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. Mar 2, 2009    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion   8 Active Comment(s)

Ice Bear Energy Storage System – 90 out of 100 Pairing Ice Energy’s Ice Bear with existing air conditioning units provides a cool solution to peak load shifting using basic and elegant principles of physics rather than complex algorithms. Feb 2, 2009    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion   5 Active Comment(s)

Billions for Smart Grid in Stimulus... DOE Releases Grid Reports... Experts Predict Growth in Smart Grid Funding… Utilities Could See Revenue Shortfalls US and UK governments propose Smart Grid investments... DOE and EPRI release studies and recommendations... Pundit sees Smart Grid deployment as a revenue loss for utilities... Excerpts published of new Electronomics book by Jesse Berst Jan 21, 2009    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion   3 Active Comment(s)

Can Tendril Sell Smart Grid Directly to Consumers? Boulder, CO, startup Tendril wants to be the Microsoft Windows of the sector, providing an open architecture and foundational technology for demand response, load control, and energy monitoring and management hardware and software. But are they biting off more than they can chew? Jan 21, 2009    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion   9 Active Comment(s)

NARUC Chairman Charts Smart Grid Path Regulators have enormous influence over the where, when and how of the Smart Grid. Read our exclusive interview with the head of the regulators' national association for advice and warnings every utility should heed. Jan 9, 2009    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion   4 Active Comment(s)

Obama, analysts, VCs see 2009 as the year of the Smart Grid... DR is Smart Grid's killer app says FERC... Smart Grid means more jobs... How smart should Smart Grid be? All signs point to 2009 as a banner year for Smart Grid… Still a great investment for VCs, too… FERC calls DR the killer app of Smart Grid… Studies say Smart Grid investment means more jobs… How intelligent should smart devices be?... Why the Smart Grid is green... Smart Grid regulations summarized ... Jan 9, 2009    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion   1 Active Comment(s)

Will the Recession Kill the Smart Grid? The question of the day is whether the recession will kill the Smart Grid boom. Click to read the forces for and against that lead to our conclusion – the slowdown will slow utility capital expenditures in general, but Smart Grid projects are likely to fare best of all. Nov 20, 2008    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion   8 Active Comment(s)

Nationwide grid standards?… $170B for China’s grid… IBM backs BPL… SmartSynch acquisition… Google’s grid plans Grid standards gain prominence... Another $170B for China’s grid... Carbon caps could break the grid... IBM financing BPL for rural customers... SmartSynch acquisition signals battle for C&I customers... Google’s Smart Grid plans... Smart Grid is $42B and growing. Nov 20, 2008    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion   3 Active Comment(s)

DNP Secure Authentication – Essential to Smart Grid Progress Until the arrival of the DNP Secure Authentication protocol, some utilities were backing away from Smart Grid initiatives over concerns the security costs would be too high. Power engineer and systems architect Erich W. Gunther gives the new specification 80 out of 100 on the SGN Smart Grid Scorecard. Click to find out why he thinks it’s critical to keeping utilities on the safe path to a Smart Grid. Nov 18, 2008    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion   8 Active Comment(s)

PG&E picks GE... DR more valuable... Cisco Smart Grid? PG&E chooses GE meters with Silver Spring module… NERC warns again of needed grid upgrades… DR value bigger than expected… Cisco gives $250K for a Smart Grid business concept… Ice Energy gets $35M second round. Oct 29, 2008    Read the Full Story   Join the Discussion   1 Active Comment(s)