With the dead said to number anywhere between 100,000 and 200,000 and with over 75,000 buried in mass graves, Haiti must seem to the survivors of the earthquake like hell on earth. However amid the death and the chaos, international aid agencies and the US military are trying to get help to those who need it.
Smart Grid is a framework to modernize the power generation, transmission and distribution systems via the use of latest information technologies. The Department of Energy defines a Smart Grid as the transformation from a centralized, producer-controlled network to one that is less centralized and more consumer-interactive Efficiency, reliability, flexibility, remote monitoring, and grid visibility are some of the key attributes used to define a Smart Grid.
While Smart Grid applications are at the forefront of the utility market today, there are dozens of other wireless utility applications representing the backbone of the utility company’s daily field operations.
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Utilities are realizing that to truly harness the power of the Smart Grid, a wireless data network capable of delivering 24/7 high-speed communication is required to enable a variety of Smart Grid applications.