Blog Phase 7

The three sources I will include into my FAR is, "It's our way or the highway, The Great Green Grid, and Smart grid". I chose these sources because they are similar to my first source that started with the blog phase one and have more detail about the energy grid. My knowledge of the topic changed since February is by understanding the meaning and facts about the energy and how the smart grid will make and replace the old grid into a better and more improved grid. The analytical question that will guide me as I write my FAR is," what and how will the smart grid be the best option for a up-to-date grid?" This approach has worked well for me because i was able to gather a lot of information about grids that will help me to figure out what I am doing with my FAR project and has also taught me how to do technical writing with blogging. If I could change anything about how I approached this blog project, it would be looking more into about blackouts instead of just the grid system because I would know more about how the grid runs to power back ups again after a blackout which would help me find better,more detailed, sources about the grid.

Phase six

‘Smart grid’ gets big stimulus from US recovery plan.

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This article talks about the money it is going to take to build the new grid which will be a expansion of wind, solar, and geothermal energy to make it a “smart” grid. It will help consumers to lower their bills instead of plants and transmission lines making the cost high and stressing out the consumers. It will respond and detect problems that occur and is more secure and capable of withstanding cyber attacks and physical attacks. It also says about government officials, business and labor leaders, and environmentalists attended the session to talk about the smart grid and the features it will provide.

The CRAAP evaluation shows that for currency the information was published April 2009, the information has not been revised and the topic will require current information seeing how this was writing back in 2009 and it is now 2013, also the links are functional. For relevance, the information does relate to my topic and the intended audience is for people interested in the smart grid and about how it will help with cost, the information is at an appropriate level and I have looked at a variety of sources (2 sources) before determining this is the one I was going to use and also I would be comfortable citing this source in my research paper because it does have information that I am looking for that is similar to my U.S. Energy Grid source. For authority, the author is Kramer, David and the author is qualified to write on the topic, there is no contact information and the URL reveals an .edu. For accuracy, the information comes from Physics Today and the information is supported by evidence, the information has not been reviewed or refereed and I can verify any of the information from personal knowledge and the language or tone seems unbiased and there is not spelling, grammar or typographical errors. For purpose, the purpose of the information is to inform and yes, the author make his intention clear and the information is opinion and some fact, also there are political biases.

The passage that was interested to me was about the standards are needed section. This passage surprised me with how a member of the committee. On energy and natural resources said about lack of standards as the biggest impediment to modernization because I thought the new smart grid was suppose to have high standards with all the energy saving it will do. Further questions this information raise that might be worth investigating is from what Evan Gaddis said about the slow progress on standards, if the standards are slow progressing, then what will that mean for cost and making it eco friendly. This question is important to me because in this economy not a lot of people have enough money to pay for high standard smart grid since they are taking their time with progress.

Why we need a smarter grid

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This article is about how Spain renewable energy in which more than half of Spain was powered by wind and how there was a problem with how it was not connected to the rest of Europe. Which caused for technicians to shut off windmills to avoid overloading the electricity grid and how electricity-wind can be unpredictable and send excess electricity into a calibrated power grid? With the energy supplies far away, it’s hard to power the entire nation and without money in new high voltage power lines then the windmills will be useless. The electrical grids are really old and with rickety networks that cover a few states, which further complicates national borders.

The CRAAP evaluation shows that for currency the information was published 8 November, 2009 and the information has not been revised or updated, the topic requires current information since it was from 2009 and the links are functional. For relevance, the information relates to my topic and the intended audience is people who are interested with power grids and renewable energy, the information is at an appropriate level and I have looked at a variety of sources before determining this one I was going to use and I would not be comfortable citing this source in my research paper because it does not have a author. For authority, the source is National Geographic and the source is qualified to write on the topic and there is not contact information, the URL reveals it is an .edu. For accuracy, the information comes from New Scientist and the information is supported by evidence and the information has not been reviewed, I can verify any of the information from personal knowledge and the language or tone is free of emotion and there is no spelling, grammar or typographical errors. For purpose, the purpose of the information is to inform and the sponsor make their purpose clear and the information is fact and some opinion, there are ideological and cultural biases.

This passage interests me because it talks about a new way for renewable energy which is wind energy. The passage surprised me with the wind energy idea because it would be better to use instead of power lines and big transformers. As long as the wind keeps coming but they would need to make a lot of windmills in order to power a whole nation with wind. The passage taught me that I did not already know was about thinking about windmills and using them to our advantage on windy days to make less stress. On the transformers and electric power lines and this information is helpful in answering my research questions by taking a second look at how more eco friendly we can make the smart grid with wind power.