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Smart Grid’s Next Frontiers: DG, Storage, Microgrids

Smart Grid’s Next Frontiers: DG, Storage, Microgrids

IEEE asked Zpryme to survey 460 energy execs on three key technologies’ link to the smart grid. Here are the results.

by Jeff St. John
Batteries, Storage & Fuel Cells 5
Energy Cache CEO on Selling Into Energy Markets, Grid Storage, and Scaling Up
Industry Perspective

Energy Cache CEO on Selling Into Energy Markets, Grid Storage, and Scaling Up

Cleantech marketing isn’t IT marketing.

by Aaron Fyke
Smart Homes/Smart Buildings 0
Onzo Sells Hardware to SSE, Focuses on Analytics

Onzo Sells Hardware to SSE, Focuses on Analytics

The U.K. home energy firm drops its hardware to play in the larger world of energy big data.

by Katherine Tweed
Grid Edge 2
The Smart Meter-Home Security Connection

The Smart Meter-Home Security Connection

Southern California Edison and ADT Pulse offer customers real-time smart meter data. Will customers sign up?

by Jeff St. John
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Grid Edge 10
Guest Post: Backup Generators—How Much Are They Worth?
Industry Perspective

Guest Post: Backup Generators—How Much Are They Worth?

What’s the business case for big commercial-industrial backup power systems in a world of superstorms and the smart grid?

by Jon Guerster
Efficiency 2
The Military-Industrial-Sustainability Complex

The Military-Industrial-Sustainability Complex

IBM deploys its Tririga building sustainability suite for the U.K. Ministry of Defense.

by Jeff St. John
Finance & VC 4
VC Investing in Greentech, Installment #139

VC Investing in Greentech, Installment #139

“We may be in a valley now, but the inevitability [of cleantech] has not gone away.”

by Eric Wesoff
Grid Edge 3
Smart Grid M&A Watch: Consert in Acquisition Talks

Smart Grid M&A Watch: Consert in Acquisition Talks

Add another name to the long list of startups being bought in the smart grid space.

by Jeff St. John
Policy 2
Making Wind and Solar Work With the Grid

Making Wind and Solar Work With the Grid

And making ISOs work with wind and solar

by Herman K. Trabish
Energy Efficiency 0
Energy Efficiency Market Roundup: Serious, Hara, Enertiv

Energy Efficiency Market Roundup: Serious, Hara, Enertiv

More changes at Serious Energy. Enertiv bringing hedge fund methods to high-rate disaggregation. Leaner, tighter Hara a storm signal?

by Doug Widney
Energy Efficiency 0
Blue Pillar: Defining a Digital Network for Building-to-Cloud Efficiency

Blue Pillar: Defining a Digital Network for Building-to-Cloud Efficiency

Real-time control, energy analysis and market optimization from a specialist in fine-tuning hospitals and military bases as grid assets

by Jeff St. John
Grid Edge 2
Maltese Cybersecurity Group Claims SCADA System Hacks

Maltese Cybersecurity Group Claims SCADA System Hacks

Selling the exploits to the highest bidder

by Jeff St. John
PV, EV, & Storage 1
Chicago Picks Motiv for Electric Garbage Trucks

Chicago Picks Motiv for Electric Garbage Trucks

Electric powertrains find increasing applications in fleet vehicles.

by Katherine Tweed
Policy 1
For Western States Transmission, Will There Be Strength in Unity?

For Western States Transmission, Will There Be Strength in Unity?

Can coming together in an Energy Imbalance Market cut costs and prevent brownouts?

by Herman K. Trabish
Grid Edge 4
SDG&E Pushes the Envelope on Cutting Outages

SDG&E Pushes the Envelope on Cutting Outages

All that sunshine doesn’t stop San Diego from investing heavily in reducing outages.

by Katherine Tweed
Energy 0
Green Jobs: Prudencio New CEO at Hara; New Itron CEO; Plus Enphase, LIPA, LDK

Green Jobs: Prudencio New CEO at Hara; New Itron CEO; Plus Enphase, LIPA, LDK

Lots of greentech personnel movement this holiday season

by Eric Wesoff
Grid Edge 0
Hong Kong’s CLP Picks Itron and Cisco for Smart Grid Pilot

Hong Kong’s CLP Picks Itron and Cisco for Smart Grid Pilot

The smart meter-smart grid networking dynamic duo lands a foothold in Asia.

by Jeff St. John
Energy Efficiency 1
How Microgrids Helped Weather Hurricane Sandy

How Microgrids Helped Weather Hurricane Sandy

Also, how to make microgrids pay for themselves when there isn’t a hurricane on the way

by Jeff St. John
Lighting 1
Australia’s enLighten Looks for LED Support Abroad

Australia’s enLighten Looks for LED Support Abroad

An Aussie cleantech winner looks for partners across the Pacific.

by Katherine Tweed
Software & Analytics 0
Opower 4 Launches Enterprise Analytics for the Smart Grid

Opower 4 Launches Enterprise Analytics for the Smart Grid

Opower sees a shift from energy behavioral analytics to enterprise-class offering for utilities.

by Katherine Tweed
Networking/AMI 1
Itron Teams Up With Panasonic for Japan Smart Meter Market
Research Spotlight

Itron Teams Up With Panasonic for Japan Smart Meter Market

As the North American market slows down, AMI vendors eagerly await tenders in Europe and Asia.

by Katherine Tweed, Zach Pollock
Energy Storage 0
Chevy Volt Batteries to Get Second Life in Grid Storage

Chevy Volt Batteries to Get Second Life in Grid Storage

GM, Duke Energy and ABB team on EV battery-to-grid research project.

by Eric Wesoff
Grid Edge 3
An “Energy Data Center” for California’s Smart Grid?

An “Energy Data Center” for California’s Smart Grid?

A briefing paper from state utility regulators asks deep questions about how smart meter customer data will be made public—and kept anonymous.

by Jeff St. John
Energy Storage 0
LightSail Gets $37.5M From Thiel, Khosla, and Gates for Compressed Air Grid-Scale Storage

LightSail Gets $37.5M From Thiel, Khosla, and Gates for Compressed Air Grid-Scale Storage

A goal of being as efficient as pumped hydro, but without the geographic restrictions

by Eric Wesoff, Herman Trabish
Energy Efficiency 1
Americans (Still) Have No Idea What Drives Energy Use
Research Spotlight

Americans (Still) Have No Idea What Drives Energy Use

The barriers to an energy efficiency revolution are high, but not insurmountable.

by Katherine Tweed