Smart Grid

Whirlpool Cuts Water Use by Nearly 22% from 2004 to 2008

Whirlpool Corp. is on track to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 6.6 percent by 2012, according to the company's first global ...

November 20, 2009

Around the Web – Nike, Google, Nissan, Bush’s Green Library, WWF

Today's news from around the Web. Google Says It Doesn't Want to Be a Utility NY Times How Much of China’s Emissions Mess Is ...

November 20, 2009

Utilities Face Cost and Implementation Challenges with Smart-Grid Upgrades

In the wake of the Department of Energy's $3.4 billion in grants for various smart-grid projects, local governments and utilities are trying to sort out the ...

November 16, 2009

Smart Grid & Renewable Power – Opportunities for Utilities

This panel discussion was held during the 3rd annual Sustainability and Renewable Energy Forum held at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. Panelists included Mark Goodwin, Chief Operating Officer at APEX Wind, Mark ...

November 16, 2009

Around The Web: Carbon Rations, GE, Ford, Alcoa, Trucks vs Trains

Today's stories from around the web. G.E. Markets First ‘Smart Appliance’ NY Times Climate Bill Likely on the Shelf For Rest of the Year WSJ...

November 12, 2009

Around the Web – Shell, HP, Obama, Geoengineering

Today's news from around the web. Shell to pay $19.5 mln for California violations Yahoo Finance G20 makes little progress on ...

November 9, 2009

Despite Critics, Gore ‘Proud’ to Invest in Green Firms

Responding to criticism that his investments profited richly from the stimulus package, Al ...

November 4, 2009

Global Smart-Meter Installations to Reach 250 Million Units

As electricity metering undergoes a significant transformation since the first meter was installed more than 120 year ago, smart-meter shipments are forecast to reach 39.5 million ...

November 2, 2009

Federal Grants to Spur Clean-Tech, Smart Grid Innovations

The Obama Administration has released billions of dollars under the federal stimulus act to drive technological innovation in the areas of clean technologies and smart-grid networks. The ...

October 27, 2009

When Explaining Smart Grid Benefits, Keep it Simple

When explaining the benefits of the smart grid, consumers relate most to terms such as "budget billing," "flat billing" and "peak pricing." ...

October 26, 2009

GE, Whirlpool, Others Launch Smart Green Grid Initiative

GE, Whirlpool Corp. and other technology and utility businesses have established a new collaborative effort aimed at demonstrating the ...

October 21, 2009

Smart Grid Projects Get Ready to Roll in the U.S., UAE

Cisco, together with utility, technology and local government partners, are developing some of the nation's first projects to create a smarter electric grid. General Electric is ...

October 5, 2009

Utilities Bumping Rates to Cover Rising Costs, Smart Meters

While the cities of Fort Collins, Colo., and Milwaukee, Wis., are still debating proposed price hikes by local utilities, in some cases to pay for the ...

September 30, 2009

Whirlpool to Produce 1M Smart Energy Dryers by 2011

Whirlpool Corp. will produce one million smart-energy clothes dryers by the end of 2011 as part of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Smart ...

September 29, 2009

Federal Smart Grid Framework Released

More companies should be able to devise a plan for adopting Smart Grid technologies now that a new federal framework for the Smart Grid ...

September 25, 2009

IBM Makes Cities and Utilities Smarter with New Technologies

Moving forward with its strategy for a Smarter Planet, IBM is helping cities and utilities become smarter by providing new technologies and tools to help them ...

September 21, 2009

Software Drives Smart Grid Deployments

In order to deliver real-time communications over smart-grid networks, utility companies like Duke Energy and Xcel Energy are partnering with technology companies that can deliver the ...

September 10, 2009

IBM, OASIS Advance Smart Grid Initiatives

Smart-grid initiatives are taking the form of many different partnerships including product improvements, standards development and demonstration projects that are designed to improve reliability and efficiency, ...

August 31, 2009

UM Uses Smart Meters, Twitter To Provide Energy-Use Updates

The University of Mississippi plans to reduce campus power consumption with the recent installation of smart meters at 16 of the school's buildings to monitor, analyze, and report ...

August 28, 2009

Ford, Utilities to Tie Plug-in Hybrids into Smart Grid

As part of a strategy to improve fuel economy and reduce CO2 emissions, Ford Motor Company has developed an intelligent communications and control system for ...

August 19, 2009

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