Electric vehicle sales will increase when people realize they can charge their cars beyond their home, said Michael Farkas, co-founder and CEO of The Car Charging Group. “People are not educated enough to realize that EVs [electric vehicles] are truly replacements of internal combustion engines,” Farkas said in an exclusive interview with Newsmax TV. via Continue reading →
The government’s vision to have every home in the UK equipped with smart energy meters is getting closer. Next year comes the mass rollout stage but in the meantime, three remaining bidders are battling it out for the right to provide the smart meters: SmartReach, Telefonica and Cable & Wireless. But IT industry insiders are Continue reading →
The ZigBee Alliance named Tobin Richardson as its new chairman and chief executive, replacing Bob Heile, who was named chairman emeritus and chief technologist of the group. With the passing of the torch, the group is poised for expansion in areas such as smart meters and China, said Heile in an interview with EE Times. Continue reading →
Remember back in October when we reported on Austin’s Pecan Street smart grid project? (You can watch the video interview from SxSW Eco here, if not). Well, it looks like the organization recently gained an interesting and important partner that could help bring a new generation of home energy management tools to market. LG Electronics Continue reading →
LISTED distribution utility Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) will start the technical test of its planned prepaid electricity service next month, to be followed by a consumer test and a commercial roll out next year, the company said in a statement yesterday. “Meralco is set to do the technical pilot of its prepaid electricity service (PRES), Continue reading →
A few years ago, a report on the electric grid by the U.S. Department of Defense chided the power industry for not taking cybersecurity seriously: “Ninety to ninety-five percent of the people working on the smart grid are not concerned about security and only see it as a last box they have to check.” Since Continue reading →
This is the second part of my interview series with Benjamin King, Environmental Innovations & Standardization Manager at BSH Home Appliances Corporation. If you are interested in the difference between the meaning of »smart« and »connected« for appliances in the Internet of Things and Services (IoT) and some deeper insights in US electricity tariffs, please Continue reading →
In this interview, Manimaran Govindarasu discusses the importance of cybersecurity in today’s utility business environment. He also discusses policy and technical innovations needed in the industry to help utilities best protect the security of their Smart Grids. via Interview with Manimaran Govindarasu – IEEE Smart Grid.
I’m happy to note that I just scheduled an interview for my next book with a gentleman I’ve been in touch with for some time: Stuart L. Smits, CEO of Citizen Green Energy. Among other things, Stuart follows utility regulation very closely, and will be a terrific source of information on one of the most Continue reading →
Eletropaulo Metropolitana Electricidade de Sao Paulo SA, the Brazilian utility unit of AES Corp. (AES), is planning to install smart meters that will monitor electricity usage for as many as 80,000 customers to improve the reliability of its power grid and curb theft. The three-year program may include other systems that will help the Sao Continue reading →
IEEE intends to spearhead 10 community-based smart grid planning efforts around the world beginning this year, Wanda Reder, chair of the IEEE Smart Grid Task Force, told SmarGrid Today in an exclusive interview. IEEE is seeking utility partners in each of its 10 global regions to co-sponsor the event and implement the smart grid pilots Continue reading →
Honeywell, one of the world’s largest thermostat makers, tells me that twenty years ago it tested out thermostats that can learn the home owner’s behavior and adapt the heating and cooling accordingly, but ultimately decided that consumers didn’t take to them, and would rather control their thermostat themselves. I asked Honeywell’s President of its Environmental Continue reading →
Now that smart meter software company eMeter found an exit with Siemens, perhaps it’s time for a bit of discussion about how to get a deal like that done. One of the key ways that eMeter has developed over the past 20 months since its current CEO Gary Bloom came on board has been to Continue reading →
This is the first of a three-part Q & A with Katherine Hamilton, president of the Washington, D.C.-based GridWise Alliance. Here Ms. Hamilton talks about the Alliance’s mission and the inaugural GridWise Global Forum. ROBERT GLUCK: What is your background and how did you come to be the president of GridWise Alliance? via Q & Continue reading →
What will it take to usher in the age of the smart grid? Is it technology? Policy? Standards? Economics? According to Cisco senior vice president Laura Ipsen, it takes a combination of all three, all at once, to help roll out a digitized infrastructure that can help track and save energy across the entire electrical Continue reading →
When you think about communications utilities, does Alcatel-Lucent (News – Alert) come to mind? Today, the answer should be “yes,” given that the telecom equipment maker is a leader in the emerging U.S. smart grid initiative. At March’s CTIA show in Las Vegas, TMC (News – Alert) CEO Rich Tehrani sat down withMark Madden, Regional VP, Enterprise Continue reading →
From Greenmonk.net – This is the fourth of my Smart Grid Heavy Hitters’ interviews, and in it I talked to the President and COO of Landis+Gyr, Andreas Umbach. Landis+Gyr have been in the meter business for decades now so I was very interested to hear what Andreas had to say. It was a great chat, Continue reading →
From The Energy Collective – I decided to run a series of interviews with people deeply involved in the Smart Grid space. I’m calling it the Smart Grid Heavy Hitters series. I will publish a new interview every Thursday until I run out of interviewees (or out of energy – poor pun intended, sorry!).
The year 2010 is sure to offer innovation in products, but it is still unclear as to what will really make an impact in the market. To get an idea of what to expect, TMCnet’s Rich Tehrani (News – Alert) spoke with Didier Boivin, vice president, marketing, Watteco, in an interview provided in full below. via Continue reading →
Carl Weinschenk spoke with Zpryme Research & Consulting Managing Director Mark Ishac. Last month, Zpryme released a snapshot report describing smart grid opportunities for hardware and software companies. Weinschenk: Please characterize the relationship between smart grid, IT and telecom. via For IT and Telecom, Smart Grid Offers Big Challenges and Big Potential | Interviews | Continue reading →
