High-Voltage Grid of the Future — Daniel E. Frank

No new grid is needed to profit by becoming electrical generators on your own rooftops, but with a smarter grid south Georgia can export power to Atlanta and beyond.

I found this over in NO COAL PLANT IN BEN HILL COUNTY! with this comment by Dan Corrie:

This Georgia Tech announcement emphasizes how quickly technology is changing toward healthier energy production and away from coal. I would hate to see our South Georgia stuck with a contaminating, health-harming coal plant for 50 years while so much progress would be going on during that time.
The article by Daniel E. Frank dated 18 May 2011 appears on a law firm’s page, Georgia Tech Clean Energy Speaker Series: “High-Voltage Grid of the Future”:
Sutherland Partner Daniel E. Frank will speak at the Georgia Tech Clean Energy Speaker Series, “High-Voltage Grid of the Future” on Wednesday, May 18, 2011, from noon to 1:30 p.m.

Analysts estimate that more than $300 billion in public and private funds will likely be invested in electric transmission in the United States during the next 20 years. Several factors drive this investment agenda, which include: updating/replacing old infrastructure, providing infrastructure that eases the transmission of alternative power sources, facilitating wholesale power market liquidity, and improving power reliability and energy security. Plan to join the panelists for a timely discussion of the high-voltage grid of the future.

Sutherland is a proud sponsor of the series, which features presentations on issues surrounding clean energy in the Southeastern United States, including the projected need for electric energy and oil and natural gas, and the opportunities and challenges for meeting those needs with clean energy technologies. Participants can attend for free in person at the Georgia Tech College of Management – LeCraw Auditorium or via Webinar.

This is what will end coal plants and biomass plants: clean solar on local rooftops, and clean energy through a smart electrical grid to export from south Georgia to Atlanta and beyond.

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