Dive Summary:
- Columnist Stan Thompson at the Winston-Salem Journal proposes that "soft grid" technology in the form of "pipelines, hydrogen gas and fuel cells" should be utilized to create cheaper energy transportation options alongside smart grid improvements.
- Thompson predicts that there will be two different power grids a decade from now—"interconnected and complementary."
- Stanford University research has produced a potential solution for converting hydrogen to electricity.
From the article:
The excitement Greater Charlotte feels in watching a second (after banking) world-class industry arise--the New Energy Center--is a matter of local pride.
Central to this century’s energy infrastructure is the emerging “smart grid” whose almost organic complexity is as far beyond the 20th century’s electrical network of lines, pylons, transformers and relays as a living Jack Russell terrier is beyond a Japanese robotic puppy. ...
