Sunday, December 17, 2006

New Technology to Help Power Grid Efficiency

There is an interview in today's New York Times with James E. Rogers, the president and CEO of Duke Energy. He says there is a new technology, broadband over the power line (B.P.L.), that will allow for the power grid to operate more efficiently. This means that the power lost as the energy is carried over power lines will be significantly reduced because the system will be able to identify problems better. According to Rogers, the added efficiency should be enough to reduce the number of power plants that have to be built - this will reduce added costs to consumers and reduce the environmental footprint of power companies.

Rogers says that consumers will start to feel the impact of this technology in the next 3 - 5 years.

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