, Siemens, GE, Cisco, Panasonic, Kyocera, Toshiba, Mitsubishi, etc.; * China is spending $7.32 billion to build-out Smart Grid in Asia. Other countries with Smart Grid pilot projects already launched include Germany, France, England, Russia, Japan, India, Australia, South Africa and a host of others. Regional NEXUS ° 31 “There is a new world wide web emerging right before our eyes. AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2011 www.nexusmagazine.com