Smart Grid Technology and Korea, Japan, and China

10 February 2010 Geoff Zeiss

I just came across a fascinating article in earth2tech that outlines some of the smart grid activities in Asia, specifically in Korea, Japan and China.

Korea

A consortium of Korean firms including LG, SK Telecom and KT are building a smart grid pilot on Jeju Island south of Seoul.

Japan

Japan already has a reliable grid because of an investment of more than
$100 billion in the 1990s to upgrade generation,
transmission and the SCADA network.  Japan is devoting its efforts to move toward a low carbon emission society.  Japan is focusing on last mile and demand-side management and home solar power.

Japanese firms including Toshiba, Kyocera, Shimizu, Tokyo Gas Co., and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, plan to spend $33.4 million on a smart grid project in Los Alamos and Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Also the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry is attempting to get the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), an international standards organization, to adopt 26 Japanese standards as international standards for the smart grid along the lines of what the NIST is doing in the US.

China

Apparently, the Chinese government intends to spend $7.32 billion of stimulus funds to seed the development of a national smart grid.  This exceeds the $4.3 billion that has been allocated for a similar purpose by the US Department of Energy.  General Electric has announced that it will partner with the City of Yangzhou to build a smart grid “demonstration center” in the city. It has been reported that China has plans to pilot smart grids in 4 cities over the next 4 years.

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss has more than 20 years experience in the geospatial software industry and 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works industries. His particular interests include the convergence of BIM, CAD, geospatial, and 3D. In recognition of his efforts to evangelize geospatial in vertical industries such as utilities and construction, Geoff received the Geospatial Ambassador Award at Geospatial World Forum 2014. Currently Geoff is Principal at Between the Poles, a thought leadership consulting firm. From 2001 to 2012 Geoff was Director of Utility Industry Program at Autodesk Inc, where he was responsible for thought leadership for the utility industry program. From 1999 to 2001 he was Director of Enterprise Software Development at Autodesk. He received one of ten annual global technology awards in 2004 from Oracle Corporation for technical innovation and leadership in the use of Oracle. Prior to Autodesk Geoff was Director of Product Development at VISION* Solutions. VISION* Solutions is credited with pioneering relational spatial data management, CAD/GIS integration, and long transactions (data versioning) in the utility, communications, and public works industries. Geoff is a frequent speaker at geospatial and utility events around the world including Geospatial World Forum, Where 2.0, MundoGeo Connect (Brazil), Middle East Spatial Geospatial Forum, India Geospatial Forum, Location Intelligence, Asia Geospatial Forum, and GITA events in US, Japan and Australia. Geoff received Speaker Excellence Awards at GITA 2007-2009.

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