Are you satisfied with the distribution of the smart grid stimulus grants?
The Cambridge, U.K.-based startup is seeking to bring its energy management devices into homes as an add-on to its home security systems – a strategy shared by others in the field.
Honeywell’s $11.4 million DOE smart grid grant will help Southern California Edison turn down power using an emerging standard called OpenADR.
LBNL’s OpenADR is a standard to make automated demand response and real-time power pricing quick and easy. Is the fragmented market ready for it?
GridPoint’s buying spree continues with ADMMicro, which manages commercial and industrial energy use. Is the startup buying its way into every smart grid market?
Intel is eager to be a player in the home energy management market, and says consumers will turn to TV for displaying their energy consumption data.
The big California utility has to think regionally when planning smart grid projects like plug-in vehicle charging systems, says PG&E’s Andrew Tang.
Silver Spring and Grid Net are fighting for the future of the grid. Utilities are revamping their grids for solar. And more.
The Obama administration unfurled $3.4 billion in smart grid stimulus funds, among other news.
Mitsubishi’s PX-MiEV plug-in hybrid concept car can supply electricity stored in its on-board lithium-ion batteries to electric appliances in a house.
Microsoft has a new platform meant to make it easier for utilities to integrate its software with smart grid technologies. What else is it planning for the utility industry?
Given the current beltway brouhaha about whether the economy needs another multi-hundred billion dollar fiscal boost, the DOE will likely fund most of the $3.4 billion in SGIG grants sooner, not later.
As existing smart grid sub-markets become tougher places for upstarts to enter the market, don’t be surprised to see VCs flocking to an emerging application segment of the grid – “The Soft Grid,” as GTM Research is defining it.
As predicted, 2009 has become a banner year for smart grid, but until now the term has yet to be fully defined.
The CEOs of Duke Energy and San Diego Gas & Electric say not enough is done to promote energy efficiency despites a lot of discussion between policy makers and the utility industry.
Microsoft Hohm is a free home energy management site that will soon be available throughout the United States. But that's just the first step in a plan that includes home energy management devices like thermostats and smart plugs.
Smart grid executives make moves. GE and Whirlpool want to put communications modules in their appliances. And Duke taps Cisco to build an end-to-end smart grid architecture.
The Seattle-based company makes devices that regulate voltage flowing into buildings, which can shave 5 percent to 8 percent from power usage.
In this series from Jesse Berst's Global Smart Energy and Michael Butler's Cascadia Capital, leaders share their opinions on the future of the grid. This eighth installment features Sunil Cherian.
In this series from Jesse Berst's Global Smart Energy and Michael Butler's Cascadia Capital, leaders share their opinions on the future of the grid. This seventh installment features Terry Mohn.
The company helps farmers shut down water pumps to meet utility peak energy demand reduction goals, as well as control center-pivot irrigation systems for increased efficiency.
The Department of Energy is boosting the cap on stimulus grants for smart grid projects after complaints that the original $20 million cap was too low. Also on Monday, DOE emerged with a list of proposed standards for smart grid technologies.