http://gigaom.com/cleantech/report-government-smart-grid-standards-process-slowing-down-the-market/ Sun, 27 May 2012 20:25:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/cleantech/report-government-smart-grid-standards-process-slowing-down-the-market/#comment-30164 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:01:31 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=50227#comment-30164 [...] 25, 2010, 9:00pm PDT No Comments       Despite all of the rhetoric around, and government support for, a U.S. standards-based smart grid, proprietary communications technology will reign supreme [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/report-government-smart-grid-standards-process-slowing-down-the-market/#comment-30163 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:59:08 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=50227#comment-30163 [...] via Report: Government Smart Grid Standards Process Slowing Down the Market. [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/report-government-smart-grid-standards-process-slowing-down-the-market/#comment-30162 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:30:06 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=50227#comment-30162 [...] Visit link: Report: Government Smart Grid Standards Process Slowing Down the … [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/report-government-smart-grid-standards-process-slowing-down-the-market/#comment-30161 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:21:19 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=50227#comment-30161 Standardization has always been an issue when it comes to energy distribution. Unfortunately, this process in not avoidable because laying out industry guides is necessary to increase efficiency. The same thing happened in the wind industry in the early 1990s when there was a slowdown that was largely due to the lack of government funds and the establishment of regulations. Luckily, the smart grid and the wind industry now have access to funds that speed up the process of standardization.

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