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Utilities and the Transition to a Smart Grid: The Data Center Perspective

As large consumers of energy, IT departments have a lot to gain from the transition to a Smart Grid, as it will introduce more powerful information to power-usage decision making. As such, utilities will benefit from knowing what data center managers and IT departments are expecting as a Smart Grid becomes a reality. The transition will not be without challenges, but it will result in dramatic economic and environmental benefits, which is a win for everyone.
via smart-grid.tmcnet.com

Filed under  //   smart+grid   utilities  
Posted August 12, 2010
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Water Monitoring in NYC

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Environmental Protection Commissioner Cas Holloway today launched a new system for real-time, online water use and bill tracking for homeowners and businesses.
via nyc.gov

Filed under  //   smart+grid   water+conservation  
Posted July 17, 2010
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Track Your Local Smart-Grid Projects

Smart grid projects across the nation have received an influx in funding thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The SGIC website tracks these Recovery Act-funded smart grid projects as well as other projects across the nation. If you're interested in finding out what smart grid projects are underway in your area, you can look at the SGIC smart grid project map and see what is happening in your neck of the woods.
via forbes.com

Filed under  //   smart+grid  
Posted July 15, 2010
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Smart thermostat monitors solar panels

via news.cnet.com

"Solar photovoltaic panels equipped with the company's microinverters can report production information, which can be viewed via the Web by homeowners or installers who can use that information to spot problems. Environ now makes that information available through a thermostat.."

Filed under  //   energy+efficiency   smart+grid   smart+meters   solar  
Posted July 14, 2010
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Smart Meters Are A Fraction of the Smart Grid Market

according to a report from research firm ABI Thursday morning. ABI says that while $41 billion will be invested into adding digital intelligence to utilities’ transmission and distribution networks between now and 2015, only $4.8 billion (around 10 percent) will be spent on smart meters over that time period.
via earth2tech.com

Filed under  //   ABI+Reseach   smart+grid  
Posted July 8, 2010
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Decentralized Energy Web

via physorg.com

"The key to the Energy Web design is the bottom-up approach, in which appropriate laws are implemented to allow desired global behaviors to emerge from only local interactions among individual components."

Filed under  //   energy+efficiency   smart+grid  
Posted July 6, 2010
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Green:Net: Investors See Opportunity in Smart Grid, Metering

Following on a question posed to Vinod Khosla in a previous discussion, moderator Paul Kedrosky asked the VCs how they perceived investments in capital-intensive greentech projects. Weiss said that his firm tends to avoid them, in part because he focuses on the demand side of the business.

Baruch said some investment in pricier projects was needed. “There are going to be capital-intensive investments. You can’t avoid the because the energy business is so huge, and much of the industry is scale-intensive. You can’t get there without scale and you can’t scale without capital,” Baruch said.

via earth2tech.com

Filed under  //   metering   smart+grid  
Posted April 29, 2010
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Smart Grids and Smart Buildings

via smarterplanet.tumblr.com

Filed under  //   energy+efficiency   smart+buildings   smart+grid  
Posted April 16, 2010
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Clean Tech companies and the smart grid [CleanTechies Blog]

we have seen many companies trying to take on the energy management challenge from the user’s end. Home energy management products that control appliances at consumers’ homes to save energy, reduce cost and increase reliability and transparency is an integral part of smart-grid strategy.
via blog.cleantechies.com

Filed under  //   cleantech   smart+grid  
Posted February 25, 2010
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