Power Mix

Imagine a time in the not too distant future when your power comes from a seamless mix of renewable energy and traditional sources. It is delivered by a grid that [blank] thousands of windmills and hundreds of thousands of customers. Computer-controlled, the grid is able to manage instant variations in supply and demand and provides a real-time power balance. Far more complex than anything [blank] existence today, it is called a smart grid. This technology is a new frontier in power supply and is seen as a green solution to current outdated management systems. When introduced smart grids will result in energy savings and will allow consumers a [blank] in their electricity charges and to be able to select the cheapest timepieces. The difficulty for the energy industry is that smart grids do not exist in reality and the power companies cannot experiment [blank] existing supplies. Without an actual grid to conduct research on Professor Wu has had to design a simulated laboratory including input from theoretical wind generators and solar panels to feed into a constantly operating system. For authentic approach, researchers built various types of equipment failures [blank] the grid to test the system. And it works.