What’s going on with the smart grid in Europe? About €5.5 billion ($7.7 billion) worth of projects, according to this new report…
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Opportunities in California’s smart grid deployment plans
Last week, California’s big three utilities — Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric — released in-depth smart grid deployment roadmaps that include about $5.6 billion in smart grid spending over the coming decade. For smart grid companies, it’s about the closest thing to a detailed plan of attack one could ask for. Of course, much of that money is tied up in ongoing smart meter deployments, and another huge chunk is for transmission and distribution grid projects with a limited range of potential competitors. Still, that leaves plenty of opportunities for nimble companies with key software, networking or hardware technologies to fill the gaps that remain. Here are some of them.…
Read MoreSmart Grid 3.0: Getting There from Here
A new report describes the idea of the "Smart Grid 3.0," which will connect mobile devices and location-based services in real time, and critically, an ecosystem of applications that can run across multiple utility networks.…
Read MoreReport: Smart Grid Outspends Smart Meters
Smart meters get all the attention, but smart distribution grid and substation projects are actually taking the lead in smart grid spending across the nation, and corporate giants are reaping the benefit. That’s the gist of a Cleantech Group report released by the DOE Thursday.…
Read MoreEchelon Takes the Smart Grid to the Edge
Echelon has launched a new software-hardware combo to control the distribution portion of the grid. The product has two notable aspects: it's open to third-party developers, and its first customer will be utility Duke Energy.…
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