The key phrase is “smart grid” at Green:Net 2010, a conference about IT, the Internet and climate change today in San Francisco. With the future of grid-connected vehicles looming right around the corner, automakers are in attendance to discuss the impact of adding vehicles to the increasingly complex web of energy and information. Ed Pleet, Continue reading →
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JUST as mobile phones allowed the long-standing business models of the telecommunications industry to be broken, so it seems that the emergence of electric car networks and smart grids will turn the multi-trillion-dollar car and energy industries on their head. No longer will these industries be dominated by the old carmakers, petroleum groups and centralised Continue reading →
A SECRET EnergyAustralia plan, backed by the NSW government, would transform large sections of the state’s power grid so electric cars could plug into home power points and households could monitor the greenhouse gas output of individual appliances. The proposal is part of a bid lodged with the federal government’s $100 million “smart grid, smart Continue reading →
Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) is launching a 3-year pilot project aimed at helping households and businesses save more on electricity bills. The initiative comes on the back of higher consumption patterns and more diversified energy sources. Due to the current design of Singapore’s electricity grid, users do not know how much electricity is used Continue reading →
