2010-03-13 23:25:03
BEIJING, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Imagine the scenario: bulbs, washing machine and air-conditioner in your house could automatically switch to operate in an energy-saving manner at peak times of power use when electricity rates heighten.
Actually, it may come into reality soon. China is stepping up the "smart grid" construction across the country, as Premier Wen Jiabao put it in the work report to the top legislature last week.
Cai Guoxiong, deputy chief engineer of the China Electric Power Research Institute under the State Grid Corporation, said the smart grid has been piloted in big and medium cities since the State Grid kicked off the construction in May 2009.
The "smart grid" is an intelligent system capable of seamlessly integrating the alternative sources like solar and wind from power suppliers into the electricity network.
Also, consumers' home appliances could be centrally controlled by power companies via the grid to have access to power generated by renewable energy at lower prices.
Source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-03/13/c_13209617.htm
BEIJING, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Imagine the scenario: bulbs, washing machine and air-conditioner in your house could automatically switch to operate in an energy-saving manner at peak times of power use when electricity rates heighten.
Actually, it may come into reality soon. China is stepping up the "smart grid" construction across the country, as Premier Wen Jiabao put it in the work report to the top legislature last week.
Cai Guoxiong, deputy chief engineer of the China Electric Power Research Institute under the State Grid Corporation, said the smart grid has been piloted in big and medium cities since the State Grid kicked off the construction in May 2009.
The "smart grid" is an intelligent system capable of seamlessly integrating the alternative sources like solar and wind from power suppliers into the electricity network.
Also, consumers' home appliances could be centrally controlled by power companies via the grid to have access to power generated by renewable energy at lower prices.
Source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-03/13/c_13209617.htm
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