RENEWABLE and DISTRIBUTED ENERGY AS A SECURITY TACTIC

摘要

The world is not a safe place but more technologies are available now than in any time in the past to provide reliable power for an increasingly digital age. Market signals that allow US industry to evolve, hybridize, and harden technologies to meet security needs are critical. Smarter training of procurement officials and security planners are critical to know what new technologies are available. Military users of these new technologies must be allowed to be available for security planners and local governments, so they understand the options, limitation and benefits of these new technologies. Greater technical support for potential users by experts within the security, distributed energy, smart controls, and wireless communications sectors must be encourages and funded. Reliance on old technologies is a luxury that can no longer be supported. These traditional technologies-standard battery banks, diesel engines, and gridintertied systems―are too easy to disable, are unreliable, and do not have long term "staying" power necessary for the emergencies we all may realistically face.