The term “smart grid” means many things to many people. At the most basic level, the smart grid is defining smarter ways to deliver and use energy — but did you know that the smart grid is also defining new ways to generate and exchange energy information? Building information technology into the electricity grid will Continue reading →
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Results were recently published from a study performed by researchers at MIT, Carnegie Mellon University, and networking technology company Akamai that demonstrates how Internet companies can save sizably on their electric bills. According to the study results, published by MIT’s Technology Review, researchers found that proprietors of the biggest Web sites could save 40 percent Continue reading →
Robert M. “Bob” Metcalfe, developed ethernet technology as an engineer at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center and then founded 3Com to commercialize the technology. He is currently a venture capitalist with Polaris Ventures and chairman of Boston-based wireless sensor company Ember. He spoke with Forbes’ executive editor for technology, Elizabeth Corcoran, about why the Continue reading →
Despite reports earlier this year about spies penetrating the computers that help control America’s electrical grid, utility companies appear to be slow in clamping down on security, and that perception has led to a tongue-lashing from a House of Representatives committee. U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke (D, N.Y.) as accused the utilities of exploiting a loophole Continue reading →
All you have to do to get a peek at the future of machine-to-machine (M2M) technology is take one look at the U.S. Department of Energy’s manifesto for reforming the nation’s electric grid. Phrases like “integrated communications” and “killer apps” leap off the page as the department discusses the national initiative to make the electric Continue reading →
US maker of networking gear for the smart grid, Silver Spring Networks, is an early winner in the race to build Australia’s next-generation power infrastructure. It scored contracts with electricity distributors CitiPower, Powercor, Jemena and UED for their smart meter rollouts. Silver Spring provides the hardware, software and services to run smart grids, based on Continue reading →
A Cisco executive attracted some eye rolling after commenting that smart grid could be “even bigger than the Internet.” But the statement isn’t farfetched when you think about what smart grid encompasses: a convergence of three industry giants: information technology, telecommunications and the electric grid, the world’s biggest machine. A report this week by Greentech Continue reading →
The Department of Energy has decreed that Smart Grids must facilitate: Self-healing from power disturbance events ; Enabling active participation by consumers in demand response; Operating resiliently against physical and cyber attack; Providing power quality for 21st century needs; Accommodating all generation and storage options; Enabling new products, services, and markets; and, Optimizing assets and Continue reading →
Southwest Washington’s high-tech industry is wising up to the business opportunities in the smart grid — also called the Internet for the electrical power grid. Many of the region’s largest technology manufacturers, engineers and research laboratories, including Sharp and Underwriters Laboratories in Camas, already have invested in new products and services and are vying for Continue reading →
German utility Yello Strom announced that it has developed a prototype where smart meters “tweet” customers’ energy consumption information. The forward-thinking energy provider is already the first in Europe to offer access to Google’s PowerMeter service and has successfully integrated broadband Internet with energy management. Yello Strom, a subsidiary of the third largest German utility, Continue reading →
Tatung Company and Arkados will be demonstrating products that combine HomePlug powerline communications and WiMAX (News – Alert) technologies at Computex 2009 in Taiwan this week. The products will include fully connected solutions that bridge Smart Energy, Internet connectivity and connected consumer electronics. Tatung and Arkados have combined their capabilities to connect Smart Grid applications Continue reading →
