Smart Electricity Management
Smart Electricity Management
In the current state, the electric company is the sole provider of electricity, serving millions of customers. This situation has several issues, one of which arises during extreme temperature conditions, whether extreme heat or extreme cold. During these times, electricity consumption increases significantly, and the company cannot meet all the demands. Currently, the way the electric company deals with these situations is by intentionally cutting off entire areas. The second option for addressing the situation is increased electricity production, which is very costly and impractical. Additionally, the establishment of new power plants is undesirable due to environmental pollution and numerous health issues within the population. Fortunately, today there is a solution for producing clean, quiet, and environmentally safe electricity through solar systems with backup from wind turbines. Solar power production is encouraged by the electric company, the Ministry of Infrastructure, and other institutional bodies.
With us, you can find:
- Planning and consulting for solar systems
- Design of DC and AC distribution boards
- Infrastructure design for maximum efficiency from the solar system
- Smart electricity solutions
- A complete solution for a high-efficiency solar system
Due to solar power generation at solar facilities and its supply to the electric grid by private and business entities, a situation of multiple electricity providers and numerous electricity customers has emerged. The solar electricity solution allows for high-quality and constant electricity supply even during peak hours.
But how do we handle bidirectional electricity traffic?
How do we charge for electricity consumption and how do we provide credits?
How can we manage expected loads?
How can we regulate electricity to all consumers equitably?
The answer to these questions is a Smart Grid. To establish a smart grid, smart meters will be installed in households across Israel to measure the amount of electricity consumed in the home, track consumption habits, and measure the amount of electricity generated by solar systems. This will all be facilitated through sensors attached to household electrical consumers and controllers of the household electricity producers—solar systems and wind generators.
The smart grid will be a complex network that transmits data bidirectionally from the electricity production stage through the electricity transmission pathways to the consumer's destination, and conversely, it will receive demand and electricity consumption data from home consumers as well as data on home solar electricity production. The Smart Grid will manage all this data along with fluctuating electricity prices, which will change according to electricity demand and the pace of renewable energy production, particularly solar energy.
The Smart Grid consists of four components:
- Bidirectional Electricity Transmission Infrastructure - for delivering electricity to consumers and receiving electricity from renewable energy producers, particularly solar energy.
- Bidirectional Communication Network - a data communication network ten times larger than any existing internet network, operated via optical fibers or wirelessly.
- Sophisticated Bidirectional Computing Network - which receives data, processes it, and provides reliable feedback. This computing network regulates electricity consumption evenly among consumers, sets the electricity prices to be charged, and manages payments for consumers/providers, among other functions.
- Information Security System - to be deployed nationwide to ensure that this sensitive data traffic is not intercepted by unauthorized or malicious entities.
The difficulty in meeting the growing demands for electricity, the desire not to establish additional polluting power plants, the goal of increasing electricity consumption from solar facilities, the aim to allocate electricity more intelligently during peak times, and the need for energy efficiency have all led the electric company in Israel to find a way to monitor loads and read electricity meters, assess electricity consumption in every household at any given time, and establish tariffs for both consumed electricity and electricity generated by solar panels.
A smart grid will allow the electric company to provide electricity during periods of high demand directly from solar facilities, eliminating the need for intentional power cuts in entire areas. The grid will handle the information and data within a diverse and complex electricity production ecosystem featuring multiple providers and customers.
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