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Solyndra Snags $238M Umwelt Deal: Solyndra, which makes cylindrical, thin film photovoltaic systems, has won a supply deal with Germany-based solar integrator Umwelt-Sonne-Energie GmbH worth up to $238 million through 2013. — Press Release Tesla Overseas: Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the right-hand-drive electric Roadster will […] Read more »

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Smart Grid Challenge: Can competing smart grid models “challenge and complement one another, or will they be driven by infighting—over standards, regulations, federal investment dollars, etc.?” — Solve Climate Not Cheap, But Financed: For those that can’t scrounge together $109,000 to buy a luxury electric Roadster […] Read more »

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News of The Pirate Bay’s impending sale has worried file sharers around the world. Many rights holders, on the other hand, seem to be somewhat optimistic, hoping that the deal will put an end to the world’s largest file-swapping platform. But history has shown again and […] Read more »

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A series of setbacks for flywheel energy storage last year made us wonder if the technology was just spinning its wheels. But this morning things are looking up for the tech’s long road to commercialization, with word from the Department of Energy that it has awarded […] Read more »

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EPA Grants California Emissions Waiver: The U.S. EPA today granted California a long-sought waiver to set tougher tailpipe emission limits than federal standards, a key step in the Obama administration’s plan to mandate higher MPGs nationwide. — NYT’s Green Inc. China Loosens Hybrid Rules: China has […] Read more »

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The energy bill passed the House on Friday, but the proposed cap and trade system and new incentives for renewable energy are still a long way from going into law as the Senate needs to pass its own version. As we transition to the next round […] Read more »

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Can the folks at Netflix actually see the future or something? Because it’s seriously impressive how narrowly out of reach they made the margin of improvement for their recommendation algorithm contest. Established in late 2006, the Netflix Prize promises $1 million to the first entrant that […] Read more »

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A century ago, Michigan gave us the Model T. Now General Electric hopes scientists, engineers and technologists in the state will also be able to deliver key pieces of the smart grid. The company — already a heavyweight among smart meter developers — has just announced […] Read more »

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With the explosion of low-cost chips, from Intel’s Atom processor to low-power Wi-Fi sensors, just about everything is “getting smart” these days. There are known environmental benefits to this kind of cheap-and-easy digital intelligence, many of them heavily promoted by IBM as part of its “Smarter […] Read more »

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It’s one thing for the federal government to commit billions of dollars for smart grid technology and transmission infrastructure. But it’s quite another for the spigot to actually open with a clear set of criteria for applicants — and that’s where we are today. The Obama […] Read more »

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IBM’s “smarter planet initiative” seeks to connect everything from railways to the power grid to buildings with sensors, software and communications gear. And to accomplish such a feat (to basically act as a platform to connect various infrastructure), the computing company needs friends — a whole […] Read more »

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The Renault-Nissan Alliance has been striking one deal after another with utilities and governments in recent months, revving up for the launch of its first electric vehicle in 2011. Today, with the announcement of a new agreement with French utility EDF to deploy a charge management […] Read more »

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CNET’s Martin LaMonica raised the interesting question last week: Is there an investment bubble building around the smart grid? He cites the opinions of several investors worried about too much money being invested by venture capitalists, corporations like Cisco and IBM, and even governments. From my […] Read more »

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“The electricity grid can only get so smart without a framework for interoperability,” explains the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) on the first page of an important 291 page report released today that focuses on identifying key standards and guidelines for building out the smart grid. […] Read more »

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With all the stories out this week about security threats to the smart grid, you might get the impression that your smart meter’s gonna leave you susceptible to diabolical plots from the likes of Kim Jong Il, Somali pirates and the Joker. There are real concerns, […] Read more »

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As far as regional rivalries go, competition among U.S. states to lead the way on clean energy, efficiency and smart grid tech could be one of the more productive ones. Today the Obama administration gave a few points to states on the Western team, opting to […] Read more »

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Utilities might be well-versed in the workings of the traditional electrical infrastructure, ratepayers organizations and local power regulations, but when it comes to the smart grid, it can be difficult to know which technology to choose and when to proceed. And, unfortunately, when utilities make poor […] Read more »

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Google Android handset owners can expect eReader availability in “mid- to late summer,” according to TeleRead. They spoke to Scott Pendergrast of Fictionwise, which is owned by Barnes & Noble. The company’s “eReader everywhere” plans to conquer the handheld world don’t stop with Android, either. It’s […] Read more »

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Many people (myself included) have painted a picture of how the consumer piece of the smart grid could develop into a real-time, two-way communication network that looks a lot like the Internet. In that world, consumers would be able to see variable pricing change in real […] Read more »

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The clock is ticking for the standards bodies, companies and engineers looking to hash out what standards will govern the massive build-out of the smart grid. The first phase of the Interim SmartGrid Roadmap is supposed to be available this month (it’s already June 1, folks) […] Read more »

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There’s no shortage of companies toiling away to provide you with an easy-to-use, low-maintenance system for monitoring your home energy use. But if you’re a DIY geek and think something a little more hands-on would be cool — or if you want to manage not just […] Read more »

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Obama on Cybersecurity and the Smart Grid: The White House today published a road map for fixing U.S. cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and called for the U.S. to “implement, for high-value activities (e.g., the Smart Grid), an opt-in array of interoperable identity management systems to build trust for […] Read more »

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When cleantech investing falls off a cliff, and the IPO curse isn’t expected to open up until 2010, what’s a cleantech investor to do? Stick with what you know. Many cleantech VCs who made money in the infotech boom are now crawling all over themselves to […] Read more »

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Several years ago I closely covered the muni Wi-Fi fad: city-wide wireless that was supposed to (and often failed) to offer consumers a cheaper wireless option than those offered by phone and cable companies. Now the next new thing in wireless — the smart grid — […] Read more »

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Networking giant Cisco has estimated that the market for smart grid communications will grow into a $20 billion-a-year opportunity as the infrastructure is built out over the next five years, and a new report from researchers at Specialists in Business Information (SBI) forecasts the market will […] Read more »

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Cities have thrown down the gauntlet for electric car charging in recent months, and utilities are increasingly eager to tout infrastructure efforts. Among automakers, the Renault-Nissan Alliance has been out in front working to coordinate governments, utilities and charge station companies to develop regional networks of […] Read more »

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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 »

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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. At […] Read more »

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The path toward the U.S. smart grid — or “grid modernization” in the language of the stimulus bill — has been compared over the last few months to the build-out of the modern transportation system in an earlier era. It’s not a bad analogy. The ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »

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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 »

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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 power […] Read more »

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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 morning […] Read more »

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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 involve some 50 million gas […] Read more »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 oversubscribed $30 […] Read more »

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Some of the largest unresolved questions within today’s nascent smart grid market are to what degree consumers would prefer to actively monitor and control energy usage in their homes, which user interfaces will be preferred for those purposes, and which business models and product capabilities will entice consumers to engage in home energy management while simultaneously assuaging their concerns about privacy, security and control. To investigate these questions and establish a framework for understanding demand dynamics within the EID and DR markets, Pike Research conducted a survey of 1,041 U.S. consumers in April 2009. The results of this survey are analyzed in this report. Read more at GigaOM Pro »

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