The price of solar electric systems has fallen rapidly in recent years, making solar energy more accessible than ever. In 2010, the installed cost of residential and commercial solar photovoltaic power systems fell by 17 percent from the previous year, falling an additional 11 percent in the first half of 2011, according to a report Continue reading →
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A new report from Memoori Business Intelligence suggests that the smart grid industry is set to grow substantially over the next few years, with even more dramatic change within the next two decades if nations are to effectively implement smart grids. via Report: Smart Grid Needs to Grow Tenfold by 2018.
This is the era of Big Oil. Could the next be the era of Big Efficiency? A new report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy suggests the possibility. Re-invented with today’s smart energy technologies, energy efficiency could displace 40 to 60 percent of our total energy needs by the year 2050, according to Continue reading →
Despite a tumultuous year for the renewable energy industry, global investment reached a record $260 billion in 2011 while the United States reclaimed the top spot from China, according to a report released Thursday. That’s a 5% jump over the previous year and five times the investment made in 2004, said Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Continue reading →
GTM Research is pleased to unveil our latest research report, The Networked Grid 150: The End-to-End Smart Grid Vendor Ecosystem Profiles and Rankings. This report represents the culmination of a GTM Research effort to profile the leading players in the emerging smart grid market. This work was originally compiled solely for internal research purposes. Later, Continue reading →
A lack of standards and increasingly aggressive attackers will pose some challenges to electric utilities trying to monitor and secure smart grids, according to a recent report. via Smart Grid Operators Need to Integrate Processes for Security, Compliance – Latest News.
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Remote Microgrids Remote power systems in all corners of the world number in the thousands, with the vast majority being powered up by dumb, dirty diesel generation, hardly a technology of relevance to the smart grid and fundamental networking advantages of the Continue reading →
One of the world’s largest banks, London-based HSBC (NYSE: HBC) issued last September a very interesting research report entitled “Sizing the Climate Economy”. At less than 60 pages, it’s an excellent read for those interested in the future growth of the advanced energy economy. There are really too many highlights to capture all of them in this Continue reading →
Critical infrastructure operators need to take an integrated approach to improve monitoring, management and protection of smart grids. A lack of standards and increasingly aggressive attackers will pose some challenges to electric utilities trying to monitor and secure smart grids, according to a recent report. via Smart Grid Operators Need to Integrate Processes for Security, Continue reading →
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has released its annual report about the state’s efforts to modernize the electric grid. The report provides an overview of the commission’s recommendations for the smart grid, utility deployment plans, and costs and benefits to ratepayers. via Renew Grid: Content / New & Noteworthy / California Makes Strides With Continue reading →
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the release of a DOE-funded report to help better integrate wind energy into the electrical grid. The report, “Strategies and Decision Support Systems for Integrating Variable Energy Resources in Control Centers for Reliable Grid Operations: Global Best Practices, Examples of Excellence and Lessons Learned”, provides first-hand perspectives on Continue reading →
BC Hydro failed to notify customers who received new smart meters about how their personal information was being collected and used, B.C.’s privacy watchdog said Monday. via BC Hydro smart meter installs violating privacy: report – British Columbia – CBC News.
Researchers at U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have released a report to help car designers and engineers optimize the way electric vehicles and hybrids connect to utility grids. The technical report provides an interim test plan for evaluating vehicle-to-grid (V2G) applications for utility interconnection, helping to pave the way for wider Continue reading →
The United States electric grid can accommodate the expected surge of renewable energy projects and use of electric vehicles within the next two decades, provided that proper policies supporting these are put into place, a report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology showed. via With the right laws, grid can take on renewable energy, E.V.’s Continue reading →
A new report published by The Climate Group, Accenture, Arup and Horizon Digital Economy Research at The University of Nottingham states that cities are missing the opportunity to turn unused data and infrastructure into new low carbon solutions and services. via Accenture: Cities Missing Smart Opportunity To Measure Hidden Value | Big4.com.
MIT researchers have released a report titled The Future of the Electric Grid which examines the current state of the nation’s electric power infrastructure and the challenges faced by the industry as it evolves over the next two decades. Of particular concern is the ability to protect these critical resources as they are converted to Continue reading →
Renewable capacity is expected to grow at the fastest pace within the European energy mix, but it is not coupled with corresponding conventional backup facilities, says Eurelectric’s report ‘Power statistics and trends 2011’, published on 7 December. via Europolitics.
Sure, smart grid systems are popular with green geeks, but for the populace at large — and the municipalities that serve them — the benefits of smart technology initiatives such as this aren’t all that obvious or immediate. For that reason, cities are failing to capitalize on the full potential of such initiatives, according to Continue reading →
Last week I wrote about a new report on the power industry by a group led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, aka MIT. In “Dynamic Pricing Now!” I plucked the issue of dynamic pricing out of the smorgasbord on offer; given the massive metering movement that should enable dynamic pricing, it seemed ripe for Continue reading →
One day, electric car batteries will be used as energy storage for the grid, providing ways for utilities to stabilize the grid and provide other services. But that day will be pretty far in the future. According to a report from Pike Research, only about 100,000 electric cars will have this so-called vehicle-to-grid, or V2G, Continue reading →
