The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) accelerated approach for approving funding of smart grid projects led to inadequate review of cybersecurity plans, warned the DOE’s Inspector General (IG). In the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, DOE received $3.5 billion to fund smart grid projects, which the department awarded to 99 recipients. via Infosecurity – Continue reading →
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The Energy Department is preparing to change how it assesses congestion on the high-voltage power line network as it seeks to revitalize the stalled transmission policy process created in the 2005 Energy Policy Act, DOE senior adviser Lauren Azar says. This year, DOE will complete its third triennial analysis of congestion in the Eastern and Continue reading →
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded nearly $7 million in research and development funding that will help to reduce the current costs of electric-vehicle (EV) chargers by 50% over the next three years. With support from the DOE, manufacturers in California, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania will work to improve the development Continue reading →
The near-term commercial potential of electric transportation and alternative fuels has prompted the US Department of Energy (DoE) to announce it will direct more of its $3 billion in research money to better support items like electric vehicles and smart grid technologies. via Department of Energy Will Direct More Research Dollars to Sustainable Energy | Continue reading →
If there’s one thing the Department of Energy and the Obama administration can do to push clean energy, it’s make sure the necessary transmission lines get built. Miles of transmission lines needed to connect solar and wind farms in the desert can often take years to decades to get built and are one of the Continue reading →
Cybersecurity — the word inspires fear and has become an urgent topic of discussion in the energy world. The U.S. Department of Energy released a report this week that aims to help public and private sectors figure out ways to protect the electric grid against cybersecurity breaches. via 10 ways to deal with cybersecurity in a Continue reading →
Intergraph, a global leader of integrated operational support and infrastructure management solutions for the utility and communications industries, is providing its InService Outage Management Systems (OMS) and Mobile Workforce Management (MWFM) solutions to Westar Energy, Inc., the largest electric energy provider in Kansas, USA. This implementation was partially funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Continue reading →
The Department of Energy is soldiering on with a new $145 million round of SunShot Initiative funding for high efficiency, low cost solar energy technologies, despite the recent bankruptcy of one of its biggest past awardees, Solyndra. The money will go to sixty-nine projects in twenty-four states. The investment of $145 million is a drop Continue reading →
The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), the non-profit organization that oversees the wholesale market of electrical power in the state, is announcing plans for a $74 million smart grid project that is backed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). via New York Readying For New Smart Grid | EarthTechling.
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will be at the forefront of research, education, and technology for sustainable energy systems with a five-year, $18 million award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). via UT Leads Charge to Smart Grid with $18 Million Award | Tennessee Today.
The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) has launched a $74-million smart-grid initiative supported in part by a Smart Grid Investment Grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE). The initiative involves the installation of capacitor banks and phasor measurement units (PMUs) on the bulk transmission system throughout the state. via NY system operator launches Continue reading →
Borrego Springs, a progressive desert community located in San Diego County, is well known as a year-round center for astronomy research. In fact, the small town situated on the edge of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park was designated as California’s first International Dark-Sky Community to keep the star gazing sky as clear as possible. When Continue reading →
Tendril, the provider of the cloud platform for the Energy Internet, today announced that NorthWestern Energy NWE -0.25% , one of the largest providers of electricity and natural gas in the Upper Midwest and Northwest, has selected Tendril for its Smart Grid Demonstration Grant Project. Tendril Energize(TM) and Tendril Connect(TM) will be deployed to deliver Continue reading →
The Missouri city of Fulton is enlisting the help of Tantalus to provide the communications backbone for its smart grid. The city’s smart-grid deployment is funded by a US Department of Energy grant with strict performance requirements. City officials say their selected Tantalus based on a number of criteria, including its ability to manage real-time Continue reading →
The project is a collaborative effort between NEDO, the New Mexico state government, Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities, and a national research center which is run under the umbrella of the US Department of Energy. The project aims for the wider implementation of renewable energy and the promotion of energy conservation through the demonstration Continue reading →
As required by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, the staffs of FERC and DOE have released their proposal for implementing the National Action Plan for Demand Response. The overarching objective is to achieve the nation’s demand response potential. The proposal identifies actions that can be taken by federal, state, and private sector Continue reading →
US home appliance makers are urging federal officials to take action to recognize the benefits of smart appliances and speed up development of the smart electricity grid. The announcement from the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) followed the release of an action plan from the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Federal Energy Continue reading →
More than 356,000 homes and businesses across northern, central, and southern are scheduled to get smart meters as part of four projects involving Cleco Power, Entergy New Orleans and the municipal utilities for Ruston and Lafayette. The deployments are funded in part through a United States Department of Energy grant. Meter installations are expected to Continue reading →
The federal government has a goal of putting 1 million electric vehicles on U.S. roads by 2015, and the U.S. Department of Energy forecasts that by 2020, we will have an astonishing 100 million hybrid or electric cars on the country’s roads. The city of Naperville is doing its part to support these goals by Continue reading →
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), working with the U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE) to cooperate with Russia on energy efficiency and smart grids, is supporting efforts to share experience and best practices among U.S. and Russian municipalities and utilities. This month, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed in San Diego and Belgorod, Continue reading →
