Green Energy Corp, a software company that helps power providers move to the Smart Grid, launched an open source community this week to encourage developers to create Smart Grid-related software. TotalGrid.org serves as a collaboration and hosting portal for Smart Grid applications, tools, and protocols. Projects themselves will be hosted at GitHub. via Smart Grid Continue reading →
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Can an open source data management system do for the smart grid what Google’s open mobile operating system Android is doing for cell phones — spawn innovation and low cost development? Execs at the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the largest public power provider in the U.S., seem to think so. TVA analyst Josh Patterson says Continue reading →
The Tennessee Valley Authority is the nation’s largest public power provider serving approximately 9 million consumers in seven southeastern states. The organization also happens to be a big supporter of open-source projects, including Hadoop, a tool designed for deep analysis and transformation of very large data sets. Earlier this year, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Continue reading →
