Duke Energy is doing some fascinating R&D on the future implications of a grid that’s not only smart but optimized as a computing platform, according to a report in GreenTech Media's GreenTech Grid site based on a presentation at GreenTech's Soft Grid 2013 conference in San Francisco this week.
Duke has partnered with a number of vendors to develop cost-effective capabilities for distributed computing over the grid to enhance not only the grid’s operational responsiveness to changes but to explore advanced possibilities for grid analytics. Duke’s smart grid pilot project in Charlotte, with 3,000 nodes, gives it roughly the processing power of the IBM “Deep Blue” supercomputer. Think about that.
Read the whole story for an eye-opening look at the future potential and how Duke is pursuing its research: Duke Energy: From Smart Grid Devices to Grid Computing Platform