Forget smart meters. Think Bayesian analysis and social networking for saving power.
For the past five years, pundits, investors, companies and others have gone out of their way to explain why the energy business isn’t like Web 2.0.
Energy companies require a tremendous amount of capital, nearly all of the products have to go through rigorous testing cycles, free distribution models often are not realistic options and the customers are typically installers, middlemen and utilities, not consumers who pass it along through word-of-mouth.
via TechCauldron: How Microsoft Will Make Energy Like the Internet.
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