All Smart Grid Score Cards A regular feature of Smart Grid News is the SGN Tech Take. In this series of articles, power engineer and architect Erich Gunther evaluates actual products and services against the SGN Smart Grid Scorecard. Jul 6, 2009    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

A New (and Less Expensive) Way to Launch Smart Grid Projects As the Smart Grid unfolds, utilities face pressing challenges they've never seen before. How do you grapple with technologies, programs and services that are brand new — and get it right the first time? Click inside for a new service to help utilities prepare for Smart Grid deployments, and to do it with less time and money. Aug 31, 2010    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

BPL Global: Can Global Ambitions Hurt a Small Company? This Smart Grid software platform developer has customers all around the globe and a surprisingly long list of applications. Yet it rarely gets noticed in the U.S. Is the firm too diversified? Aug 25, 2009    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

Why Control4 Is the Company to Beat in Home Energy Management (and Why Microsoft, Google, Intel, and Sony Are Lining Up to Do the Beating) There are only two things wrong with today’s in-home displays for energy management: (1) they suck for utilities and (2) they suck for consumers. Now high-end home entertainment company Control4 is introducing something both groups will want. One weensy problem — by taking the early lead, Control4 has put itself in the crosshairs of Google, Microsoft, Intel, Sony, and other tech giants who want to own the operating system for the digital home. Click to read our analysis of the new product and of the company’s survival prospects. Jul 6, 2009    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

Smart Grid Case Studies Downloadable case studies of Smart Grid projects and pilots. Feb 19, 2007    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion

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THE TUESDAY TOPIC Is the smart grid industry stalled? Or accelerating? We're getting mixed signals about the vitality of the smart grid market. On the one hand, the recent DistribuTECH conference was one of the most successful ever. On the other, a well-known Wall Street analyst recently told his clients that the smart metering sector is "facing several headwinds," including weak regulatory support in the U.S. and delays in European adoption. Taking the pulse of the smart grid industry is this week's Tuesday Topic. Click to the discussion now >>