Smart grid enthusiasts will converge upon downtown Portland this week for a conference that’ll detail energy delivery and market specifics. The First International Conference and Workshop on Transactive Energy takes place Thursday and Friday at Portland’s World Trade Center. The GridWise Architecture Council is holding the event, which features such sponsors as Portland General Electric Continue reading →
The IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm), the leading international forum dedicated to the advance of the world’s power delivery infrastructure, has extended the “Call for Papers” deadline to May 19, 2013 for its 4th annual event to be held October 21-24, 2013 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. All interested academics, industry professionals Continue reading →
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland’s (SEAI) Energy Show 2013, themed ‘Open up to Smart Energy Solutions’, is to focus on the range of opportunities for businesses in energy efficient and renewable energy solutions. Taking place at the RDS in Dublin on Wednesday, 10 and Thursday, 11 April, the annual two-day business event will feature Continue reading →
The Networked Grid 2013, Greentech Media’s annual smart grid showcase and networking event, gets underway two weeks from today. Here’s to hoping the sun is shining, the wind is blowing, and the grid is humming at optimal efficiency — or, barring that, here’s to a lively set of discussions on how to handle these grid Continue reading →
When the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) made the decision to limit spillover at its dams and force wind energy providers to curtail generation during an oversupply event in spring 2011, it may have unwittingly opened a different type of floodgate. A petition filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) by a coalition of five Continue reading →
A single provision of the 2011 Illinois Smart Grid law is poised to put Illinois on the map in the emerging energy-tech startup space. Energy Foundry, an early-stage impact venture fund, created by statute, announced its formation today at a kick-off event in Chicago before a mix of state and local policymakers, energy industry executives, Continue reading →
“Well, that’s embarrassing,” my Dad said as the cameras panned across the darkened Superdome. To fill the half-hour gap in Super Bowl XLVII, the TV commentators made idle chitchat, Dad watched YouTube videos on his smartphone and I added a few more rows to the latest baby blanket to hang from my knitting needles. Meanwhile, Continue reading →
A lot of companies pumped a lot of announcements out during DistribuTECH 2013, the industry gathering held in San Diego the last week of January. We’ve gathered SGN’s coverage of the event in one location for you; just scroll down for featured stories and round-ups. via Smart Grid: DistribuTECH 2013 – Smart Grid News – Continue reading →
Esri’s utility industry experts are prepping for the DistribuTECH Conference and Exhibition, an event centered on crucial transmission and distribution issues such as smart grid, energy efficiency, demand response, and renewable energy integration. DistribuTECH will be held January 29–31, 2013, in San Diego, California. Bill Meehan, Esri’s director of utility solutions, will present “What’s Next Continue reading →
The market for smart appliances is filled with questions, according to a webinar devoted to the subject hosted by the Utilities Telecom Council (UTC) just prior to the holi-daze. Rather than give a blow-by-blow account of the webinar, I’ll just cite a few of the uncertainties in the market mentioned during the event. via Smart Continue reading →
Fujitsu Laboratories of America, Inc. (FLA) and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., today announced that Fujitsu is the first Japanese company to demonstrate a system compliant with the OpenADR2.0a specification(1). The demonstration is part of the interoperability plug-in event at Grid-Interop 2012, the largest Smart Grid interoperability event in the United States, held in Irving, Texas between Continue reading →
Highlighting the utility industry’s growing use of Internet-based data management tools to develop modern grid networks, GE (NYSE: GE) Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt today cited GE’s Grid IQ™ “Solutions as a Service” (SaaS) offering as one of nine industrial service technologies that are creating more modern, interconnected businessesin a 21st century economy, during an Continue reading →
Rockwood Electric Utility (REU) presented to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) the results of load control testing of its smart energy program with Consert Inc., an intelligent energy management company that provides the most advanced high-value load management suite available in the marketplace. REU was one of several distributors selected by TVA to participate in Continue reading →
A project designed to make the region’s and nation’s electric grid more reliable and efficient will be showcased during an event at the University of Washington where students will be able to view how they are using energy in real time. The project is one of 11 projects across five Northwest states that comprise the Continue reading →
The Savannah International Clean Energy Conference, November 11-13, 2012, is fast becoming the must attend event of the year. Make sure you are part of this conference and join industry leaders and key players within the clean technology space. www.savannahcleanenergy.com The Savannah International Clean Energy Conference will be a global gathering of the who’s who Continue reading →
As we’ve been discussing for several weeks, performance-based regulation may be on the upswing even though smart grid regulatory clouds remain. Most recently, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley says he wants regulators in his state to allow utilities to institute a surcharge for significant grid maintenance… but only in return for stricter reliability standards. In a Continue reading →
A world where the energy you take is equal to the energy you make is the goal of progressive smart grid technologies being developed in Fort Collins. The world is watching as smart grid technology innovators from around the globe converged in Fort Collins this week for the second annual Smart Grid Live. The three-day Continue reading →
A world where the energy you take is equal to the energy you make is the goal of progressive smart grid technologies being developed in Fort Collins. The world is watching as smart grid technology innovators from around the globe converged in Fort Collins this week for the second annual Smart Grid Live. The three-day Continue reading →
This September in London, SMi will host their 2nd annual Telecoms for Smart Grids Conference on the 24th and 25th of September. The event will address Utility requirements, Government and regulatory guidelines, and Smart Grid and metering communication pilots. via Less than one week to go until SMi’s 2nd Annual Telecoms for Smart Grids 2012.
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