Need to work out the details
Posted on | August 13, 2010 | No Comments
Too few resources are invested in the development of strategies for Global Energy Transformation and we spend too much time discussing the technical merits of single technology ideas, without having made an overall map of the transformation landscape.
When we discuss smart grids, for instance, we have not yet developed an overall picture of the structure of the smart grids and the technologies, services, and business concepts that will become necessary in order to realize the benefits of them. Smart grids can help us deal with the intermediate nature of wind and solar power, by making it possible to store energy in different ways.
Overall, we already have a number of technologies that we can use to reduce our demand for energy and make our existing supply last longer by implementing some existing technologies on a large scale. We need to draw up the complete picture of the technologies that we have, and the ones that we are lacking and try to estimate the time line for large scale energy transformation through the implementation of smart grids.
This is one of the project ideas that the Global Energy Transformation Institute now is looking to fund.
Tags: change management > energy efficiency > energy systems transformation > Global Energy Transformation > International Energy Agency > large scale transformation > Mats R Larsson > new technologies > organizational learning > program management > project management > smart grids
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