Open SmartGrid proposal
Andrés Calderón
andres.calderon at emqbit.com
Thu May 20 17:26:05 EDT 2010
Hi,
There is an ongoing trend toward the deployment of Smart (Energy) Grid
[1] for a better use of energy resources.
One of the most common issues in this process is the lack of
standards. I think that using the open hardware/software model our
community could make a major contribution to the definition of
(self-organized) standards.
My partner Carlos Camargo and I have developed devices for the
measurement of energy and power quality based on ARM processors and
FPGA devices. We are currently working on energy measurement devices
based on SACK prototypes and we believe that it would be good
integrate this initiative to Qi community projects.
A smart grid based on open technologies has not been tested before and
can have a major environmental impact.
Virtually all major players are interested in the SmartGrids
[2][3][4][5], I think it's an interesting area where we can make a
major contribution.
Regards,
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_grid
[2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuDndnIl39s
[3] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGk13U_kgGM
[4] http://bit.ly/Google-Jumps-into-SmartGrid
[5] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGiy7Safnhg
Andrés Calderón
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