Smart Grid
Smart Grid describes a wide variety of applications that automate electrical distribution and monitoring for increased energy efficiency. Companies are increasing their deployment of Smart Grid applications as part of their efforts to drive energy efficiency.
Campus Microgrid Market to Boom
Total installed generation capacity for campus microgrids will increase by 164 percent between 2011 and 2017, rising from 620 megawatts to 1.6 gigawatts, according ...
WPPI Taps Siemens, eMeter for Smart Grid Install
Siemens Energy is installing meter data management system eMeter EnergyIP for Midwest-based WPPI Energy and its member utilities.
The eMeter management system will allow WPPI members to ...
Contract Briefing: Xiolink, Siemens, Endesa, Ala. Corrections
Xiolink, a provider of private cloud computing and managed infrastructure, has selected Modius’s OpenData Enterprise Edition to monitor, maintain, and provide analytics ...
The Energy Storage Hand Gets More Interesting
The cards dealt to the energy storage industry are looking better now than in the past. Here are three of them, ...
Environmental Software Briefing: Westin, Silver Spring, Freestyle, BuildingIQ
Telkonet Inc. has announced that it will install its EcoSmart Suite energy management platform at Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers' Westin Alexandria Hotel (pictured).
The EcoSmart platform will control ...
How a Feed-in Tariff Could Revolutionize the Grid
Robert James Woolsey, Former Director, CIA, Discusses how a ...
EnerNOC Dispatched At Record Levels as US Sizzles
EnerNOC said that its DemandSMART demand response network was dispatched at record levels last Friday, helping to mitigate blackout risks ...
Environmental & Energy Executive Moves: Recyclebank, Serious Energy, SunPower, PHH
Serious Energy: The manufacturer of energy-efficient building components and software has appointed John Pitcher as vice president of ...
FERC Chairman Wellinghoff Discusses Urban Smart Grid
Jon Wellinghoff, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, gives keynote at Urban Smart Grid and Energy Innovation ...
Siemens Hiring 400 for Green Building Tech; DOE Fund Takes 11 Products to Market
Siemens USA is seeking to fill over 400 open positions in its green building technologies division, across 39 states.
The company says the ...
Market Changes, Energy Pricing Driving Enterprise Smart Grid
As the world comes out of recession, smart grid technology is set to emerge with a far wider usage base, according to a ...
Google: 90% of Cars Could be EVs and Hybrids By 2030
Electric, plug-in and hybrid vehicles could garner a collective 90 percent market share by 2030, and grid-scale electricity storage could actually increase emissions in ...
5m Smart Meters Installed; Enbala, Fellon-McCord Partner Up
Five million smart meters have been installed nationwide as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to an update from the U.S. Department ...
White House Pledges Smart Grid Data Access, $250m in Loans
The Obama administration yesterday announced $250 million in loans for smart-grid deployment and launched new initiatives to ensure customers' access to their energy ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: LEED, Smart Grid, Mo. Water
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and energy efficiency software provider Scientific Conservation, Inc. (SCI) are working to allow building owners to use SCIwatch ...
Smart Grid Benefits ‘Could Top $2 Trillion’
Smart grid technologies could deliver between $1.3 trillion and $2 trillion in benefits over the next 20 years, according to a study ...
Managing the Information Glut
If there is one thing there is no shortage of in the energy sector, it’s information. The sheer volume of data generated in ...
Aussie Sustainability Spend ‘to Hit $3bn’
The Australian sustainable business market is poised to grow to AU$2.9 billion (US$3.1 billion) in 2014, dependent on the outcome of the country's hotly ...
Smart Customer Service for a Smart Grid World
Despite the many benefits of smart grid technology, the past year has seen its fair share of consumer backlash with some customers ...
PG&E, SoCal Edison Investing the Most in Demand-Side Management
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) and Southern California Edison (SCE) top a list of the utilities making the highest investments in demand-side management.
The ...
