On Thursday, General Motors announced an alert system under development that would instruct the Chevy Volt to charge only when a relatively high percentage of renewable energy was available. Being plugged in at those times would further minimize the carbon footprint of the plug-in hybrid. Google plans to test the technology, facilitated by the subscription-based Continue reading →
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BMW and Boulder, CO-based energy management company Tendril will build a demonstration home designed to power BMW’s ActiveE electric vehicle while minimizing the home and the car’s carbon footprint, the New York Times reported. The home, which will be built at BMW’s San Francisco Bay Area technology office by this March, will have “smart” thermostats, Continue reading →
BT, formerly British Telecom, reports that a new smart energy management and control system being implemented across thousands of company offices, telephone exchanges, and data centers will reduce its energy bills by an expected £13 million a year and reduce its carbon footprint by five percent, or 60,000 tonnes per year. via Smart Energy Systems Continue reading →
Smart meters and other advanced technologies are helping one of Britain’s top 10 energy-users to make a significant dent in its power consumption and bills. Communications service giant BT says it’s set to shave £13 million a year off its energy bills, as well as cut its carbon footprint by 5 percent, thanks to a combination Continue reading →
Here’s the real reason that I think Google entered into a contract earlier this month to buy clean power from a wind farm in Iowa: data centers. Since the beginning of this year Google has maintained that its plans for Google Energy — a subsidiary that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved in February Continue reading →
We’ve heard a whole lot of talk recently about the coming smart grid, that intelligent re-thinking of our current electricity grid that will help us all to cut the carbon footprint associated with our day-to-day lives. According to ABI Research, all that talk represents real money, as their recent study forecasts that investment in the worldwide smart grid will approach Continue reading →
Don't be afraid of new technologies was the message Federal Energy Regulation Commission Commissioner Marc Spitzer delivered to a crowd of energy industry leaders at an April 27 conference in the Capital District. Spitzer was the keynote speaker at a conference hosted by the New York Independent System Operator, and he spoke about the importance Continue reading →
Just like a few other nations on the fast track of development, China has also been under the scanner of world’s environment watchdog. GE is helping in this Chinese city’s evolution into a world destination for energy efficiency, reliability and sustainability. GE has been a key player in the implementation of the project of Yangzhou’s Continue reading →
Firms using smart meters should save money on their business energy costs, according to Siemens Metering Services. From the beginning of this month, firms have had to monitor their business energy usage as part of the government’s Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) scheme, which is aimed at reducing the business energy use and carbon footprint of Continue reading →
Is your company’s electrical energy usage important to you? Whether still feeling the results of the recession or looking forward to competing as the global marketplace moves ahead, businesses are looking for ways to cut costs and increase revenues. Trends in energy show utility companies raising rates and introducing more tiered rate structures that penalize Continue reading →
Whenever we hear the word “nuclear,” we think of a tremendous mushroom cloud in a gloomy sky, followed by images of a desolate, uninhabitable, and barren land. For many of us, “nuclear” translates directly into “nuclear weapons.” We should not, however write off “nuclear” so easily, as the same technology used in such devastating weapons Continue reading →
Agentis Energy, a new Smart Grid technology company, has created a way for business and institutional users of electricity to take part immediately in the clean technology revolution – and save money in the process. The company’s Acuity Solution’ provides customers with real-time management of energy use, reducing costs and shrinking carbon footprints. via Chicago Continue reading →
The Smart Grid—the next-generation energy distribution network now being rolled out—offers something for everyone: Greater transparency and lower costs for consumers. New opportunities for technology providers, appliance and consumer electronics makers, and power utilities. A smaller carbon footprint for the planet. But there’s a catch: none of it will happen unless consumers actually embrace and Continue reading →
A new research institute focusing on the development of sustainable energy was launched Thursday in the U.S. state of Texas. The Texas Institute for Sustainable Technology Research would focus on sustainable technology such as advanced electricity meters, founder Jonathan Shapiro told a press conference in Dallas, Texas. via New Texas institute to focus on sustainable Continue reading →
Xcel Energy and GridPoint, Inc., announced that 1.4 million residential Colorado utility customers now have access to the My Account site on www.xcelenergy.com using GridPoint’s recently released home energy management solution. The new portal allows customers to design and personalize both their electric and natural gas energy usage strategies based on their historical energy use. Continue reading →
