They can expand wind and solar energy, upgrade the electrical grid, encourage customers to update to more efficient heating and cooling systems, or more efficient appliances and lightbulbs.
Within the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), revised growth plans are being prepared that an official says would enable small power-producers to increase their contribution to the grid, encourage more renewable energy and introduce smart metering to stimulate conservation.
A grid (painted metal meshing) was secured downstream of the water inlet to prevent fish from drifting backwards, and a floodlight placed above the grid encouraged fish to remain upstream.
And although distributed energy production eliminates the need for a centralized electricity grid, it encourages the creation and enlargement of other environmentally problematic grids, including the ones used by phone calls, Web sites, food producers, airplanes, delivery trucks, and cars.
In such applications, known as valley filling, grid operators encourage customers to postpone their EV charging to low power demand periods aiming to increase the overall power grid efficiency.
Subjects then had to respond by pressing one of nine buttons that were also arranged in a 3×3 grid to encourage the idea of a "geometric" or "spatial" mapping (Figure 1A).
For instance, Ubisoft tampered with Chicago's grid layout, to encourage a more stimulating (ie carnage-filled) driving experience.
If Congress were serious about addressing the problem of America's outdated grid, it would encourage states to dismantle the barriers to energy competition.
While the Global Grid Forum acts as a clearinghouse of Grid standards, industry leaders also formed an Enterprise Grid Alliance, a consortium founded by Oracle, Optena, HP, Sun, and others to define standards and interfaces required to encourage Grid computing for enterprise applications.
China is also opening its grid to distributed energy, and encouraging local generation from solar, wind and other clean sources.
