What if electricity cost more when the sun was shining? Many utilities are using new electronic “smart meters” to adjust the price of electricity as often as every 15 minutes, to reflect supply and demand. And charging more when electricity is in short supply can be good news, making investments in distributed solar power pay Continue reading →
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What if electricity cost more when the sun was shining? Many utilities are using new electronic “smart meters” to adjust the price of electricity as often as every 15 minutes, to reflect supply and demand. And charging more when electricity is in short supply can be good news, making investments in distributed solar power pay Continue reading →
Vermont utilities are participating in eEnergy Vermont, which is part of a broad “eState Initiative” that includes the electricity, telecommunications and health care sectors throughout the State. eEnergy Vermont received a $138 million Smart Grid Investment Grant (SGIG) including $69 million in Recovery Act funds from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Statewide Collaboration Smart Continue reading →
The Nation’s power sector is facing unprecedented changes, ranging from high levels of intermittent loading from renewable portfolio standards to complex cyber-security threats. New technology options, such as bulk electricity storage and plug-in electric vehicles, further complicate matters for power companies and ratepayers. State and federal policy changes require changes to the power system, which Continue reading →
We’ve alerted you already that China, Korea and Japan are taking steps to become major forces in smart grid. Add Taiwan to the list, according to a report in the Taiwan News. The government plans to invest an additional $4.3 billion in smart grid beginning in 2012, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). It Continue reading →
When state legislators talk of the smart grid they mean investments and policies that promote the increased use of digital information and controls to improve the reliability and efficiency of the electric grid as well as to make it secure from cyberattack. via Smart grid: What it means – chicagotribune.com.
Are you part of the innovator, automate or indifferent crowd? According to a recent J.D. Power and Associates 2011 Smart Energy Consumer Behavioral Segmentation Study, customers’ behaviors toward smart grid technologies can be grouped by the amount of control they want to take over their energy savings. For instance, folks in the ”innovator” segment are people Continue reading →
We all know that utility companies around the world are knocking themselves out to make smart grid investments. But which ones are leading the way, especially in the all important area of demand-side management? Well, Zpryme Research is serving up a list, based on the level of investment (along with megawatt-hours managed and revenue generated). Continue reading →
General Electric yesterday announced that it has partnered with a group of venture capital firms to invest $55m in a dozen startups and research projects working on emerging grid technologies. The investment marks the first round of funding under the company’s GE: Ecomagination Challenge, which will ultimately see $200m invested in smart grid firms, alongside Continue reading →
Google Ventures said it will invest $100 million per year into startups, angling to make a profit. The 10 startups in the Google Ventures portfolio include: Pixazza, which converts static images into interactive content; smart grid technology maker Silver Spring Networks; publishing tool VigLink; life sciences outfit Adimab; language learning platform English Central; analytics search Continue reading →
The Texas A&M University College of Architecture today announced the formation of a new six-month research consortium beginning May 1, 2010 to help electric cooperatives, municipal and other public utilities evaluate the business case for smart grid investments. Electric smart grids, which can provide integrated communication, automation and control of the entire electric system from Continue reading →
A few years ago, the news was that China was adding two new coal plants a week to its energy grid. Last year the narrative shifted: China was erecting wind turbines at the rate of one turbine a week. In 2010, yet another narrative is at work: China, Japan and South Korea are pouring lots Continue reading →
The U.S. is expected to put more stimulus money into the smart grid than any other nation, except for China, which is slated to spend about $7.3 billion in 2010. via China Barely Tops U.S. in Smart Grid Stimulus Spending · Environmental Leader · Green Business, Sustainable Business, and Green Strategy News for Corporate Sustainability Continue reading →
Back in October during our smart grid webinar, we referenced a report on the smart grid from Pike Research that had some pretty massive global figures. Well, this morning Pike has officially launched that report which says the smart grid market will bring in $200 billion in worldwide investment between 2008 and 2015. Out of Continue reading →
Amid historic volatility in energy prices and heightened concern about energy security and climate change, energy management and energy efficiency are hot topics. Tens of millions of smart electric meters are slated for deployment in the next few years. And billions of dollars of funds from the U.S. government are flowing to support smart grid Continue reading →
The amount of money invested in the Smart Grid is expected to grow fivefold over the next 20 years. That’s according to Rob Wilhite, senior vice president of global energy and utility consulting firm KEMA, Inc. Wilhite’s comments about Smart Grid investment were based on KEMA research and came in a keynote address at the Continue reading →
Today in the first keynote address to the Apogee INNOVATIONS 2009 conference in Atlanta, KEMA senior vice president Rob Wilhite reported smart grid investments are expected to increase more than five times current levels over the next two decades, according to research conducted by the global energy and utility consulting firm KEMA, Inc. KEMA represents Continue reading →
