Cool technology, in order to reduce the grid locked KQED climate watch

Copper satisfy ice in the ice bear roof cooler. Yellow Kristine photo:
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Mark: Edison electric, grid, the ice bear, Pacific wong, Kristine translation SmartMeter wong is a Berkeley university journalism college graduates. She is currently serving KQED climate internship watch.

The latest technology designed to improve performance and reduce energy demand grid peak

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When the hot weather hits town, everyone wants to calm down. Some down a cool drink. Others take a dip in the pool. But most just open power, because the air conditioning or fan. But when everyone jumped the switch at the same time, is pushed to the power grid is the largest, leading to use electricity, such as energy generator peak. Peak generator a few times use in this year, but use more fossil fuel than other plants.

Now, when one realizes that climate change is upon us, with the development of technology, a new method to remain calm and energy saving and emission reduction at the same time. Many products shows this week at the Edison electric institute conference? In San Francisco seems likely to do so.

The SmartMeter for example. The program from the Pacific will monitor and control of household energy use satellite, and adjust energy consumption so the supply and demand through several palm-sized monitors. Now, it is still in demonstration mode. But the Pacific 2010 will provide voluntary application, the purpose of which is to put all the family until 2012, Chen, according to Peter supervision Pacific demand response operation (” demand response “can be adjusted for books electrical system judge not – consumers ended). Energy is needed to avoid the redistribution need to bring peak generator online. Customers reduce energy bill, also can override the system if, say, the basket of clothes really need to enter dryer.

The ice bear aims to reduce the energy needed to cool low-rise building (in the first story), using a roof energy storage engineering combined with the architecture of the air conditioning system. Developed? Windsor, CO – based ice energy, about the size of the rectangular element rent car sitting on the roof and shop in the evening. Energy it releases energy in peak day period.

The company said, using off-peak stored power during peak hours, reduce carbon emissions by 40%. And the key technology — well, ice. Main components include an ice cube thread with a network of copper laps designed to prevent the melting of the ice, capacitor, make the ice, and a controller, realize building thermostat level most effectively combined with the architecture of the air conditioning system. Units using R410, the company said cold through-put than refrigerants more widely used, if R – 22. The system comes with a price tag of first-class $8,000 but utilities are obviously valued the ice bear and bought thousands of units — 13,000-15,000 units can save 50 megawatts, according to a spokesman for the company Theresa Wells.

Meeting is still offerred potential trailer goldmine – changing “technology. Pacific director team emerging clean technology Hal Los Angeles flash to tell the audience singing a solar energy”, “a flexible panel nantenna alternative solar panels future. And Michael Howard, senior vice President of research and development in the electric power research institute, talked about his article 5-10 years to, LED lighting, has the potential to become more energy efficient fluorescent bulbs.
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