Oh Lutz: Reducing fuel consumption by mandating more fuel-efficient cars “is like attacking obesity by ordering everybody to wear size small clothing,” and other gems from former Chevy Volt frontman Bob Lutz on David Letterman last night. — Jalopnik Smart Grid for China: China’s power distribution … Read More »
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Companies building smart meters and the network infrastructure that allows them to communicate back to electric utilities generate most of the buzz around the emerging smart grid. But all that data sent from those smart meters has to be gathered, analyzed and acted upon by utilities, … Read More »
Updated: The time line for creating the standards for what could be the largest infrastructure build-out of the decade, the smart grid, is shorter than a Paris Hilton skirt. So expect the condensed time frame and the complex undertaking to lead to some heated discussions. … Read More »
As we’ve pointed out in the past, policy makers and companies building out the smart grid are under the gun to produce a working set of standards by September in order to quickly and effectively allocate the over $4 billion in stimulus funds. Department … Read More »
When you’re a networking giant, it’s probably a good idea to develop a strategy for participating in the biggest network build-out of the decade. This morning, Cisco is doing just that, with an announcement of its game plan for becoming a major player in the smart … Read More »
Adding digital intelligence to the power grid is getting all the attention right now from Congress, investors and entrepreneurs, but a next-generation smart grid without energy storage is like a computer without a hard drive: severely limited. Energy stored throughout the grid can provide dispatchable … Read More »
Updated with comments from GE CEO Jeff Immelt: In the ongoing battle among states to lure big players in the emerging battery industry — with their potential to bring jobs as well as stimulus dollars — New York has just scored big. General Electric this … Read More »
The UK government today unveiled a plan to outfit most of the homes and small businesses in England, Scotland, and Wales with smart meters by the end of 2020. The plan, which could cost an estimated £8.11 billion ($12.3 billion) and … Read More »
In any nascent technology industry, the players that stand to gain and lose the most battle over standards that, done right, will drive innovation for decades to come. But imagine a standards-making process that’s 10 times more complex than that of the computing industry, with a … Read More »
If you want to have your say on how more than $4 billion in stimulus funds will be spent on the smart grid, well, you’re too late. The Department of Energy’s comment period, which called for input on how it plans to allocate the grant funds, … Read More »
For Deeya Energy, good things come in threes. The Fremont, Calif.-based startup, which is working on energy storage technology for three applications — replacing diesel generators, stockpiling renewable energy, and stabilizing the electric grid — has just closed a third round of financing. The … Read More »
A good portion of the intelligence that will be added to the upcoming smart grid will be wireless — radios, sensors and access points strategically placed throughout the power grid and on our homes that can help manage energy consumption and distribution. Increasingly, utilities and companies … Read More »
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