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Evolution of the modern grid opens up new market opportunities, new business models and new pricing dynamics. Watch this section for key trends and developments.
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Plug In America, a plug-in EV advocacy group, said the number of the cars sold would reach 100,000 this week – a number the organization sees as a milestone. It's based on published reports of EV sales.
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The U.S. military has been a leading force in renewables for some time as it has embraced and invested heavily in smart grid technologies. Now the U.S. Army and Lockheed Martin have launched the DOD's first grid-connected microgrid, incorporating renewables and energy storage.
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A preview of a utility smart grid investments and infrastructure spending survey released by Newton-Evans finds that utility spending is up in areas like transmission and distribution automation, but flat or lower in operations and maintenance.
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If you want to know where the smart grid action will be over at least the next several years, look toward China, Japan and Korea. They are likely to invest a lot of money in ambitious, large-scale projects, say Navigant Research and Frost & Sullivan.
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Navigant Research says that while the smart grid market is still immature, global smart grid investments will remain strong through the remainder of the decade. The white paper identifies 10 smart grid trends to watch throughout the year and beyond.
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The Sacramento Municipal Utility District has rolled out a proposal for moving to time-of-use pricing. While that's news by itself, it's even more interesting that the local newspaper is solidly behind making the change.
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A discussion at a recent conference revealed that there is considerable talk about changing the pay by the kilowatt hour for electricity model to, well, something else. Read the story to find out what utility execs and others are thinking.
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A new DOE analysis of the economic gains to date from the $2.9 billion in smart grid stimulus spending suggests it generated nearly $7 million in economic benefits and nearly 50,000 jobs. The DOE gives itself pretty high marks. Do you? Read the details and take our quick poll.
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All-electric cars didn't exactly fly off showroom floors when they were rolled out a couple years ago - but that really shouldn't be much of a surprise. A Forbes article outlines the reasons why production should continue - but also points out problems, including increasingly questioned subsidies and tax rebates - that need to be addressed.
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Should we be talking to consumers about smart homes instead of smart meters? That's what a new study out of the UK seems to suggest. Click for a quick peek at that report and three more we think you'll find as interesting as we did.
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Considering the various beatings wind and solar took last year from bottoming markets, product oversupply and controversy over production tax credits, it seems unlikely that investment in the renewables sector is going to take off. But Bloomberg New Energy Finance thinks otherwise; find out why.
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A new report from a market research firm forecasts that the grid-scale energy storage market will blast off and grow nearly 4,000% by 2017. We're all for optimism and agree that energy storage is on a growth path. But 4,000% growth in four years? Click to see what you make of it.
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Silver Spring and Sensus are battling for communications supremacy in the UK's massive smart meter rollout. At stake is a piece of Britain's $18.5 billion initiative, which calls for deploying 53 million smart meters by 2019.
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There's plenty of chatter about microgrids, but only a few actual installations. So what will it take for the market to take off? Some believe increased attention on grid reliability in the wake of superstorms such as Sandy will be the key, but we think several factors may converge.
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Despite the odds, renewable energy not only grew in 2012, but may have set in motion a repeat performance this year and into the near future. AOL Energy's Peter Gardett has the details of a recent Deloitte overview of mergers and acquisitions in the renewables sector.
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