That was smart power.

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Power grid in Niger via the Mapping for Niger Project

A smart power strategy does not ignore the tools of soft power.

Combining these dimensions effectively is called smart power.

The ability to combine them effectively is smart power.

The automobile fleet will become part of the overall power grid, and will be managed efficiently (and remotely) to optimize the timing of recharging from, and returning power to, the grid.

Not only will battery powered vehicles draw power from the electricity grid during recharging, but, when parked, they can also feed additional power back into the grid during periods of peak demand.

Smart power means the combination of the hard power of command and the soft power of attraction.

Historically, rising states used smart power strategies to good avail.

Grid energy storage (also called large scale energy storage) refers to the methods used to store electricity on a large scale within an electrical power grid.

But smart power is by no means limited to the US.

In an information age, smart policy combines hard and soft power.

Solar panels and wind turbines can provide off grid power in isolated rural areas.

Solar, wind, or nuclear power all free of CO2 emissions can feed the power grid that will recharge the batteries.

Why doesn t the power grid reach these households in the first place? For starters, they are typically located in remote villages where grid access is prohibitively expensive.

And the power outlet needs to be smart enough to do it.

Given China s rising economic and military power, this was a smart decision.

For example, some experts believe that a nation s electric power grid may be particularly susceptible.

Kenya s government does not recognize Kibera, there is no sewage system or formal power grid.

Public diplomacy is an important tool in the arsenal of smart power, but smart public diplomacy requires an understanding of credibility, self criticism, and the role of civil society in generating soft power.

The programme aims to connect 400,000 households to the power grid over a 10 year period.

Nevertheless, a smart strategy for Europe will require greater investments in hard power.

In fact, some small states have proven highly adept at smart power strategies.

Soft power is rarely sufficient, but it is often crucial to combine soft and hard power to have an effective smart power strategy.

These PV systems were usually installed on utility grid connected buildings in areas with centralized power stations.

The Southern African Development Community continued building a regional power grid and infrastructure for regional development corridors .

The information and communications revolution has spawned the idea of the smart city, which places the relevant technologies at the heart of systems that collect and respond to information smart power grids, smart transport networks (potentially including self driving vehicles), and smart buildings and zoning.

Second, the storage capacity of the vehicle fleet will play an important role in stabilizing the power grid.

To be smart today, Europe should invest more in its hard power resources, and America should pay more attention to its soft power.

China's tenth five year Energy Development Plan (2001) gives priority to hydropower, optimization of thermal power, development of the electricity grid and increased use of nuclear power.

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Hard power has not become irrelevant, but leaders must develop the contextual intelligence that allows them to combine hard and soft power resources into a smart power strategy.

Large scale capital investment will also be needed to re equip the ports and to re establish a power grid.

Experts have long identified the electricity grid as the most acute vulnerability, since any modern economy would collapse without power.

Grid computing Grid computing is the most distributed form of parallel computing.

Now, if you take the power generating capability of an automobile and you compare that to the electric grid in the United States, it turns out that four percent of the automobiles, the power in four percent of the automobiles, equals that of the electric grid of the US.

We must use what has been called smart power, the full range of tools at our disposal.

Currently, however, Obama s smart power strategy is facing a stiff challenge from events in the Middle East.