Research from Pacific Crest Securities reveals that demand response has jumped past reliability and deferred construction as the top motivator for Smart Grid deployments. Click to read more and to learn how to get free access to future research.
Face it folks – we’re not going to get the Smart Grid we want (and at the price we can afford) without strong interoperability standards. We need more standards, we need better standards and we need them in a hurry. Here is the first in a series of articles from EPRI expert Joe Hughes on how we get there and how you and your company can benefit.
Texas grid saved by demand response... Florida outage was predictable... California proposes Smart Grid... Pennsylvania should choose advanced meters over rate caps... Hawaii has opportunity to implement Smart Grid... NERC -- grid improvements without building new transmission lines.
Bob Galvin asks why consumers do not get the same level of service that they get from other businesses...Energy Insights published study analyzing different strategies utilities are using to tackle critical intelligent grid needs...Freedonia Group study forecasting that U.S. demand for circuit breakers and fuses will grow 3.7% per year through 2011 to $3.6B.
Hybrids continue to get a lot of attention. Utilities continue to seek technological upgrades and workforce efficiencies. There are serious arguments for decentralized generation for the Smart Grid.
Smart Grid…Progress for demand response and metering… Digital signal processing is key to Smart Grid…EUCI conference to emphasize Smart Grid strategies… Grid Interop...
Future of Grid is DC?... Energy Islands for storage... ISO NE survey reveals need for DR and grid... DR gets good grade for the summer of 2006... PHEVs can help the environment
PHEVs may curb GHG someday... UC Irvine to evaluate Toyota PHEV... PGE compels utilities to reconsider smart meter decisions... Start now to get a Smart Grid tomorrow... NERC reliability standards explained Efficiency improvements through CHP PGE plan for renewable and DR integration AMR expected from many municipal planners... DOE funding for predictive software... UK to save billions with smart meters.
Online tool for metering decisions... Outage management biggest AMI benefit... Europe leapfrogging U.S. in metering... Business leaders endorse Smart Grid... Utilities increasing their IT investment... Steps to become a next-generation utility... The potential of wireless sensors... DE for peaking power... Grid interoperability forum... Europe's Smart Grid goals... Are CIOs the Smart Grid pathfinders?... SCADA security: 14 points of vulnerability.
DR and AMI could yield billions... A smart approach to MDM... A business case for AMI… Two alternatives for data transfer… Storage: the key to solar in a Smart Grid… AMI success driven by DR… Power over power: the grid’s future… Industry-wide coordination for a Smart Grid… MDM heating up… Corporate consolidation because of Smart Grid complexity.
Important interoperability checklist... Wind helps makes the case for new transmission Links… Rising interest in microgrids… Culture and border hurdles for Euro Grid… Energy research grant opportunity.
Demand response could reduce energy prices by $57-182M in the mid-Atlantic area alone, says Brattle Group… PJM says peak electricity use to grow by 16.7% in the next 10 years… EEI commissions smart metering guide from Plexus Research… Ultra-high voltage DC testing facility.
Fitch report says U.S. transmission system is showing its age... ISO New England assessment says region needs $3.5B in new transmission... Black Veatch surveys finds utilities worried about reliability, grid, and workforce... NYSTAR funds distributed generation test-bed... Galvin Electricity Initiative predicts bleak future without grid transformation... New international grid research collaborative forms.
NERC forecast warns of big gap between demand and supply, suggests demand response as one solution... Report documents ROI for San Diego Smart Grid... Meter data management is the need of the hour... Metering and outage management integration success.
The fragile future of US grids... AEP and National Grid warn of urgent transmission needs Policy centers call for renewables research and grid upgrades... RF mesh best for advanced metering?... New market reports on advanced metering and on BPL.
U.S. needs WAMS says government... World market for EMS, SCADA and DMS hits $1.4B... Smart metering spending set to grow... NERC moves to enforcement... Europe's future energy shortage... DR research proves value.
New DOE report warns of transmission problems... Investments in transmission network rising... Colorado's new grid-simulation lab... The future of microgrid technology... Cyber security receives due attention... DE gains flavor... Lack of standardization affecting DR and AMI adoption... Increased spending on automation and IT.
Transmission congestion threatens national grid... European Smart Grid roadmap... New technologies driving transmission market... Smart meters and the Energy Policy Act... National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency... Direct to DC distribution... India’s booming energy sector.
Study confirms potential to slow energy demand growth in Canada... Alternative and distributed energy market ripens... Digital relay sales growth... Challenges and opportunities for renewables... The future of China’s power sector.
A brand-new facility could become an important training and research asset for utilities and transmission operators all over the country. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's new Electricity Infrastructure Operations Center was designed to research ways to "move grid operations from minutes to seconds."
Iowa State University developing sensors to monitor transmission nationally... Distributed generation to grow in Europe... U.S. grid-tied PV installations to reach 290MW... Microgrids best form of energy surety?... GE assessing renewables in California... Wind and DG interconnection research... DE for reactive power... IEA and EIA predict energy future... New transmission reliability research center.
We're getting mixed signals about the vitality of the smart grid market. On the one hand, the recent DistribuTECH conference was one of the most successful ever. On the other, a well-known Wall Street analyst recently told his clients that the smart metering sector is "facing several headwinds," including weak regulatory support in the U.S. and delays in European adoption. Taking the pulse of the smart grid industry is this week's Tuesday Topic.
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