China, the world’s biggest producer of solar panels, cut subsidies for demonstration sun-power projects approved in 2011 and this year after the cost of components declined. The government reduced the subsidy for projects approved last year by 11 percent to 8 yuan ($1.3) a watt, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement yesterday. It 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 →
Wi-Fi appears ready to edge further into the home automation market, as the Wi-Fi Alliance this week hosted a public demonstration of interoperability between Wi-Fi devices and ZigBee-enabled smart energy meters. The demonstration, which took place at the DistribuTECH 2012 event in San Antonio, is the latest step in promoting Smart Energy Profile (SEP) 2.0. Continue reading →
In a recent demonstration at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show, Nissan showed how the LEAF electric car could power an entire home by being connected to a power control system that’s hooked up to the home’s electrical system. via Nissan’s LEAF-to-Home System Could Power a House for Two Days | PluginCars.com.
IBM, once known for main frame computers, now wants to be known for building smarter cities. That will start with a smarter power grid. Software that lets a utility in Washington cut power consumption by up to 50% will soon get a big test. This demonstration is part of a project that will attempt to Continue reading →
Tendril, the provider of the cloud platform for the Energy Internet, will achieve an industry milestone at Plug-In at Grid-Interop this week when its extensible platform is used in conjunction with multiple Smart Grid interoperability standards. The company’s platform, both in the cloud and at the network edge, is the first to work with Smart Continue reading →
Tendril, the provider of the cloud platform for the Energy Internet, will achieve an industry milestone at Plug-In at Grid-Interop this week when its extensible platform is used in conjunction with multiple Smart Grid interoperability standards. The company’s platform, both in the cloud and at the network edge, is the first to work with Smart Continue reading →
Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority has selected OTEC International LLC (OTI) to build a 1-megawatt demonstration plant that will use ocean thermal energy conversion technology first tested in Hawaii in the 1970s. via Kona, Hawaii, Project to Test Thermal Energy Conversion | Smart Energy Portal.
SINTEF Energy Research announced a demonstration project, the EcoGrid EU, a €21 million EU project that is being coordinated in Trondheim by SINTEF. Sixteen partners from ten countries are members of the project. The project will raise the ceiling for how far an electricity grid can utilize unpredictable sources such as wind and sun. via Continue reading →
A smart grid demonstration project in Hawaii is about to begin – its goal is to establish a model for integrating clean energy into the grid along with other cutting-edge technologies. The system being tested mitigates the impact of variable renewable energy generation and uses renewable energy efficiently. Another objective is to standardize how a low-carbon infrastructure can be deployed to other islands and semitropical regions all Continue reading →
Japan’s Hitachi, Cyber Defence Institute and Mizuho Corporate Bank have been selected to work with Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO), the Hawaiian state government, the University of Hawaii and U.S. national laboratories on a smart grid demonstration project on the island of Maui. It’s the second such project announced by a similar cast of players in Continue reading →
A Smart Grid solution developed by Tropos Networks (News – Alert) and Itron, Inc., has been selected by Avista Corp. as part of the $38 million Smart Grid Demonstration Project in the city of Pullman, Washington, and the nearby community of Albion, according to an announcement. via Avista Selects Joint Solution from Tropos and Itron.
With DOE grant money in hand, the Pecan Street Project, based in Austin, TX, is aiming to spur the evolution of grid-connected home energy management with a project it calls the Energy Internet Demonstration. Housed at the University of Texas, the project team is allocating half a million dollars to run up to five home Continue reading →
Itron has signed a three-year year commitment to be the Technology Sponsor for the Frontier Project, a water and energy conservation demonstration initiative in Rancho Cucamonga, California. Itron provides end-to-end smart grid and smart distribution solutions to electric, gas, and water utilities around the globe. via Itron Backs Frontier Project | SmartMeters.com™ Smart Meter News.
Building a more efficient way to move electricity takes careful planning and strategy. Every moment the entire grid must be changed to balance energy supply with the demand for electricity. NorthWestern Energy has joined with regional partners to develop a smart grid demonstration project using matching stimulus monies from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Continue reading →
Construction crews on the Pullman-Moscow Highway near the Avista service center are expanding a storage area that will be used to house equipment needed for the Avista smart grid energy project. The grid is part of the Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration project, in which Ohio-based research company Battelle will manage efforts in Washington, Idaho, Continue reading →
Control4 is a participating company in Southern California Edison’s Smart Energy Experience, one of the first exhibits in the country to provide a live demonstration of how smart appliances and devices work with a smart meter. The home area network at the Smart Energy Experience is based on the Control4 platform, the Control4 Energy Management Continue reading →
The check has arrived to pay for the main work phase on the largest and most comprehensive project in the nation to demonstrate how the electric grid can be used more efficiently and be made more reliable. “The work being done here makes Washington state a leader in smart grid technology,” said Sen. Maria Cantwell, Continue reading →
The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has selected participants for the Japan-U.S. Smart Grid Collaborative Demonstration Project, which will soon be initiated in New Mexico. The central purpose of this collaborative project – comprising NEDO, the State of New Mexico government, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and Sandia National Laboratory (SNL) – Continue reading →
Newcastle will be the site of Australia’s first commercial-scale smart grid, in a project that will help Australians to save energy, connect renewable energy to the grid and to tackle climate change. To commence in mid 2010, the $100 million Smart Grid Smart City demonstration project in Newcastle is expected to lead to Australia-wide advances Continue reading →
