The wired west: Could technology that is under trial in the US point the way for the deployment of smart grids/in the UK?

摘要

ELECTRICITY is, literally, part of the landscape. The skeletal forms of pylons carrying high-voltage lines, marching across the countryside, are such a familiar sight that we barely register them. Yet as we derive more electricity from the landscape, in the form of wind, hydro and marine power, these most visible manifestations of the National Grid may need to change.