i4Energy Center Seminar, Chris Knudsen (PG&E)

• May 18, 2009: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
• Location: 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, the Maria & Dado Banatao Conference Room, UC Berkeley

I4Energy Center Seminar Series

Monday, May 18
12:00-1:00pm (lunch is provided after the seminar)
290 Hearst Mining, UC Berkeley

Speaker: Chris Knudsen, Director of the Technology Innovation Center, Pacific Gas & Electric

As always, these talks are free, open to the public and broadcast live online at mms://media.citris.berkeley.edu/webcast, and questions can be sent via Yahoo IM to username: citrisevents.

Abstract:
The Obama administration is intending to invest close to 45 billion dollars to address renewable energy and a future “Smart Energy Grid” that will reduce our dependence on foreign oil.  An automated, widely distributed energy delivery network, the Smart Grid, will be characterized by a two-way flow of electricity and information and will be capable of monitoring everything from power plants to customer preferences to individual appliances.  It incorporates into the grid the benefits of distributed computing and communications to deliver real-time information and enable the near-instantaneous balance of supply and demand at the device level.   Chris Knudsen will discuss the “Smart Energy Grid” and what Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) is doing about it. He will also discuss industry standards and the technology that is required to address the challenges and gaps related to the future success of this project.

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