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Cisco’s Sustainability 101: What Are Smart Grids?

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Sustainability 101 is a blog series that you can turn to for information about different environmental terms that may come up at work, during discussions with friends, and even at your annual holiday gathering. Digitalization of electric grids is supporting new ways to source and use energy more sustainably while also enhancing cybersecurity.

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Communications Is Connecting Grid Modernization

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This severely limited the monitoring and control functionality of the grid, but changed with the introduction of digital computer systems in the 1970s. Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems emerged to provide centralized control using digital signals to collect data from remote locations.

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Grid Modernization Is Integrating Multiple Industries

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Smart grid technologies : The Smart Grid concept involves using digital technology to monitor, control, and optimize the flow of electricity. This includes smart meters for consumers and advanced grid management systems for utilities.

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Cybersecurity Is Protecting Grid Modernization

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A digital virus behaves similarly to a biological virus; it accesses a vulnerable host, replicates itself, and searches to infect other vulnerable hosts. However, protecting against a digital virus is quite disparate with a biological one.

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How European Climate Policy Can Bolster Energy Efficiency Measures

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This blog is co-signed by Morten Petersen, Member of European Parliament. Energy systems are, consequently, becoming more decentralized, digitized and decarbonized. Digitization and demand-side regulation as a way to boost energy efficiency. Digital technologies render energy waste visible. SOURCE: Schneider Electric.