The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] on Nov. 24 was selected to receive federal stimulus funds from the U.S. Department of Energy as part of a three-year study to improve the efficiency and reliability of the United States' power grid. “For years, Boeing has developed secure, networked systems vital to our nation’s defense, and bringing this Continue reading →
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Spirae, based in Fort Collins, CO, is pleased to announce its participation in the Northwest regional smart grid demonstration project in collaboration with a number of utilities, energy providers, vendors, and research organizations. This project is one of 16 regional demonstration projects announced recently by DOE. Battelle Memorial Institute, Pacific Northwest Division is the primary Continue reading →
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Role of Information and Communications Technologies in Building Smart Grid: Technologies and Markets” report to their offering. This report addresses multiple subjects associated with the development of Smart Grid ICT. It, particular, concentrates on the following items: * Standardization process: it is mostly at the beginning Continue reading →
It has become cliche to refer to energy storage as the holy grail of renewable energy. Actually, it’s not energy storage that we need. We have that. What we need is cheap energy storage. “Most storage technology is expensive so we spend a lot of time trying to figure out the value.” Those are the Continue reading →
New electricity meters being rolled out to millions of homes and businesses are riddled with security bugs that could bring down the power grid, according to a security researcher who plans to demonstrate several attacks at a security conference next month. The so-called smart meters for the first time provide two-way communications between electricity users Continue reading →
Bob Gilligan, vice president of transmission and distribution for GE Energy, said a smart electricity grid will be revolutionary for the industry, adding that standards for cyber-security, interoperability and reliability should be part of its implementation. Gilligan will participate in the Smart Grid Leadership Meeting in Washington, D.C., led by U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu Continue reading →
