The advanced, smart grid system – when fully implemented over the next few years – will provide customers with a portfolio of smart grid technologies designed to provide environmental, financial and operational benefits. the nation's first fully integrated Smart Grid City. Xcel Energy announces first Smart Grid City in the nationīoulder, Colo., to be fully integrated smart electricity cityĭENVER - Xcel Energy announced today it will put in motion its vision to make Boulder, Colo. To read the press release for yourself, make the jump.
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles with vehicle-to-grid technology īattery systems wind turbines and solar panels)" among others. Residents of the city should notice some improvements to their local grid over the next few years including, "transformation of existing metering infrastructure to a robust, dynamic electric system communications network, providing real-time, high-speed, two-way communication throughout the distribution grid" and "integration of infrastructure to support easily dispatched distributed generation technologies (such as Why Boulder? Well, not only is it home to the University of Colorado but also the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which is already involved in the project, and several other federal agencies, according to the news release on the America will soon receive its first Smart Grid City: Boulder, Colorado is the guinea pig. They must have been happy with the results because today it was announced that they, along with a wholeĬonsortium of partners, are ready to begin the implementation phase. Vehicle to grid (V2G) technology, you plugged thousands of PHEVs and different energy sources, such as solar and wind, into the grid and made them work together. NREL) and others to asses what would happen if, using We told you Excel energy was to conduct a study with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (