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Making the Smart Grid work will require an array of “enabling technologies” – from integrated communications systems to sensors and meters and storage devices. Many of these already exist; others are being adapted to synchronize with a modern power grid. Scroll down to see more about the building blocks of the Smart Grid.
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Trilliant's SecureMesh Bridge announcement calls attention to an important new trend we're seeing that has implications for utilities on how they build their Smart Grid communications systems. Jesse Berst has the analysis. |
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A bipartisan coalition of 29 governors has proposed recommendations for a renewable energy standard they say would provide 500,000 jobs, effect climate change and help wean the country off foreign oil. They’re also lobbying for a new interstate transmission grid. |
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The Smart Grid stands to benefit from the FCC's National Broadband Plan, and it's getting a lot of support and cheers from within the industry. But it's also catching grief from broadcasters and others. |
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Ventyx®, the world's largest private software, data and advisory services provider to the energy and utility industry, today announced that the successful implementation of its Smart Grid Operations solution at Xcel Energy has been recognized by leading industry analyst firm IDC Energy Insights as one of the few Virtual Power Plant (VPP) projects currently being deployed around the world. The Ventyx solution is an integral component of the utility's SmartGridCity™ initiative in Boulder, CO, designed to turn complex meter-level data into the actionable intelligence required to deploy and effectively manage the Boulder Smart Grid. |
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SGN’s Jesse Berst knows exactly what the ultimate home energy management system looks like. Trouble is, the only way to get it is to stitch it together the way Dr. Frankenstein assembled his monster. Click to read the elements Jesse would choose for his ultimate product and to vote on the feature that you think will be most important to consumers. |
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The momentum taking us towards more automated grid operations is now unstoppable, suggests security expert Andy Bochman. But he says that the confidence game needs to be expanded to include the folks who run the grid on a day-to-day basis. He raises an important point. |
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Trilliant Incorporated, a leader in delivering Smart Grid solutions that enhance energy efficiency, utility operations, and renewable resource integration, today announced the SecureMesh™ Bridge products, which integrate a Wide Area Network (WAN) for distribution and a Neighborhood Area Network (NAN) for metering. This is the Smart Grid industry's first fully-integrated private WAN/NAN solution and is a result of Trilliant's strategic acquisition of broadband wireless equipment provider SkyPilot Networks in Q2 2009. |
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People Power is the latest to offer an open source kit allowing developers to create Smart Grid devices for the home energy management space. |
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People Power Company, an energy efficiency company providing residential monitoring and control systems, today announced the SuRF Developer’s Kit for OSHAN (Open Source Home Area Network) to help developers build smart, environmentally friendly applications for household electronics and devices. The SDK, called SuRF (Sensor Ultra Radio Frequency) lets developers easily build applications on top of the OSHAN platform—the ultimate open source innovation platform for wireless sensor networks. |
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is asking for public comment on the latest draft of its National Demand Response Action Plan. The plan would guide the development of DR resources and implementation and provide for a customer education program. |
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) is required to develop the National Action Plan on Demand Response (National Action Plan) as outlined in section 529 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), entitled “Electricity Sector Demand Response.” This draft was prepared after soliciting and reviewing many ideas that reflect the diverse views of a broad range of entities. The draft is now being offered for a final round of comments. |
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Beacon Power Corporation (Nasdaq: BCON), a leading provider of advanced products and services to support a more stable, reliable and efficient electricity grid, today announced that it has shipped, installed and successfully connected a Smart Energy™ 25 (Gen 4) flywheel energy storage system at a wind farm in Tehachapi, California. The system is part of a wind power/flywheel demonstration project being carried out for the California Energy Commission. |
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Ice Energy, a leading provider of advanced energy storage for the electric utility industry, has completed the installation of a distributed energy storage pilot project, in conjunction with Austin Energy, at the South Austin Recreational Center, located in South-Central Austin. |
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Texas utility Oncor, now in the early stages of a massive smart meter rollout, is catching flak from angry customers who say "We're tired of being overcharged." See what the utility is doing about it. |
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A new DOE funding opportunity for generating renewable energy with marine and hydrokinetic technologies will be issued sometime this month. |
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On average, U.S. home systems integrators, who have had revenues fall for the past two years, expect sales to pick up by more than 9% in 2010 over 2009, according to Home Systems:Channel and Consumer Monitor. |
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FutureDash Corp., an innovative start-up business-to-business(B2B) software company, announces today that GreenDash™, a new
software product allowing manufacturers of consumer networking
and electronics equipment to quickly and easily add real-time energy monitoring capabilities to their products, now integrates with Google PowerMeter using the newly announced Google PowerMeter API.
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An international open standards consortium has brought its big guns to bear on sustainable Smart Grid standards in energy, intelligent buildings and natural resources. Several technical committees under OASIS Blue will coordinate the standards efforts. |
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It may have the lead in installations now, but will WiMAX survive as the industry’s 4G standard long-term? Lux Research analyst John Kluza thinks not. He argues that LTE is gaining momentum and could well be the dominant standard before long. If you’ve got an upcoming Smart Grid project, you’ll want to click for details. |
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A pioneering Smart Grid project that is bringing economic and operational benefits to a Tennessee municipality earned Pulaski Electric System (PES) the 2010 Award of Excellence for Innovation from Metering International. |
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You would have to pay a consultant big bucks for the incredibly detailed and spot-on advice about Smart Grid security you’re getting (for free) in today’s post by security expert Jack Danahy. Whether you’re just getting started down the security path or want to make sure you ace the course, don’t miss this one. |
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So what exactly is Intel – one of the latest in the long line of tech giants marching into the Smart Grid space – trying to prove with its home energy management software? Should utilities be suspicious? Jesse Berst asked an Intel insider to explain the company’s motives. Find out what he learned. |
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In the same week that Google announced it’s opening up its PowerMeter API to developers, along comes research from Zpryme suggesting the global smart appliance market will soar between 2011 and 2015. But with this increasing attention on home energy management and consumers controlling consumption comes a cautionary note for utilities in a new TELUS-sponsored white paper. |
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A Massachusetts company is working on a shorter, waste-free silicon solar cell making process it says could cut production costs by 80%. |
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A new report from the Electric Power Research Institute suggests efficiency gains using superconducting DC transmission lines could be significant. |
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