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 →
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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 →
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 →
We’re seeking residential customers to volunteer for the three-year Smart Grid Demonstration, which will bring advanced electric meters, communications and more detailed energy information to 1,000 households within Shelby County in 2010. You can live anywhere in Shelby County to participate, provided your area has adequate cellular coverage. If you rent your home, you must Continue reading →
The Department of Energy (DOE) selected a Pacific Northwest team including information services company 3TIER to conduct a regional smart-grid demonstration. The project will test new smart grid technologies including devices, software, and advanced analytical and forecasting tools that enhance the power grid’s reliability and performance. The Northwest study will involve more than 60,000 metered Continue reading →
In late 2009, the Memphis City Council approved $1million from the MLGW budget to create a three-year demonstration of 1,000 smart meters among volunteer customers within the MLGW service area. MLGW is seeking 1,000 residential customers to demonstrate how greater energy information can help lower utility costs. via Bird on a Wire: Smart Grid is Continue reading →
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has selected a Pacific Northwest team including Netezza to conduct a regional smart grid demonstration project designed to expand upon existing electric infrastructure and test new smart grid technology with up to 60,000 customers in five states. The Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project was the largest of Continue reading →
To highlight the strength of its smart energy solution lineup, NEC Electronics America, Inc. today announced that its innovative Smart Home demonstration will be featured in Corporate Systems Engineering’s (CSE) booth #203 at DistribuTECH, March 23-25, in Tampa, Florida. This demonstration, among others, showcases that NEC Electronics America’s smart energy technologies can be combined with Continue reading →
To highlight the strength of its smart energy solution lineup, NEC (News – Alert) Electronics America, Inc. today announced that its innovative Smart Home demonstration will be featured in Corporate Systems Engineering’s (CSE) booth #203 at DistribuTECH, March 23-25, in Tampa, Florida. This demonstration, among others, showcases that NEC Electronics America’s smart energy technologies can be Continue reading →
The Japanese government expects to invest $30 million over four years in smart grid research and demonstration projects in New Mexico. Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization signed five agreements on Friday in Los Alamos with state officials and representatives from the two national laboratories, Los Alamos County, the Public Service Co. of Continue reading →
Instrumental in helping secure the funding, U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen had a first-hand look Friday at how the N.H. Electric Cooperative will integrate “smart grid” technology to improve the way it does business, giving its members a better understanding of, and control over, the energy they use. via Sen. Shaheen visits N.H. Electric Cooperative’s ‘smart Continue reading →
GridPoint, Inc., an established leader in smart energy solutions, today announced that Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), a subsidiary of Constellation Energy (NYSE:CEG), has launched a multiyear plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) demonstration project using GridPoint’s smart charging software. With electric vehicles becoming commercially available later this year, BGE is eager to explore real-world Continue reading →
National Grid has proposed a comprehensive smart grid demonstration programme in the Syracuse area of New York State in the US. via Smart Grid Trial Proposed for New York – Renewable Energy World.
National Grid has proposed a new “smart grid” project to test new technologies that would allow people to more smartly manage their electricity usage. The project will be located in Syracuse and impact 39,000 customers there. via National Grid proposes new smart grid project only in Syracuse – The Buzz: Business news – Capital Region Continue reading →
