Big box retailer Lowe’s has jumped into the smart energy home biz, an overcrowded market that has already seen failed efforts by Microsoft, Google and Cisco. But Lowe’s entry into home energy management, which follows Best Buy’s move into the sector last November, might prove more meaningful and ultimately more successful than the Internet and networking Continue reading →
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Japan’s Toshiba Corp said on Monday it plans to enter the smart home energy market in the United States at the end of this year and generate 10 billion yen ($129.68 million) in revenue by the fiscal year ending March, 2016. via Toshiba to enter U.S. smart home energy market | Technology | Reuters.
There’s a huge opportunity before us: a global clean-energy market that’s already worth an estimated $240 billion a year and growing rapidly. In fact, a very reasonable estimate, perhaps even conservative, is that solar photovoltaic systems alone represent a global market today of more than $80 billion a year. Eighty billion dollars is a lot Continue reading →
In his speech to the Washington Post Live Smart Energy Conference today, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu highlighted the choice America faces on whether or not to take advantage of the huge economic opportunity and compete with countries like China in the clean energy race. Excerpts and full text of remarks are below: “Once again, Continue reading →
According to government sources, the United States plans to announce the formation of the International Smart Grid Action Network, or ISGAN, to expand the U.S. energy market through smart grid standardization and take the lead in the new energy business. The Obama administration is expected to make the announcement at the first ministerial meeting on Continue reading →
