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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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Schneider Electric and Verisae are working together to bring a comprehensive demand response product to commercial and industrial customers. |
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Today Smart Grid powerhouses Cisco and Itron announced a strategic alliance to deliver a definitive IP-based communications platform. What does it mean for the rest of us? Jesse Berst offers some insight.
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Grid-scale energy storage is expected to take off in the next 10 years as the volume of renewable energy grows, Smart Grid initiatives go online and EVs take to the highways, according to a new report from Pike Research. |
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Texas has quite a lot more wind power than it can use, and a San Francisco-based transmission line developer wants to build a 400-mile transmission line to send some of it to states that aren't so fortunate. |
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Grid-scale storage may not be widespread enough today to defer new transmission, but KEMA storage expert Rick Fioravanti argues it’s an angle worth exploring. As new technologies emerge, it may be closer than you think. |
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As locales around the world implement smart grids, the next wave will be smart cities. In a special post for Smart Grid News, Forrester researcher Usman Sindhu and analyst Doug Washburn explain the smart city initiative and why utility CIOs and CTOs need to be part of the conversation. |
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Security expert Andy Bochman contends in today’s post that the kind of Smart Grid threats he typically writes about – cyber attacks, Stuxnet viruses and the like – aren't the biggest challenge to Smart Grid success. Click inside to learn what worries Andy even more. |
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Ocean Renewable Power Company says it has successfully completed a test of a proprietary tidal current energy generator and will use the test results to tweak a commercial version. |
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With broadband in every home or ubiquitous AMI still years off, you've got to wonder how off-the-shelf products made today can possibly provide DR opportunities for all consumers, wherever they may live, without becoming obsolete in the next decade or two. EPRI’s Brian Seal outlines one interesting solution. |
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Does the Department of Energy’s investment in grid storage systems make economic sense? Not if you run the numbers, says Lux Research analyst Steven Minnihan, who has done just that. |
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Security expert Andy Bochman provides a mid-year update on Smart Grid security standards and compliance issues facing utilities. His webcast paints a grim picture, but it's one you can't ignore. |
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An affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has developed an annual index of energy security risks that should help policymakers, government officials, businesses and others measure the country's energy security. |
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A new Smart Grid report forecasts that the meter data management market will grow from $54 million in 2009 to $221 million by 2014. The phenomenal growth will be fueled by smart meter deployments and expanded product offerings. |
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One of the industry’s leading experts on energy storage technologies is here with insights on Community Energy Storage (CES). KEMA’s Ali Nourai considers CES an attractive and viable storage device for the Smart Grid and believes CES devices can potentially overcome the top three barriers to storage development. |
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A cooperative approach among New England states in reaching renewable energy goals would allow the states to spread the risk of high-ticket projects and provide other benefits, including higher economies of scale, the CEO of the regional electric grid said this week. |
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Security expert Andy Bochman argues that car companies and utilities – two elderly sectors of the U.S. economy – have more in common today than you might imagine. Andy points out that both are grappling with the impact of smart technologies that are rewriting workflows and business models and yes – security practices too. |
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Baltimore Gas & Electric will continue with its $835 million smart meter deployment, the utility announced Monday, despite Maryland regulators' rejection of its proposal to have most of the project's initial costs paid for with upfront consumer surcharges. |
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A group of designers thinks the way to combat NIMBY attitudes about transmission towers is to make them look like giant people. And Crayola commemorates a solar plant behind its headquarters with a new shade of — what else could it be? — green to add some color to the occasion. |
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Two companies have partnered to provide a cyber security solution for utilities and other segments of the energy sector that allows them to deal with SCADA and industrial control-related security issues without taking critical systems offline. |
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A joint effort by Ford, Xtreme Power and Detroit Edison to build a solar energy system will provide a window into industrial applications for renewable energy, Smart Grid technologies and energy storage. |
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It hasn't been cheap or easy, but Portugal has made incredible strides toward a green energy future: Almost 45% of the country's power will be from renewable energy sources this year, quite a jump from 17% five years ago. |
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A transparent polymer sticker applied to solar panels can increase energy output by 10%, according to the product's manufacturer. But there's a catch: How long will it last? |
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Nanotechnology in battery production and development is coming into its own, according to a new report from Global Industry Analysts, Inc. |
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Just a quick post today from Andy Bochman, who is in San Jose attending the first-ever Smart Grid Cyber Security Summit. His first impressions are positive; find out why inside. |
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Flywheel storage system provider Beacon Power will get a $43 million loan guarantee from the Energy Department to complete its 20 MW energy storage plant in Stephentown, New York. |
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With little fanfare, the San Luis Valley has already become the best model for distributed renewable energy generation in the West and maybe even the Nation.
When the first energy crisis shook ...