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Lu’s Google PowerMeter Update: Open APIs, More Partners Soon

Lu’s Google PowerMeter Update: Open APIs, More Partners Soon

The head of Google's engineering team working on the PowerMeter home energy management project gave updates on its progress, including the thought that getting appliance-by-appliance energy use data wasn't that critical a concern.

by Jeff St. John
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Duke Energy Enlists Cisco in Smart Grid Efforts

Duke Energy Enlists Cisco in Smart Grid Efforts

The Charlotte, N.C.-based utility will enlist the networking giant in a broad range of smart grid efforts. It's the second U.S. utility to publicly announce a partnership with Cisco in its big push into what it believes will be a $20 billion per year market.

by Jeff St. John
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GE, Silver Spring Land ComEd Smart Meter Pilot

GE, Silver Spring Land ComEd Smart Meter Pilot

The Chicago-based utility will use GE meters with Silver Spring networking technology to test a wide array of consumer-focused services as part of its 141,000 smart meter pilot.

by Jeff St. John
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Tendril Lands $30M as Growth, Consolidation Loom in Smart Grid

Tendril Lands $30M as Growth, Consolidation Loom in Smart Grid

The smart grid industry is booming, but it will also likely experience a wave of consolidation over the next 18 months, says Tendril CEO Adrian Tuck.

by Michael Kanellos
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This Week in Storage: Silicon Standard Enters Market, Deeya Ships and GE Talks

This Week in Storage: Silicon Standard Enters Market, Deeya Ships and GE Talks

Silicon Standard wants to get into mass storage. Meanwhile, Deeya is shipping its flow batteries and GE offers its views on the storage market.

by Michael Kanellos
Networking/AMI 4
RF Mesh, ZigBee Top North American Utilities’ Smart Meter Wish Lists

RF Mesh, ZigBee Top North American Utilities’ Smart Meter Wish Lists

North American utilities are looking to the two wireless technologies for most of their future smart meter deployments, according to research from Chartwell.

by Jeff St. John
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MicroPlanet: Fine-Tuning Voltage for Power Savings

MicroPlanet: Fine-Tuning Voltage for Power Savings

The Seattle-based company makes devices that regulate voltage flowing into buildings, which can shave 5 percent to 8 percent from power usage.

by Jeff St. John
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Energy Bill Could Boost Storage Technologies

Energy Bill Could Boost Storage Technologies

Energy storage: It's the most popular concept right now with energy VCs. And some in Washington want to goose the market with incentives.

by Fredrik Wass
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Electric Vehicles Could Surpass Grid or Support It

Electric Vehicles Could Surpass Grid or Support It

If a quarter of America's cars went electric, they could store more energy than that produced for the nation's entire electricity grid, an expert on electric transportation says. Making them a backup power source for the grid faces significant challenges, however.

by Jeff St. John
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Trilliant Buys SkyPilot for End-to-End Smart Grid Communications

Trilliant Buys SkyPilot for End-to-End Smart Grid Communications

The smart meter neighborhood networking startup has acquired a provider of long-range, WiFi-based communications, giving utilities a potential one-stop shop for all their smart grid communications needs.

by Jeff St. John
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Cutting the Cost of Smart Grid in China

Cutting the Cost of Smart Grid in China

Like other nations, China wants to implement smart grid technologies, so companies have to figure out how to make it cheap.

by Michael Kanellos
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Smart Grid Q&A: Sunil Cherian

Smart Grid Q&A: Sunil Cherian

In this series from Jesse Berst's Global Smart Energy and Michael Butler's Cascadia Capital, leaders share their opinions on the future of the grid. This eighth installment features Sunil Cherian.

by Jesse Berst and Michael Butler
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Smart Grid Q&A: Terry Mohn

Smart Grid Q&A: Terry Mohn

In this series from Jesse Berst's Global Smart Energy and Michael Butler's Cascadia Capital, leaders share their opinions on the future of the grid. This seventh installment features Terry Mohn.

by Jesse Berst and Michael Butler
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Smart Grid Q&A: Patrick Mazza

Smart Grid Q&A: Patrick Mazza

In this series from Jesse Berst's Global Smart Energy and Michael Butler's Cascadia Capital, leaders share their opinions on the future of the grid. This sixth installment features Patrick Mazza.

by Jesse Berst and Michael Butler
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M2M Brings Demand Response to Farmers

M2M Brings Demand Response to Farmers

The company helps farmers shut down water pumps to meet utility peak energy demand reduction goals, as well as control center-pivot irrigation systems for increased efficiency. 

by Jeff St. John
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Smart Grid Q&A: Gov. Joe Manchin III

Smart Grid Q&A: Gov. Joe Manchin III

In this series from Jesse Berst's Global Smart Energy and Michael Butler's Cascadia Capital, leaders share their opinions on the future of the grid. This fifth installment features Joe Manchin III.

by Jesse Berst and Michael Butler
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ZBB Seeks DOE Dollars to Expand Flow Battery Production

ZBB Seeks DOE Dollars to Expand Flow Battery Production

The Milwaukee-based company is one of a number promising flow batteries as a solution to storing power on the electricity grid.

by Jeff St. John
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Smart Grid Q&A: Rick Luebbe

Smart Grid Q&A: Rick Luebbe

In this series from Jesse Berst's Global Smart Energy and Michael Butler's Cascadia Capital, leaders share their opinions on the future of the grid. This fourth installment features EnerG2's Rick Luebbe.

by Jesse Berst and Michael Butler
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Google Names Itron, Utilities as PowerMeter Partners

Google Names Itron, Utilities as PowerMeter Partners

The search giant is testing its energy-monitoring platform with eight utilities and smart meter maker Itron, with the goal of bringing it to a broad range of customers by year's end.

by Jeff St. John
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Smart Grid Q&A: Mike Davis

Smart Grid Q&A: Mike Davis

In this series from Jesse Berst's Global Smart Energy and Michael Butler's Cascadia Capital, leaders share their opinions on the future of the grid. This third installment features PNNL's Mike Davis.

by Jesse Berst and Michael Butler
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Oracle Launches ‘End-to-End’ Smart Grid Software

Oracle Launches ‘End-to-End’ Smart Grid Software

The software giant has been helping utilities manage their data. With a new push into integrating smart grid systems, it's set its eyes on a market that's drawn heavyweights like Cisco, IBM and SAP. 

by Jeff St. John
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U-SNAP: Modular Home Energy Communications

U-SNAP: Modular Home Energy Communications

Radio Thermostat Co. of America has a new smart thermostat that can be outfitted with so-called "U-SNAP" modules to let it communicate via ZigBee, WiFi, Z-Wave, or other protocols to come.

by Jeff St. John
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Smart Grid Q&A: Frederick Butler

Smart Grid Q&A: Frederick Butler

In this series from Jesse Berst's Global Smart Energy and Michael Butler's Cascadia Capital, leaders share their opinions on the future of the grid. This second installment features NARUC's Frederick Butler.

by Jesse Berst and Michael Butler
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Cisco Wants to Be Everywhere in the Smart Grid

Cisco Wants to Be Everywhere in the Smart Grid

The networking giant has announced a big push into a smart meter communications integration, distribution and transmission automation, home and business energy management and data storage.

by Jeff St. John
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DOE Lifts Smart Grid Stimulus Cap to $200M

DOE Lifts Smart Grid Stimulus Cap to $200M

The Department of Energy is boosting the cap on stimulus grants for smart grid projects after complaints that the original $20 million cap was too low. Also on Monday, DOE emerged with a list of proposed standards for smart grid technologies.

by Jeff St. John