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Scottish Power plans smart grid project for GlasgowScottish Power has applied for £6 million funding from the Low Carbon Investment Fund to develop and install a "smart grid" in the Glasgow area. The company said it had set up a dedicated team of engineers to work on the concept, based on a pilot in the Clyde Gateway, and it would use its own investment as well as seeking funds from the Department of Energy and Climate Change and the energy regulator Ofgem. It said its ambition is to demonstrate the latest smart grid technology and use the learning to develop proposals for wider and larger scale smart grid applications across Glasgow and our UK operations. The smart grid will also allow householders to generate their own power and sell any excess. Frank Mitchell, director of ScottishPower Energy Networks, explained: "A smart grid requires the application of new intelligent technology to the existing electricity network so that its operation can be optimised for the twenty first century. "Smart grids will be able to automatically start selected appliances, such as washing machines, or even factory equipment when the cost of electricity is at its lowest in off-peak hours. During the periods of highest usage it could do the opposite, turning off unnecessary appliances to reduce demand and save energy." Source: Utility Week © Faversham House Group Ltd 2010. News articles may be copied or forwarded
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