The free online mapping tool enables users to identify potential clean energy resource areas within the Eastern Transmission Interconnection. It covers eight energy resources: biomass, clean coal, geothermal, nuclear, solar, storage, waterand wind. via Smart Grid: New mapping tool shows best spots to develop renewables.
The California Smart Grid Center has picked up a $1.4 million research grant from the California Energy Commission. The center at California State University Sacramento will use the money “to identify and solve potential problems with the state’s electrical distribution system — and bring consumers along to meet California’s goal of adding 20 gigawatts of Continue reading →
How many different ways can smart grid technologies positively impact our world? You may be surprised. Scroll down and onto page 2 where we’ve highlighted seven projects with the potential to make a difference in lives, livelihoods and/or the world at large – all in very different ways. via Smart Grid: Smart grid impact: 7 Continue reading →
When it comes to a fully electric vehicle, it is without a doubt that its power reserves would carry the greatest interest among potential customers – will it be able to last long on the road? After all, charging stations for electric vehicles are not exactly commonplace at this point in time, but that does Continue reading →
There’s significant progress to report on an idea that could transform electric vehicles from a potential grid destabilizer to a helpful piece in the energy storage puzzle. A joint venture between the University of Delaware and NRG Energy that aims to turn the EV-to-grid connection into a two-way street – with the fitting name eV2g – said that Continue reading →
Car makers haven’t entirely given up on the idea of the electric car, although they do seem to be starting to move to the point where the EV is seen as an urban runaround, not a replacement for the ICE car. The Ford Fiesta eWheelDrive – a driveable research vehicle built by Ford and German specialists Schaeffler – Continue reading →
In today’s increasingly interconnected world, companies have the potential to collect and use Big Data is ways that were impossible or cost prohibitive in the past. With the power of the Intel® Distribution for Apache* Hadoop* Software and Intel® Xeon® processor family servers, utilities can now collect and analyze data on energy use and utilize Continue reading →
The U.S. energy market is full of potential and growing daily. But Asia — and China in particular — looms even larger for U.S. energy companies interested in raising their businesses to the next level. Asia’s booming population requires reliable energy generation and a heightened focus on energy efficiency and renewable sources. But while the Continue reading →
Scientists today answered a question that worries millions of owners and potential owners of electric and hybrid vehicles using lithium-ion batteries: how long before the battery pack dies, leaving a sticker-shock bill for a fresh pack or a car ready for the junk heap? Their answer, presented at the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of 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 →
It’s almost a cliché that there’s a “friendly debate” pitting utilities against renewable energy. But concerns on the utility side of the table are real: intermittency, potential destabilization at the feeder level, non-baseload, and peaks in generation that don’t necessarily match demand peaks. Today’s power infrastructure involves unpredictability in both supply and demand that is Continue reading →
Here’s a short update of the smart grid news flowing in from across the world this week, much of it involving new mashups of communications technologies, aimed at capturing the energy efficiency potential of everything from smart-metered cities to self-powered sensors. Let’s start with Silver Spring Networks’ (SSNI) unveiling of its project with Singapore Power. Continue reading →
Swapping out old home appliances and replacing them with new “smart” technologies and systems can be a good move by opening up the door to saving a substantial amount of money on utilities. Each household will be different and will require a unique look into the needs and uses of these potential technologies. Not every solution listed here Continue reading →
EnerNOC, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENOC), a leading provider of demand response and energy management applications for the utility enterprise and agricultural sector, today announced a new 10-year contract with PacifiCorp to deliver approximately 185 megawatts of electric reduction capability in Idaho and Utah, with the potential to expand into additional states in the future. PacifiCorp is a Continue reading →
Solar and wind energy require a lot of upfront capital, but provide steady, predictable returns over 25-year-plus project lifetimes. These are the kind of assets in demand by often-conservative institutional investors. Managers of pension, insurance, sovereign wealth and endowment funds control an estimated $71 trillion in potential investments in search of low-risk, modest-return opportunities. via Continue reading →
Demand Response in the United States has now grown to a point where it can potentially meet about 9.2% (i.e. 72,000 MW) of peak demand nationwide. That is an increase of 22% from as recently as 2010, according to the annual demand response survey conducted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). In the coming years, Continue reading →
World smart grid sales at installed prices climbed to $36.5 billion in 2012, a growth of 30% on 2011 as China took the lead, according to Memoori’s latest report. However, the market is rather unbalanced because the share taken by AMI was around 40%; whilst its potential market value over the full 20 year program Continue reading →
Last month, Sen. Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, introduced Senate Bill 105 into the current legislative session. Endorsed by the Science, Technology and Telecommunications Committee, the bill calls for the appropriation of $1 million to the Santa Fe Community College to develop a smart-grid workforce training program and a microgrid innovation laboratory, research park and testing Continue reading →
Tollgrade Communications, Inc., a global leader in providing network assurance solutions to the world’s largest utilities and telecommunications providers, announced that it has been named a winner in the 2013 ‘Smart Grid Companies to Watch’ competition from Smart Grid News. More than 12,000 votes were cast in the final round, with the top 13 companies Continue reading →
Tollgrade Communications, Inc., a global leader in providing network assurance solutions to the world’s largest utilities and telecommunications providers, announced that it has been named a winner in the 2013 ‘Smart Grid Companies to Watch’ competition from Smart Grid News. More than 12,000 votes were cast in the final round, with the top 13 companies Continue reading →
