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Vermont pursues a fiber-optic network smart grid, with IBM
Posted by David Brooks | Wednesday, January 25, 2012
From Greentech Media:
The Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO) and IBM will build a statewide fiber optic and Carrier Ethernet network to provide the backbone for communications for Vermont’s utilities. The network will connect transmission substations owned by VELCO, which is the statewide transmission company, to the distribution utilities.This is the part of the story that was startling:
Although fiber is expensive (the fiber installation alone is expected to cost $53 million), Vermont has the advantage of economies of scale. The network will support nearly the entire state, covering more than 20 utilities. The state currently has a fiber network that can only go up to about 2.5 gigabits per second, according to Blair. He said the new system could support more than 17 terabits.Terabits per second?!?! Holy cow. Read the whole story here.
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