Recently I joined a panel of energy experts at the New York Times conference Energy for Tomorrow: Building Sustainable Cities. Given that the world’s urban population is expected to increase by more than 3 billion over the next 40 years, we discussed strategies and solutions to sustainably and effectively meet our future energy demands. Central to Continue reading →
The energy world is undergoing a massive transition. And the smart grid is more than just a catalyst. It’s the key to the industry’s evolution, period. So said Carol Dillin, vice president of customer strategies and business development for Portland General Electric Co. Dillin, in a morning keynote address to attendees of the Northwest Environmental Continue reading →
The Utility Analytics Institute has launched a new Web-based platform that promotes dialogue, research and strategy among utility analytics professionals. The site provides unbiased utility analytics research and information, and promotes the sharing of strategies, time-saving measures, best practices, cost efficiencies and lessons learned. via Renew Grid: Content / FYI / Utility Analytics Institute Debuts Continue reading →
It is hard to believe that New Jersey, a state where only 3 in 8 days are sunny, is the second largest solar energy producing state, after California. While New Jersey lacks California’s large population and sunnier weather, the state has developed other strategies to harness solar power. via Petra Solar Energy Technology – Business Continue reading →
Research firm Parks Associates today announced the keynotes and presentation topics for next week’s Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer. The consumer-focused executive energy conference, February 25-27 at the Sheraton Gunter San Antonio, features keynote presentations from Alarm.com and SDG&E, EnerNex, Lowe’s, and Honeywell. The keynotes will focus on energy management in the connected home Continue reading →
While they wait for cheaper batteries that can store more energy, carmakers are trying a range of strategies to compensate for the shortcomings of existing batteries. One of the latest, coming from BMW for the electric i3 slated to come out this year, is to offer customers loaner cars for long trips (see “BMW Shifts Continue reading →
Research firm Parks Associates today announced the keynotes and presentation topics for next week’s Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer. The consumer-focused executive energy conference, February 25-27 at the Sheraton Gunter San Antonio, features keynote presentations from Alarm.com and SDG&E, EnerNex, Lowe’s, and Honeywell. The keynotes will focus on energy management in the connected home Continue reading →
Research firm Parks Associates today announced the keynotes and presentation topics for next week’s Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer. The consumer-focused executive energy conference, February 25-27 at the Sheraton Gunter San Antonio, features keynote presentations from Alarm.com and SDG&E, EnerNex, Lowe’s, and Honeywell. The keynotes will focus on energy management in the connected home Continue reading →
February 18, 2013 (CHICAGO) — In light of new smart grid technologies, utilities are re-thinking their approach to customer engagement from the ground up. Closer, more interactive relations with consumers mean higher levels of demand response participation, increased energy efficiency, more effective demand management, and more satisfied customers. Effective customer engagement is also key to Continue reading →
The mass UK adoption of smart technology, including smart grids and smart meters, is sparking energy and water suppliers to invest in customer engagement strategies and technology to meet the increasing pressure on customer service, according to a new report from Aspect. via Smart tech roll-out fires up UK energy firms.
In a political season dominated by divisive electoral politics and obstructionist legislative strategies, the future of America’s energy policy has been a casualty, caught in the political crossfire. Whether debating drilling for oil on public lands, extending the production tax credit for wind energy, or the role of fossil fuel subsidies in an “all of Continue reading →
There is now an economically feasible way to store solar energy in existing residential power networks. Solar energy resources are “intermittent, seasonal, and non-dispatchable.” However, the current national climate with its deregulation policies, electricity tariffs, control strategies and demand management are “significant tools for flexible and resilient operation of power systems with photovoltaic adoption levels,” Continue reading →
When it comes to smart grid investment, utilities and regulators must focus on involving stakeholders from the very beginning of project developments, and work to balance the costs, risks and needs of all affected parties. It’s not news that utilities have traditionally thought of customers as nothing more than ratepayers. Customers too tend to be Continue reading →
Over the next 10 years, the global power sector will undergo dramatic changes in its technical and business profiles. As generation resources evolve – both with and without carbon constraints – load profiles will grow and become increasingly more dynamic. These changes will necessitate an adaptive flexibility from system infrastructure, generation resources, and load. To Continue reading →
Last month, we introduced how the Smart Grid has provided an opportunity for power utilities to rethink their operating strategies and come up with innovative ways to integrate the new and the old in order to position themselves for the future. We then described the first two lessons that can be applied to any industrial networking Continue reading →
SAP Labs has showcased the utility of smart grids in today’s world through its smart grid model at the Indo German Urban Mela being held in Bangalore. In a release, the company said that SAP works with customer organisations and advises governments on smart grid strategies. via Business Line : Industry & Economy / Info-tech Continue reading →
Smart grids are increasingly contributing to governments’ strategies to achieve larger goals related to energy security and low-carbon economic growth, according to a recent report by the Global Smart Grid Federation (GSGF), a collaboration among national and regional smart grid associations. However, challenges to greater smart grid deployments remain. The report investigates key smart grid Continue reading →
The “internet of things,” as the smart grid is often called, entails making our lives, homes and cities more efficient by connecting all the pieces with networking technology and applying advanced strategies like “big data” analytics to better understand how all the pieces interact. via ‘Smart’ cities aim to predict — and manage — traffic Continue reading →
Bundling energy management with IP services will drive adoption of multiservice home networks to over 20% of U.S. households by 2015, according to Parks Associates. The market research firm is hosting the third-annual Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer on February 28-March 1 in Austin, Texas. The event features executives from companies including Duke, Reliant, Continue reading →
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory announced today its membership in the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC). Since its founding in March 2010,SGCC has attracted many member organizations to listen, educate and collaborate for modernized, intelligent electrical systems. “Brookhaven Lab is extremely pleased to now be a part of this broad collaboration that Continue reading →
