The Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative gained nine new members since its launch just three months ago. These new members embody one of SGCC’s key principles — to create a neutral and objective forum where all stakeholders can work together toward a modernized electric power system that is consumer safe and consumer friendly. via Smart Grid Continue reading →
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Smart Grid is coming to Naperville, but not everyone is happy. “This has been a very long-term plan and it’s always been coming,” said Nadja Lalvani, community relations manager for the city. If you’re at all apprehensive about the upgrade to the city’s electric utility, the cost, or possible privacy issues, city staff would like Continue reading →
Atlanta has launched tourist centers to commemorate fish, soda pop, civil rights, patriotism, a President and the Civil War. But electrons? People behind the $15 million GE Smart Grid Technology Center of Excellence in Cobb County believe the so-called customer experience showcase to open on the ground floor of the center in October will be Continue reading →
The energy world is about to turn upside down. With the coming of smart grid, the electricity consumer becomes the electricity seller; the passive home appliance becomes the active energy manager; the grid repairman becomes the grid itself. Such an upheaval means that the energy world needs to start thinking about a new business model, Continue reading →
“Smart Grid” may be a common enough term to folks in cleantech, but most people don’t know anything about it beyond notice that their utility is replacing their old dusty meters with digital smart meters. The lack of market education has led to backlashes and dead ends. But now a group of companies and organizations Continue reading →
With many companies looking to play a role in implementing smart grid technology, Brooklyn, New York’s EnergyHub and Con Edison announced a deal today that would employ EnergyHub’s software and consumer energy solutions in New York City. Starting with 100 homes in Long Island City, Queens, EnergyHub will deploy its touchscreen dashboard, sockets, and strips Continue reading →
Tatung Company and Arkados will be demonstrating products that combine HomePlug powerline communications and WiMAX (News – Alert) technologies at Computex 2009 in Taiwan this week. The products will include fully connected solutions that bridge Smart Energy, Internet connectivity and connected consumer electronics. Tatung and Arkados have combined their capabilities to connect Smart Grid applications Continue reading →
