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Brazil’s Opt-In Smart Meter Future

Brazil’s Opt-In Smart Meter Future

Brazil’s power regulator dashes hopes of 65M-meter rollout, but offers opportunities for smart grid that can touch hard-to-reach customers. Trilliant, Itron land deals.

by Jeff St. John
Mobility 11
EV Charging: The Fast, the Networked and the Open for Business

EV Charging: The Fast, the Networked and the Open for Business

A host of corporate giants and startups plot fast-chargers for the electric highway. What business models will their software support?

by Jeff St. John
Finance & VC 6
Guest Post: Greentech Venture Capital’s Dismal Performance
Industry Perspective

Guest Post: Greentech Venture Capital’s Dismal Performance

A look at the numbers—and a possible way out of this downward trend.

by Adam Medoff
Mobility 14
Fisker Update: Karma and CEO Recalled; Tesla’s Musk Shares His View

Fisker Update: Karma and CEO Recalled; Tesla’s Musk Shares His View

Armed with a billion dollars in funding, Fisker is struggling to overcome recalls, political backlash, and spontaneous combustion. Plus, Elon Musk’s opinion.

by Eric Wesoff
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Networking/AMI 4
PECO Halts Smart Meter Installation After Meter Overheating

PECO Halts Smart Meter Installation After Meter Overheating

One fire and a handful of overheated meters sends PECO back to the drawing board.

by Katherine Tweed
Finance & VC 0
Can Decision-Makers Learn to Embrace Change in the Energy Risk Lab?

Can Decision-Makers Learn to Embrace Change in the Energy Risk Lab?

“They can try making a billion-dollar decision without actually making a billion-dollar decision.”

by Herman K. Trabish
Energy Storage 8
Can and Should Grid-Scale Energy Storage Be Mandated?

Can and Should Grid-Scale Energy Storage Be Mandated?

California’s legislation, iron-air battery research, and Beacon Power lives on

by Johanna Knapschaefer
Grid Edge 6
OutBack Power, Going Where Microgrids and Solar Align

OutBack Power, Going Where Microgrids and Solar Align

A leader in remote solar-powered microgrids says the grid-connected solar competition could learn some lessons from its off-grid experience.

by Jeff St. John
Software & Analytics 1
Does Your Utility Need a Hackathon?
Industry Perspective

Does Your Utility Need a Hackathon?

“Make the data sexy; make the data fun,” said DJ Patil. “People don’t like to look at crap.”

by Katherine Tweed
Grid Edge 2
Of Big Data, Penny-Pinching Utilities, and Other Smart Grid Facts of Life

Of Big Data, Penny-Pinching Utilities, and Other Smart Grid Facts of Life

“This industry will definitely push vendors to world-class innovation, one penny at a time.”

by Jeff St. John
Software & Analytics 0
Utility Data Flow Could Eclipse Other Industries

Utility Data Flow Could Eclipse Other Industries

The time is now to embrace big data.

by Katherine Tweed
Grid Edge 3
What Utilities Want From the Soft Grid

What Utilities Want From the Soft Grid

Four utilities discuss their smart grid data analytics and integration challenges at The Soft Grid 2012. Managing renewable energy is key.

by Jeff St. John
Software & Analytics 1
The Soft Grid: 10 Trends to Watch
Research Spotlight

The Soft Grid: 10 Trends to Watch

GTM Research chief smart grid analyst David Leeds offers up his predictions for big data and the smart grid.

by Katherine Tweed
Grid Edge 3
Gridquant: New Math for the Smart Grid

Gridquant: New Math for the Smart Grid

The company with its patented “Holomorphic Embedding Load-Flow Method” for modeling power systems gets investment, partnership with Battelle.

by Jeff St. John
Grid Edge 1
Versant, NoSQL, and the Smart Grid Big Data Challenge

Versant, NoSQL, and the Smart Grid Big Data Challenge

Could object-oriented data management have prevented the 2003 Northeast Blackout?

by Jeff St. John
PV, EV, & Storage 18
What’s That Gas Guzzler Doing in EV Parking?
Industry Perspective

What’s That Gas Guzzler Doing in EV Parking?

Electric-vehicle charging spots are getting a lot of use, but it’s not always by electric vehicles.

by Katherine Tweed
Mobility 42
Another Fisker Meltdown: Extended-Range EV Having Some Reliability Issues

Another Fisker Meltdown: Extended-Range EV Having Some Reliability Issues

Armed with a billion dollars in funding, Fisker is struggling to overcome recalls, political backlash, and spontaneous combustion.

by Eric Wesoff
Energy Efficiency 3
To Save Energy, Hit the Pub for Olympics Viewing

To Save Energy, Hit the Pub for Olympics Viewing

Energy savings to cheer for!

by Earthtechling, Pete Danko
Grid Edge 8
Report: German Utilities Don’t Want to Spend on Smart Grid

Report: German Utilities Don’t Want to Spend on Smart Grid

Half of the 100 German energy company “decision-makers” polled said they aren’t planning smart grid spending in the next two years.

by Jeff St. John
Software & Analytics 5
Big Data Analytics Comes to LEED for Homes

Big Data Analytics Comes to LEED for Homes

WegoWise’s platform will help high-performing buildings stay that way.

by Katherine Tweed
Software & Analytics 0
DJ Patil, Data Scientist in Residence at Greylock Partners, to Keynote The Soft Grid

DJ Patil, Data Scientist in Residence at Greylock Partners, to Keynote The Soft Grid

Conference on big data and analytics for utilities features former LinkedIn chief scientist.

by Staff
Solar 1
Petra Solar’s Distributed Utility Solar to Back Bahrain

Petra Solar’s Distributed Utility Solar to Back Bahrain

The New Jersey-based maker of solar panels and “smart energy modules” expands its Mideast contracts.

by Jeff St. John
Grid Edge 5
Guest Post: Insight Into the Grid Failure in India
Industry Perspective

Guest Post: Insight Into the Grid Failure in India

A deep dive into India’s grid infrastructure, and how it led to last week’s massive blackout

by Raj Prabhu
Mobility 3
Boston-Power to Build Batteries for Chinese EVs via Beijing EV, Loses CEO

Boston-Power to Build Batteries for Chinese EVs via Beijing EV, Loses CEO

The lithium-ion battery maker expects hundreds of EVs by year’s end and thousands by 2014, while founder Christina Lampe-Önnerud plans to step down.

by Jeff St. John
Utilities 4
Guest Post: The California Transmission Upgrade Debacle
Industry Perspective

Guest Post: The California Transmission Upgrade Debacle

The transmission upgrade process “is too clever by half.”

by Sam Maslin