当得克萨斯州的电力危机在二月份发生时，我和我的家人都是数百万人，因为大规模的发电失败，数百万的人陷入了致命的停电状态。网格的某些区域，例如医院，仍被照亮以支持关键基础设施，但这也意味着附近的空摩天大楼保持了权力，否则本来可以将其重定向给房屋中的居民和其他需要的人。

These problems aren’t limited to Texas. As I write this, devastating wildfires along the West Coast are threatening the power supply of millions more and forcing the energy system to adapt fast. We’re seeing more frequent severe weather events due to the impacts of climate change.

When crises strike, one of the most important elements for recovery is reliable power. However, our outdated energy grid lacks the ability to direct energy where it is needed most during these crises. Instead, current solutions to mitigate the outdated grid include turning off energy lines and implementing rolling blackouts to avoid further devastation. But those solutions are unsustainable, archaic and of little comfort if you’re reduced to boiling water over an open fire.

The current energy grid structure is vulnerable and difficult for providers to navigate. It was built to support a one-way flow of mostly carbon-based power from centralized sources. It doesn’t have the ability to quickly pivot in times of need or to support the 100% renewable energy critical to meet global climate goals like President Biden’s proposal to create acarbon pollution-free power sector by 2035。

我们必须采取可再生能源并建立更明智的网格。为此，英特尔创建了一种技术解决方案，以极大地简化网格，使其更可靠，适应性和高效。

Increased Usage of Renewable Energy Sources

为了减轻气候变化的影响，我们需要一个可以更好地支持可再生能源的网格。这些来源不仅会创造清洁的未来，而且它们分布在网格边缘和跨多个区域。结果是一个更具弹性的网格，不再依赖中心位置的电源，在紧急情况下可能会产生潜在毁灭性的瓶颈。

我们还需要一个更聪明的网格。它必须支持可再生能源所需的发电源的全向方向流，并实时平衡间歇性能（例如太阳能和风）。这使能源提供商可以灵活地分发能源在最需要的何时何地，同时为客户提供了使环境意识和具有成本效益的能源选择所需的信息。

对智能电网的转换似乎令人生畏，但是我们的解决方案大大简化了它。雄心勃勃的气候行动已经颠倒了电动机模型，该行业目前正在经历快速而大规模的发展。

Intel Technology as the Key Enabler for Smart Grid Solutions

我在英特尔的团队一直在开发一个首先的计算解决方案，可以轻松地将其部署到现有的基础架构中，以创建更明智的网格，并很容易适应不断变化的能源消耗需求。我们的解决方案将人工智能（AI）和物联网（IoT）技术实施到现有系统中，从而“使网格变得平坦”，并允许市场确定最高和最佳的能源，无论其在网格上的物理位置如何。平坦的网格使100％采用清洁，可再生和间歇性能量可以融入实时的能源市场。

Currently, utility operations have layers of applications that have been added over time and do not always work cohesively. Our software-defined technology consolidates these applications into a single platform while also supporting new energy workloads, like enabling clean sources distributed at the edge of the grid. This platform includes AI-enabled decision-making to sense and learn optimal load balancing across a distributed set of intermittent, clean energy resources. A containerized approach ensures the applications remain isolated and secure. This platform reduces capital costs by avoiding waste and distributing energy in the most efficient way possible. It also reduces operating costs by offering insight into each substation and supporting predictive maintenance.

合作以优化能源网格

英特尔一直在与全球政府，企业和公用事业公司合作，以实施这些智能电网解决方案。在欧洲，我们正在与八个主要电力公用事业公司合作，开发一个灵活的，易于管理的智能电网，称为Edge for Smart Secondary Substation (E4S) Alliance。在美国，我们正在与南加州爱迪生（Edison）合作，将电代电后继电器转变为虚拟化应用程序 - 降低部署和维护成本，同时提供网络安全服务，从而获得更灵活，安全和现代的网格。188bet上不了在马来西亚，我们正在与Tenaga Nasional Berhad合作就其电网的数字化，重点是虚拟化计算基础架构以及变电站和网格系统的应用。

Increasing renewable energy consumption and enabling clean energy options is a key part of the sustainability pillar in Intel’s上升策略，但是重新发明网格是一个挑战，太大了，无法独自解决。通过利用我们的综合技术和独特的能力来召集公用事业，政府和技术的生态系统，我们可以改变全球的能源网格，并为所有人带来可靠，可再生的能力。