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Consumers of electricity become producers
?When a building is starting to produce its own power through distributed generation, and it could be either solar cells or fuel cells or low power wind and all kinds of things,? Duncan explains, ?it?s starting to move power now back onto the grid at certain times a day. I have about 650 buildings now in Austin and on a hot summer day, I?m the customer, and they?re the producer.? - Read More
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Cisco chases smart grid dreams
New initiative expected to generate $1B a year for networking company as stimulus funds back IP-based management for electric grids. - Read More
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Getting people to redistribute their energy consumption sounds like managing rush hour traffic
Getting people to redistribute their energy consumption sounds suspiciously like those perennial suggestions for relieving rush-hour traffic by staggering work hours. It may look good on paper, but most people still like to get up in the morning, eat breakfast, work 9-to-5, come home, have dinner, watch some TV and go to bed. And so rush hour traffic ? and patterns of electrical consumption ? will probably remain much the same. - Read More
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Aladyn - web based energy monitoring
Aladyn allows users to monitor and make changes in the energy used by home appliances etc., all from a web browser
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Tendril opening its 'smart grid' to other companies
Tendril to announce that 3rd party cos have developed software apps that work with Tendril's in-home smart-grid software & hw. Tendril's in-home display can show how much a home is spending on electricity. The basis of Tendril's partner program is a set of tech specifications, or APIs, for both its software, which talks to utilities' systems, and energy-management hardware. not clear that unlocking Tendril's products will result in a thriving "ecosystem" of partners like Microsoft's Windows - Read More
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European Smart Metering Industry Group (ESMIG)
Some of the biggest energy companies in Europe have formed the European Smart Metering Industry Group (ESMIG) in Europe. The consortium of like-minded firms seeks to share smart metering information and expertise in a European context. ESMIG will promote the transformation of the European power grid into a smart grid complete with the latest technologies. - Read More
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Key aspects of Obama's energy policy
The key elements of this strategy will include massive investment in renewable energy, including wind and solar; a rapid retooling of the U.S. automobile industry to manufacture highly fuel-efficient vehicles with a bias toward plug-ins; the creation of a digital electrical grid; investments in high-speed rail; and an aggressive carbon cap-and-trade program. - Read More
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Routers of the Energy Web
A new tech developed by EPRI called FACTS (Flexible Alternative Current Transmission System) gives transmission companies the capacity to deliver measured quantities of power to specific areas of the grid. FACTS controllers could be the routers of the energy web
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