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Big Data: Data and Analytics Enable the Electric Power SmartGrid
How are industries beginning to apply the capabilities that Big Data can offer? One example is how Big Data and the SmartGrid is changing the Electric Power industry.
A recent survey of executives in the electric industry by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) found interest in the following applications of Big Data:
- Situational Awareness
- Information Visualization
- Predictive and Forecasting Activities
The vision of the industry is that with the help of Big Data analytics, the power system can evolve so that all aspects of the system can be better integrated and ultimately automated. An article authored by EPRI analysts Doug Dorr, Christina Haddad, Alberto Del Rosso describes a power system in twelve years time that will be “more like the plug and play concept of secure computer networks that can instantly recognize and securely configure all connected devices – while simultaneously enabling customers to optimize settings for their electronic equipment.”
Because of new technologies like Big Data Analytics, EPRI expects that the power grid/smargrid of the future will be both more efficient and more reliable.
