Dialog, a ProQuest business unit supporting professional research, has released 'Smart Meters: Yea or nay?' a report exploring the potential of and controversy surrounding digital power grids and meters that monitor and regulate the flow of electricity. A particularly timely report for the US, the report encapsulates information from Dialog's authoritative resources, providing a uniquely comprehensive view of the issue.
'Smart Meters: Yea or Nay?' looks at the impetus of the smart grid initiative, a movement that brings together leaders and innovators from a number of established and emerging industries, as well as system integrators and consultants. Utility companies, governments, environmental watchdogs, and others are touting the updated smart grid and its meters, which lower peak demand in case of an energy-delivery issue. Enthusiasts say the smart grid is vital to the world's economy by helping to incorporate alternative energy to fight global warming and by keeping power-greedy users in check.
'Smart Meters: Yea or Nay?' carefully assembles information from both sides of the debate, capturing this pivotal moment in time. The report is available in Eye on Innovation, a bimonthly electronic publication from ProQuest that explores scientific advancement through analysis of authoritative information sources.
Eye on Innovation researchers use the Dialog search service to gather relevant data from a pool of millions of sources, and then uncover emerging trends. Readers gain a unique global perspective about important issues and topics, but also learn how to manipulate information for insight into what's next.
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