Other Intelligent Energy Technologies

R&D and innovation in intelligent energy has in the past resulted in small-scale demonstration. This effort has now been taken one step further and Denmark is curently establishing a full scale intelligent power grid. In order to do so a number of techologies are involved, both on the supply side and the demand side.

A fosil independent future require a very different energy system from today's - one that is more distributed and more intelligent. Energy generation needs to be distributed and connected in smart grids. Whole cities will act as distributed power plants, channeling energy from individual, energy-producing buildings into common use. Your home, or building, would generate clean power and sell the surplus to the grid at peak prices, and buy any extra power you need when prices are low. Even your car could become an integrated part of this system.

Also on the demand side, changes are going to happen, as the energy system is shifting away form adjusting to demand. Instead demand will increasingly adjust to energy production, which is crucial when a high degree og weather dependent renewable energy sources are part of the energy system.