Comments on: Smart Grid 101: It's About Relationships, Not Technology http://gigaom.com/2010/02/02/smart-grid-101-its-about-relationships-not-technology/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:31:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Rex Arul http://gigaom.com/2010/02/02/smart-grid-101-its-about-relationships-not-technology/#comment-30351 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:32:59 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=50594#comment-30351 @katie – That makes sense. Because of the huge opportunity and the wide domain it encompasses, the last thing Utilities want is a Babel full of disparate technologies and solutions that do not or cannot cohabit well with other SG solutions. Naturally, the way to reduce the risk then, is to look forward to different consortia for wider solutions in the SG space.

A question though: Although you cite a $16 billion SG opportunity by 2015 in this article (probably by Lux Research???), elsewhere you quote a $21 billion figure by 2015 (probably by Pike Research???). I am just curious as to which figure has a wider acceptance.

Although the difference is a paltry (??) $5 billion, that is still more than what the US Government currently funds out of ARRA for the entire Smart Grid related investments :-)

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]]> By: Katie Fehrenbacher http://gigaom.com/2010/02/02/smart-grid-101-its-about-relationships-not-technology/#comment-30349 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:46:33 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=50594#comment-30349 @Elliott, agreed. Good luck.

]]> By: Elliott Lemenager http://gigaom.com/2010/02/02/smart-grid-101-its-about-relationships-not-technology/#comment-30348 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:48:39 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=50594#comment-30348 There’s opprotunity as well for start ups to partner with bigger companies!Combine forces and go after utilties.

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