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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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Terry Oliver is the Chief Technology Innovation Officer of the Bonneville Power Administration, where he leads their grid efforts. From his vantage point at the cutting edge, he highlights three emerging issues: intermittency, interaction and immediacy. He also predicts unpleasant surprises for utilities that fail to recognize the growing power of reliability rules and equipment standards. |
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GlobalSmartEnergy's new report on the advanced metering sector uncovered several important and unexpected trends. Here's an explanation of the report methodologies and a quick look at some key findings. Hint: think price drops, integrated designs, and consolidation. |
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A California-based project has reached an important milestone towards its ambitious goal of a demand response (DR) infrastructure that is "10 times more functional at 1/10th the cost." If successful, it could transform DR in California. And, eventually, around the country. |
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We've been BPL skeptics here at SGN. We love the concept of broadband over powerline, but we don't believe in the consumer access business model. We thought BPL would only fly as a Smart Grid enabler, with consumer Internet access as a bonus. Guess what? That's just where the U.S. industry is headed, as Jesse Berst confirmed in his recent conversation with Current Communications, the sector's 80-pound gorilla. (No, not 800. 80.) Click to read more about where things are heading, the quality of service secret sauce, and the important of in-building BPL. |
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Utilities are often accused of slowing progress towards modernization. Jesse Berst reveals that many of them are, in fact, producing plans and roadmaps for clean energy and an intelligent grid... though many of them prefer to keep those plans a secret. Click for his thoughts, plus links to six utilities that have gone public with their intentions. |
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Many analysts tout broadband over powerline (BPL) for its ability to provide Internet access to consumers. They forecast huge growth. In reality, Internet access is the *last* application likely to catch on in the U.S. Click to read about two other BPL opportunities with true potential. |
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NERC has filed to become the official Electric Reliability Organization and is formulating new regulations that will virtually compel new investments in grid automation and information technology. |
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Author and journalist Peter Asmus is a long-time observer of the electric power industry. He believes one of Europe's smallest countries can offer lessons to the U.S. in the why and how of a Smart Grid. |
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Terry Mohn brings an important perspective to the Smart Grid discussion. He has been both a technology provider (as the co-founder of several startups) and a technology buyer (at San Diego Gas & Electric, where he is Technology Strategist and Enterprise Architect). In this guest editorial, he argues that the Smart Grid should extend all the way into the home. |
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Advanced metering brings many benefits. But the sector is in transition and turmoil, and most people – vendors and customers alike – do not seem to understand where things are headed. This could be a dangerous time to buy unless you are careful to specify a system that can grow into the future. Jesse Berst highlights important findings from new advanced metering research. |
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The electric power industry – utilities and vendors alike – may be missing a chance to perform demonstrations that are at once more effective and less expensive. Editor Jesse Berst explains why the old ways need to change and how newly launched GridWise demos provide a template for the future. |
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Converging events boosting Smart Grid... New England grid shortcomings could mean a blackout... Utilities still thwarting distributed generation... California grid expansion essential to meeting renewables goals. |
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The IntelliGrid Consortium plays a crucial role in the transition to a Smart Grid. After a pause for a corporate reorganization, the group is re-energized and moving forward with outreach campaigns and research programs. This month’s Spotlight article takes a look at the goals, roles, and challenges of this important initiative. |
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Global Environment Fund has an enviable 15-year track record of above-average returns. They’ve recently added the Smart Grid to their list of sectors to consider. We thought you’d want to know why this international leader thinks the time is right to invest in this emerging sector. Click to read the story from their CEO, Dr. H. Jeffrey Leonard. |
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The Center for Smart Energy has developed a schema to illustrate how Smart Grid sectors relate to each other and to the electric power industry as a whole. Click to review the "lucky 13" sectors identified by the Center for Smart Energy and to understand how their intersections lead to profit opportunities. |
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