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Digi Upgrades Enhanced Smart Energy Gateway

Posted by Derek on February 01, 2012
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Digi International has introduced the ConnectPort X2e, an enhanced version of the company’s ZigBee smart energy gateway. The gateway connects ZigBee smart energy devices from a home area network (HAN) to an energy service provider via broadband. ConnectPort X2e offers additional memory and processing power for over-the-air updates of connected smart energy devices and provides Continue reading →

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States Need Nudging to Create Incentives For Utility Smart-Grid Investment, Experts Say

Posted by Derek on December 01, 2011
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The stark differences in how electric utilities and broadband providers are regulated at the state level could slow the development of smart grid technologies, several panelists at BroadbandCensus.org’s Broadband Breakfast Club said Nov. 15. via States Need Nudging to Create Incentives For Utility Smart-Grid Investment, Experts … | BNA.

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Will Consumer-Friendly Smart Meters Pave the Way to Smart Grid Adoption?

Posted by Derek on November 28, 2011
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When the Federal Communications Commission identified six concrete goals in the national broadband plan, the one specific application highlighted by the agency was energy consumption: “To ensure that America leads in the clean energy economy, every American should be able to use broadband to track and manage their real-time energy consumption.” via BroadbandBreakfast.com: Will Consumer-Friendly Continue reading →

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Significant Broadband over Powerline Standard Is Approved

Posted by Derek on October 26, 2010
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IEEE announced this week the ratification of the IEEE 1901 Broadband over Powerline standard, which allows for data rates of 500 Mbps in local area networks such as the home, where it could be one of the systems of choice for delivering information about energy usage back to energy providers and  to residents in real Continue reading →

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Utilities Turning to WiMAX for 4G Smart Grid Now

Posted by Derek on October 12, 2010
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Will the smart grid be the savior of the wireless standard WiMAX? When it comes to the next-generation of wireless broadband known as 4G, WiMAX has generally been taking a back seat to the more telco-friendly LTE (or long term evolution). But in an interview with Mark Madden, Vice President of Energy Markets for Americas Continue reading →

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New Mexico lands millions in broadband funds

Posted by Derek on August 18, 2010
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The New Mexico counties of Rio Arriba, Los Alamos, northern Santa Fe and five American Indian communities will receive $10.6 million in stimulus grants to improve high-speed Internet infrastructure, according to the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration. …The project also will promote energy efficiency by enabling smart grid applications for regional rural Continue reading →

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Wireless Smart Grid Technology Tested by Google and Spectrum Bridge

Posted by Derek on July 01, 2010
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America's first wireless Smart Grid network has been deployed in Plumas-Sierra county, California, using TV White Space spectrum as a means to deliver connectivity. Using Google’s PowerMeter technology, service provider Spectrum Bridge has joined forces with Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative and Telecommunications (PSREC) to test the new network’s capabilities in delivering real-time broadband connectivity and Continue reading →

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Smart head start

Posted by Derek on May 10, 2010
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Stratford wants to build a smarter community — don’t worry you won’t have to go back to school. Festival Hydro unveiled a new company called Rhyzome Networks Friday, the final day of the Ontario Small Urban Municipalities conference here. Rhyzome is a fibre-optics branch of Festival Hydro. It doesn’t create content on the Internet but Continue reading →

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VEC wins $11.2M federal grant

Posted by Derek on May 06, 2010
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U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., called the grant “a two-part victory for the Northeast Kingdom – improved electricity reliability and an enhanced broadband backbone that will expand the smart grid and broadband access.” Commenting on the grant, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., “During the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, there is no better Continue reading →

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Broadband on powerline standards to be bridged

Posted by Derek on April 16, 2010
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There are two sets of standards for powerline communications – one for household wiring, the other for powerline communications – and the advocates for each are finally going to try to cooperate, with the Smart Grid program as a catalyst and the IEEE as a mediator. The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) said it is facilitating Continue reading →

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Glendale Water and Power Selects Tropos GridCom for Smart Grid Initiative

Posted by Derek on April 15, 2010
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Glendale Water & Power (GWP) and Tropos Networks announced today that Tropos’ GridCom architecture has been selected as a core element of GWP’s Smart Grid Initiative. GridCom™ is based upon Tropos’ wireless broadband mesh network system and will be used as the utility’s private distribution area network to deliver high-speed communications between the utility, utility Continue reading →

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National Broadband Plan on Energy & Environment: Green, Lean and Mean

Posted by Derek on April 07, 2010
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After more recent and serious delving into the merits of The National Broadband Plan, with the usual effects of a clearer understanding; a more interesting and omnipresent realization begins to emerge. How can we not see, and surely embrace, the positive effects such a plan could have on an energy consuming U.S. thereby creating an Continue reading →

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CNSNews.com – FCC’s Broadband Plan Sets Groundwork for National Smart Grid To Transition To More Green Energy Use: Electric Cars, Solar Panels

Posted by Derek on March 31, 2010
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The National Broadband Plan, recently published by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), would lay the groundwork for the federal government to establish a nationwide “smart” electrical grid that would change how Americans use and pay for electricity, affecting such things as homes and transportation with battery-powered cars. via CNSNews.com – FCC’s Broadband Plan Sets Groundwork Continue reading →

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FCC Plan Highlights Bandwidth to Meet Energy Infrastructure Challenges: GE

Posted by Derek on March 26, 2010
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Commenting on the FCC’s (News – Alert) National Broadband Plan, GE officials said the company applauds the commission’s willingness to investigate all alternatives, including a dedicated communications spectrum for smart grid applications. In the National Broadband Plan, FCC has recognized the need for improving the communications infrastructure to modernize the electric grid. via FCC Plan Highlights Continue reading →

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Itron and Tropos Partner to Strengthen Smart Grid Communications – MarketWatch

Posted by Derek on March 26, 2010
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Itron Inc. (ITRI 73.24, +0.54, +0.75%) and Tropos Networks announced today an agreement to jointly develop products for the utility market including an integrated network solution. The joint solution will allow utilities to extend their smart grid foundation into a comprehensive, privately owned broadband network for utility applications. This aligns with the larger goal of Continue reading →

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StreetInsider.com – HomePlug Powerline Alliance Announces Milestones on 10th Anniversary as Powerline Technology Leader

Posted by Derek on March 24, 2010
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At the IPTV World Forum, the HomePlug Powerline Alliance, the driving force for global powerline network technology, today celebrated its 10th anniversary by announcing several key milestones. With HomePlug technology continuing to gain momentum for broadband, IPTV and triple-play services, the organization has added nine technology vendors and utility companies to its roster, and is Continue reading →

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What the FCC’s National Broadband Plan Recommends for Smart Grid, Energy

Posted by Derek on March 16, 2010
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For all you broadband junkies, it’s here: the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unveiled the first U.S. National Broadband Plan on Tuesday morning. And — what we’re particularly interested in — there’s an entire chapter on Energy and the Environment (Chapter 12, Page 245). The National Broadband Plan looks at how broadband can be used to Continue reading →

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More Speed, More Power – Government Technology

Posted by Derek on March 15, 2010
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The future is coming into focus. We’ll need smart grids for electricity and broadband for communications. We’ll need powerful networks that combine smart grid and broadband, giving citizens lower electric rates, quality TV and phone service via Internet protocol (IP) and the ability to upload and download data faster than ever before. via More Speed, Continue reading →

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Labor, environment groups push ‘green’ broadband | Reuters

Posted by Derek on March 13, 2010
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Labor and environmental groups joined with the U.S. government on Thursday to promote high speed Internet access and related technologies to create green jobs and help lift the United States out of recession. “In the same way that building the interstate freeway system brought the United States out of the post-World War Two recession … Continue reading →

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National Broadband Plan Crucial For ‘Smart’ Power Grids

Posted by Derek on March 08, 2010
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A federal plan to wire the entire United States with high-speed Internet access will be key to creating a nationwide “smart” power grid for reducing wasted electricity, according to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski recently provided a preview of the National Purposes Update, a document that identifies opportunities for broadband deployment Continue reading →

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