by Bob Brown

Could the electricity grid morph into an Internet-like network?

Opinion

Oct 30, 20071 min

A Dutch researcher has issued a report on what the electricity grid might look like by 2050 and suggests that it could take on some characteristics of the Internet, such that everyone connected could, within limits, upload and download electrical energy as needed.

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by Bob Brown

Bob Brown is the former news editor for Network World.

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Could the electricity grid morph into an Internet-like network?

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