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Smart Homes/Smart Buildings 2
Ingersoll Rand Invests in Powerhouse Dynamics and the Connected Home

Ingersoll Rand Invests in Powerhouse Dynamics and the Connected Home

A home energy partnership strengthens.

by Katherine Tweed
Grid Edge 0
On-Ramp Wireless: Linking Underground Smart Grid Assets Gets Results

On-Ramp Wireless: Linking Underground Smart Grid Assets Gets Results

DOE-funded projects with SoCal Edison, SDG&E bear fruit in reduced outage stats. The San Diego startup is also working with GE on smart meters.

by Jeff St. John
Grid Edge 0
Viridity Energy Raises $15M From Mitsui & Co. for “Virtual Power Plants”

Viridity Energy Raises $15M From Mitsui & Co. for “Virtual Power Plants”

The startup that’s linking smart buildings, batteries, trains and other devices to the smart grid has a Japanese giant as strategic investor.

by Jeff St. John
Grid Edge 2
Greenvity: ZigBee and HomePlug on a Single Chip

Greenvity: ZigBee and HomePlug on a Single Chip

The march of new chips for the smart grid continues.

by Jeff St. John
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Grid Edge 4
Duke’s Smart Meter Plans Include $43M for Itron

Duke’s Smart Meter Plans Include $43M for Itron

Could Duke Energy be lining up Itron as supplier for millions of smart meters yet to be deployed?

by Jeff St. John
Energy Storage 0
Podcast: The Potential of Grid-Scale Energy Storage in China

Podcast: The Potential of Grid-Scale Energy Storage in China

Can Western firms penetrate a growing China energy storage market, or will China become a battery export dynamo?

by Kevin Popper, Scott Clavenna
Grid Edge 0
GridSense’s Big Smart Grid Play, From Sensors to Software

GridSense’s Big Smart Grid Play, From Sensors to Software

GridSense has its transformer and line monitors installed with some big utilities. Could new software broaden the market?

by Jeff St. John
Energy Storage 14
Battery Room Fire at Kahuku Wind-Energy Storage Farm

Battery Room Fire at Kahuku Wind-Energy Storage Farm

Utility-scale energy storage from Xtreme Power of limited utility if sporadically ablaze

by Eric Wesoff
Grid Edge 3
The Fast and Furious: Japan’s Race to Energy Management
Research Spotlight

The Fast and Furious: Japan’s Race to Energy Management

What does Japan’s focus on home and building energy management mean for Asia and the rest of the smart grid world?

by Kamil Bojanczyk
PV, EV, & Storage 4
ECOtality Expands EV Project, Hints at Pricing Plans

ECOtality Expands EV Project, Hints at Pricing Plans

ECOtality expands its $115 million DOE grant-backed project to bring free chargers to Philadelphia, Chicago and Atlanta. But someday it will have to ask customers to pay.

by Jeff St. John
Grid Edge 3
Making the Case for Smart Grid to Shave Peak Power

Making the Case for Smart Grid to Shave Peak Power

What’s the return on smart grid investments, in terms of power plants not built?

by Jeff St. John
Policy 13
Candidate Romney’s Energy Plan Revisited

Candidate Romney’s Energy Plan Revisited

Romney accuses the Obama administration of having an “unhealthy obsession with green jobs.” Here’s the Romney platform.

by Eric Wesoff
Energy 1
Green Jobs: Opower, Recyclebank, Clean Power Finance, Real Goods, Zero Motorcycles

Green Jobs: Opower, Recyclebank, Clean Power Finance, Real Goods, Zero Motorcycles

Layoffs at Recyclebank

by Eric Wesoff
Grid Edge 5
PowerWatch Tackles India’s Grid Peak Problems With Smart Air Conditioners

PowerWatch Tackles India’s Grid Peak Problems With Smart Air Conditioners

Can air conditioners in Delhi and Mumbai help prevent a future Indian mega-blackout?

by Jeff St. John
Grid Edge 1
Silver Spring Launches Cloud Service to Share Smart Grid Data

Silver Spring Launches Cloud Service to Share Smart Grid Data

The latest smart grid cloud brings Silver Spring’s smart grid data to more people in the utility besides “power users.”

by Jeff St. John
Grid Edge 9
India’s Massive Blackout Calls for Smarter Grid, From the Bottom Up

India’s Massive Blackout Calls for Smarter Grid, From the Bottom Up

A 600-million-person blackout lays out the severity and scope of India’s grid challenges. Microgrids and solar power could help.

by Jeff St. John
Other Energy 7
EIA: 27 Gigawatts of Coal-Fired Capacity to Retire Over Next Five Years

EIA: 27 Gigawatts of Coal-Fired Capacity to Retire Over Next Five Years

What’s going to replace that lost capacity? Natural gas? Renewables? Nuclear?

by Eric Wesoff
Grid Edge 0
Silver Spring, Sensus Take Stakes in Brazil’s Smart Meter Market

Silver Spring, Sensus Take Stakes in Brazil’s Smart Meter Market

Silver Spring rolls out four-state smart grid project, and Sensus buys into Brazilian smart meter hardware/software vendor.

by Jeff St. John
Energy Storage 4
How China Will Impact the Grid-Scale Energy Storage Market
Research Spotlight

How China Will Impact the Grid-Scale Energy Storage Market

China’s market for energy storage is unique and may soon enter a new phase of rapid growth.

by Staff
PV, EV, & Storage 1
GPS Prototype Fights EV Range Anxiety With Data

GPS Prototype Fights EV Range Anxiety With Data

Turn right ahead—to save energy

by Earthtechling, Nino Marchetti
Grid Edge 0
Sentient Energy, Silver Spring’s Quiet Grid Sensor Partner

Sentient Energy, Silver Spring’s Quiet Grid Sensor Partner

A long-rumored partnership goes live, with Sentient promising grid sensors that power themselves, all tightly integrated to Silver Spring’s smart grid network.

by Jeff St. John
Green IT & Data 1
Guest Post: 10 Ways to Improve Data Center Efficiency
Industry Perspective

Guest Post: 10 Ways to Improve Data Center Efficiency

Simple steps to cut the data center power bill

by Clemens Pfeiffer, CTO, Power Assure
Demand Response 0
Guest Post: Legislation That Supports Demand Response Opens the Door to the Smart Grid
Industry Perspective

Guest Post: Legislation That Supports Demand Response Opens the Door to the Smart Grid

Legislation that supports demand response opens the door to the smart grid.

by Eric Wesoff, R. Blake Young
Software & Analytics 0
Dominion’s Edge: A Utility Seeks Customers for Homemade Smart Grid Software

Dominion’s Edge: A Utility Seeks Customers for Homemade Smart Grid Software

Dominion and Lockheed built their own software to manage VVO and CVR via smart meters. Now they want to share it.

by Katherine Tweed
Grid Edge 7
Submetering for Building Energy Efficiency: GE Tackles the Translation Gap

Submetering for Building Energy Efficiency: GE Tackles the Translation Gap

GE hopes its multilingual (BACnet and Modbus) submeter can lower entry costs for what could be a multi-billion-dollar business.

by Jeff St. John