Clif Arness

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Member since July 2010

“If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them”...Isaac Asimov

Clif has spent 30 years working in the worldwide energy & electric power industries.  Currently a professional business, marketing and product development consultant, many of his clients are small or startup companies involved with energy or power in various ways.  Some of Clif’s clients are working on:

- Smart Grid compatible electric metering and power quality monitoring

- Hybrid grid-level energy storage systems

- Regenerative energy capture & storage

- Ultracapacitors for high power-density applications

- Superconducting power electronics

Recent Campaign Entries:

  1. Voltage Conservation Might Create More Problems Than It Solves

    Posted August 10, 2010
    in Policy Campaign

    For decades, utilities, regulators and consumers have been intrigued by the concept of reducing electric consumption by lowering voltage levels on the electric grid. Theory and practice say that simply using 114 volts instead of 120 volts saves energy. However, in spite of a body of evidence favoring this little-analyzed concept, many suggest it should be relegated to the pile of good, but impractical, ideas.

  2. Solving the American Power Crisis: The Future of Grid Energy Storage

    Posted July 26, 2010
    in Renewable Energy Campaign

    Electricity, that wonderfully efficient medium for distributing power, has a behavioral quirk imparted by natural law: you can’t save it. This simple fact dictates the way we generate electricity and also poses a problem effectively using some forms of renewable energy. A myriad of new technologies under development may help both traditional and renewable generating sources by providing cost-effective, large-scale energy storage for the electric power grid.

  3. The Future of Power Quality: Addressing Our Aging Power Grid

    Posted July 20, 2010
    in Renewable Energy Campaign

    Power quality - or, simply, the usability of electric power - is a vital concern to many commercial businesses and industries. The proof is a rapidly growing global market for products to correct or improve power quality that will top $11 billion in 2011. The manufacturers of these products have reason to smile, because the outlook for improvement of the power quality in the U.S. is not very rosy.

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