Smart Grid Technologies: Cheaper, Better Solar Cells on the Way?
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:40 Eastern
With some outside-the-box thinking and a hefty pinch of luck, National Renewable Energy Laboratory scientists have come up with a new way to make solar cells that they say is likely to lead to more efficient and cheaper cells than those in use t...
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NIST Releases Guidelines for Smart Grid Cyber Security
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:26 Eastern
After 17 months of work, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has released its first guidelines for Smart Grid cyber security. They include high-level security requirements, risk assessment, an evaluation of privacy issues, grid protect
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Independent Probe Says Heat (Not Smart Meters) Caused PG&E Bills to Soar
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:40 Eastern
Score one for smart meter technology. The Structure Group’s independent evaluation of PG&E’s smart meters indicate they are accurate. But the utility
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PG&E Advanced Metering Assessment Report Commissioned by the California PUC
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:12 Eastern
In response to hundreds of consumer complaints about high electric bills occurring about the same time PG&E began rolling out smart meters, the California PUC commissioned the Structure Group to conduct an independent evaluation of the accuracy of th
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PG&E Advanced Metering Assessment Report: Executive Summary
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:51 Eastern
By the fall of 2009, the California PUC had logged more than 600 consumer complaints about higher than expected electric bills after installation of PG&E smart meters. In response, the CPUC commissioned the Structure Group to conduct an independent e
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Schneider Electric and Verisae Collaborate on New Demand Response Solution
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:59 Eastern
Schneider Electric and Verisae are working together to bring a comprehensive demand response product to commercial and industrial custo...
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Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Arch Rock
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:50 Eastern
Cisco today announced its intent to acquire privately held Arch Rock Corporation, a pioneer in Internet Protocol-based wireless network technology for smart-grid applications. Based in San Francisco, Arch Rock will accelerate Cisco's ability to facil
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Ford Uses Innovative Liquid-Cooled Battery System to Help Focus Electric Owners Maximize Range
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:22 Eastern
The all-new Ford Focus Electric, which debuts in late 2011 in the U.S. and 2012 in Europe, will be powered by a lithium-ion battery system that utilizes cooled and heated liquid to regulate battery temperature, extend battery life and maximize drivin
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Photovoltaic Markets Surge to Forefront Amidst Efforts to Locate Viable Renewable Energy Sources, Notes Frost & Sullivan
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:20 Eastern
Rising concerns about the need to reduce CO2 emissions and increase the use of renewable energy sources worldwide will stimulate the global photovoltaic market. Feed-in tariffs and politically backed targets boosting renewable energy use will provide
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Honeywell Survey Shows That Americans Chose Comfort Over Saving Money and 'Going Green' This Summer
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:16 Eastern
Most people agree that saving money and being "green" are important — until 100 degree temperatures are involved. Survey findings released today by Honeywell (NYSE: HON) following one of the hottest summers on record found nearly two thirds of Ameri
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Duke Energy Takes Steps to Further Advance Its Smart Grid Communications Architecture
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:12 Eastern
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) has selected California-based Echelon Corporation and Massachusetts-based Ambient Corporation to further develop its grid-based communications architecture that connects various digital devices such as smart meters, power lin
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Thomas Friedman and GE CEO Jeff Immelt to Discuss Energy Future at GridWise Global Forum
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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:08 Eastern
The GridWise® Alliance today announced that New York Times foreign affairs columnist and Pulitzer Prize winning author Thomas Friedman will join Jeff Immelt, Chairman and CEO of GE, in a discussion of the planet’s energy future and the role of smart
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PG&E Names Advisory Panel to Help Keep Customers Happy During Meter Rollouts
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:35 Eastern
PG&E, the San Francisco-based utility that took such a beating for lousy customer service during smart meter rollouts, has convened an advisory panel to evaluate the impact of the company's meter program on customers and to help steer future meter de
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ComEd Launches Ambitious 'Smart Grid Innovation Corridor'
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:30 Eastern
Chicago's ComEd has launched what it calls its "ComEd Smart Grid Innovation Corridor," a combination of five Smart Grid pilot projects that will cover 10 of the city's communities and will build on smart meters currently installed in 130,000 househ..
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Viridity Energy and SEPTA Awarded $900,000 from Pennsylvania for Innovative Project to Recycle Energy Produced by Electric Public Transit
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:24 Eastern
Viridity Energy, a Philadelphia-area smart grid company, today announced that it had received a $900,000 grant for its innovative pilot project with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), the nation’s sixth largest public tra
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Cisco's Smart Grid Stranglehold Intensifies with Major New Partnership
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:59 Eastern
Today Smart Grid powerhouses Cisco and Itron announced a strategic alliance to deliver a definitive IP-based communications platform. What does it mean for the rest of us? Jesse Berst offers some insight....
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Former California Energy Commission Chairman Joe Desmond Joins Ice Energy
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:04 Eastern
Ice Energy, a leading provider of advanced energy storage solutions to the electric utility industry, today announced the appointment of Joseph F. Desmond as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing & Business Development Off...
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Salt Lake County Chooses NexGen Energy and Bella Energy to Develop Largest Solar Rooftop Project in U.S.
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:00 Eastern
Salt Lake County has chosen NexGen Energy and Bella Energy to develop a solar installation on the roof of the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center in downtown Salt Lake ...
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ComEd Proposes Innovative Plan to Modernize the Illinois Electric System and Assist Low-Income Households
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Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:54 Eastern
ComEd plans to propose an innovative approach to modernize the Illinois electricity system, stimulate economic development and create ...
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A New (and Less Expensive) Way to Launch Smart Grid Projects
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Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:11 Eastern
As the Smart Grid unfolds, utilities face pressing challenges they've never seen before. How do you grapple with technologies, programs and services
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