Comments on: What Is Smart Metering?

By: Peremo Caginivula

Peremo Caginivula — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:32:14 +0000

The Energy Efficiency is the untouchable aspect of Carbon Emmissions. Most people target RE generation,however to be smart you need efficient energy use.
Coupling RE and EE is the way to go and Enigin will dominate the carbon market due to its potential to monetize the avoided emissions generated due to Energy Efficiency.

By: Gary W

Gary W — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:19:57 +0000

Smart meters are being used by power companies right now. They will replace the current system and meter readers will not be driving to every home and business. How much energy & carbon will that save?
Add to that, how much energy can be saved if we can see the same data that the power companies are seeing and our awareness is increased.

By: Jeff T

Jeff T — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:29:43 +0000

These are all good questions. In learning more about energy and its related charachteristics the picture has become more clear for me. I can now see that through smart metering, behavioral changes, load-side products and changing out inefficient fixtures for more efficient fixtures will impact carbon emissions, global warming and natural resource depletion.

In a nutshell anything that reduces energy demand even at the domestic level, therefore reduces the demand for power generation. A nice benefit of this scenario it that less energy demand directly means less burning of fossil fuels and as a result less carbon emissions.

For the USA it means less dependance on foreign fuels. It will reduce the need for finding, exatracting, refining and transporting fossil fuel reserves within the states also. Bad for oil and coal companies but good for everyone else.

Energy and energy conservation is the classic “snowball” effect. It this arena the snowballs momentum means positive effects through the entire spectrum. Go Enigin!

By: Ken Cheyne

Ken Cheyne — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:09:18 +0000

Great question. It kind of comes down to the power of one (person) to produce an effective change. Given your example, if you change out your incandescent bulbs to include all CFL lamps, would it make an measured impact at the producer? Intangible. If every person in your municipality did the same; Yes! Altering the carbon footprint of a power producer “takes a village”.

Taking a decision to reduce your energy consumption will help you financially and also give you the knowledge that you are doing your part for the whole. In the end, the Hydro Plant (Utility provider) will be able to reduce their production.

By: jason coonan

jason coonan — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:59:05 +0000

It was raised in a safety course I took last year when dicussing electricity you cant see it and therfore it is dangerous. This is true from a personal welfare possition however it is also true in an energy cosumption/ conservation poit of veiw. How do we save somthing we cant see. Answer make it visable.

By: Dela

Dela — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:33:08 +0000

how can these retrofit devices reduce the capacity of a power production plant or a hydroelectric plant in order to produce just enough to meet the same consumption demand.

a hydroelectric plant produces say 20MW for a demand. how can a retrofit energy saving device benefit this power producing plant (including thermal plants or generators) in order tomeet the same consuming demand

By: Dela

Dela — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:19:04 +0000

how can these retrofit energy saving devices reduce the carbon print of power generated by hydroelectric means.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:09:51 +0000

They will highlight where energy efficiencies and savings can be made by displaying what is happening, what is being used and even wasted. Hence you can see the drop in energy use when an appliance is switched off – this then means the generator doesn’t have to run as heavily or as long to provide the power needed, as less power is being demanded.
Follow that up with intelligent products that will do a lot of the work (such as switching off and on or adjusting demand) and it is not then dependent on direct human interaction – again reducing the demand on the generator and hence it needs less diesel to run.
That is why Enigin have developed the Eniscope to such a high specification so that it provides far more information than standard smart meters and then they have followed up with a range of intelligent energy saving products to help businesses become energy efficient and save money on fuel, whether to a power supply company or on fuel into a generator.

By: Ehizogie Omo-Ojugo

Ehizogie Omo-Ojugo — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:04:00 +0000

How can these energy saving devices benefit clients who use diesle generators to generate thier own energy?