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Award-winning power engineer Erich Gunther is back with another in-depth Tech Take. He’s outdone himself this time, with a review that acts as an excellent introductory tutorial to Substation Gateways and their importance to the Smart Grid. He also looks closely at Cybectec’s Substation Modernization Platform family and awards it an 85 out of 100 on the SGN Smart Grid Scorecard. |
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Technology expert Erich Gunther says Trilliant’s SecureMesh communications is a standards-based way to rapidly deploy mesh networks in dense urban environments. But can it scale? Click to read why SecureMesh rates a 74 out of 100 on the SGN Scorecard. |
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GWAC is leading the interoperability revolution. Congress recognizes this in the recent Energy Bill. GWAC members articluate how interoperability reduces pollution and advances the Smart Grid. Read why you need to consider becoming a member |
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The Smart Grid will not advance unless most of the 3300 utilities in the United States adopt interoperability standards. Rik Drummond outlines solution testing alternatives that will help both large and small utilities implement the Smart Grid. Read about how interoperability needs to work for small utilities in real world situations in order for them to join the Smart Grid revolution. |
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Industrial generation can make renewables work. All it requires is interoperability. Read how you could bring online a new generation source, right in your back yard. |
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The Smart Grid starts with smart meters. That's the conclusion from consulting firm KEMA, which recently survey 14 U.S. utilities developing advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). Click to read KEMA's (sometimes surprising) insights. |
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If you were to choose one factor that unleashed new markets such as telecomm, personal computing and the Internet, it would be "interoperability standards." The GridWise Architecture Council has been working hard to establish the foundational principles to bring interoperability to the electric system. Now the group is taking steps from theory into the real world, with a November gathering designed to uncover actionable steps toward rapid progress. If you hope to influence future grid standards, or you think you will be impacted by them, you need to be at this meeting to get your voice heard. Details inside. |
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SGN Contributor, Rik Drummond points out that the benefits Web services (WS) offer the Smart Grid in terms of significant savings are lost because software vendors do not provide off-the-shelf interoperable software while competing standards do. This is an example of how the Smart Grid can be stalled if utilities do not insist that software vendors provide interoperability. |
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Federal Smart Grid legislation... New transmission financing approach… IBM grid coalition... Consulting firms band together to attack muni/coop market... Echelon first steps into Australian market... BGE pilots AMI... New AMI partnership... Oracle acquisition underlines its move into the utility space |
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Utilities can now tap into a growing body of insights into the right way to design and install advanced metering. This month's Spotlight article illuminates five articles that detail some of the most important lessons learned by pioneering utilities. |
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Is it feasible for US to realize DG in home?
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I am Chengrui Cai who is a PhD graduate student with major in Power and Energy System. Now my research lies in SmartGrid. As far as I know, one of the important goal of the SmartGrid is to bring distributed generation to homes in US, which aims to install solar panel and small wind turbine in homes. However, ...