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[Earth2Tech] Why The Consumer Will Be King of Home Energy Management in 2010: Throughout 2009, the home energy management device makers have also been realizing that while utilities are the earliest market, they’re not always the fastest at signing deals or actually rolling out technology. That’s one reason companies like EcoFactor, which makes smart thermostat software, have been looking to sell to broadband service providers (cable and DSL providers) because, as the startup told me, the broadband companies at least will probably move faster on the technology front than many utilities.

[GigaOM Pro] Cleantech Was a Market Leader in Q4 ”” GigaOM Pro: Last year’s greentech investment figures would have been a lot worse without Asia’s big push into renewable energy, particularly wind energy in China, according to the Cleantech Group and Deloitte. Another report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance reported that Asian greentech investment, at $37.3 billion, outstripped the $32 billion invested in North and South America for the first time in 2009, although Europe, Africa and the Middle East led the pack with $42 billion invested.

[4EVRiders.org - Charging Locator and News on Electric and Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles] Earth2Tech's Top 15 Connected Car Influencers | 4EVRiders.org ...: Secretary Chu, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and former administrator of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, said in his confirmation hearing more than a year ago, “These first electric hybrid cars don’t have the energy capacity and the battery lifetime we need”¦Let’s push hard towards more fuel-efficient personal vehicles.” As energy chief, he has done just that, helping to get long-delayed funds (as well as a heap of new cash from the stimulus package) flowing out for projects across the spectrum of energy tech for connected vehicles, next-gen battery materials and smart charging systems for electric vehicles.

[Ohio Consumers' Counsel Press Releases and Updates] Smart Grid: An Introduction: An improved distribution system .Ohio to apply for federal stimulus money to pay for half of their smart grid projects.

[Earth2Tech] Earth2Tech's Top 15 Connected Car Influencers: A web of key players is starting to take shape as entrepreneurs and global corporations race to carve out a piece of the nascent EV market, as government agencies dole out billions of dollars to jump-start that opportunity, as big thinkers churn out innovative ideas and business models based on the intersection of information technology and advanced vehicles, and as the pressure to reduce carbon emissions from vehicles grows. Listed alphabetically, not order of importance, here’s Earth2Tech’s top 15 most influential people in the connected car space.

[Bits] One on One: T.J. Creamer, Astronaut (Currently in Space) - Bits ...: Federal transportation authorities are threatening to pull $70 million in stimulus funds for BART's Oakland Airport Connector project, but critics say the money could be better spent elsewhere.

[Earth2Tech] Smart Grid Standards Road Map Coming this Week: [...] As expected, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke released the smart grid standards road map that the National Institute of Standards has been working on for many months during his speech at the GridWeek conference in Washington DC on Thursday morning. The roadmap (download here), which Locke described in a release as “like a designer’s first detailed drawing of a complex structure”

[Bits] Seeing Through the Apple (and 'Avatar') Hyperbole - Bits Blog ...: Yes, the iPad has its limitations as a computer, but as an e-reader with many additional features, it will also prove to be a game-changer for the publishing industry. Just wait until developers dig into the available screen real estate and the capabilities of the multitouch technology.

[Enterprise Resilience Management Blog] Enterprise Resilience Management Blog: Smart Grids Take a Step ...: One of the more controversial aspects of a smart grid is that it will allow utility companies to implement variable pricing -- i.e., charging customers more electricity when usage in high in the hopes they will turn off some of the power consuming gadgets. This worries some consumer advocates who argue that older people on fixed incomes and who are more vulnerable to high or low temperatures could suffer because they couldn't afford to heat or air condition their homes when they most need to.

[Bits] Live Blogging the iPad Product Announcement - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com: The new device will have to be far better than the laptop and smartphone at doing important things: browsing the Web, doing e-mail, enjoying and sharing photographs, watching videos, enjoying your music collection, playing games, reading e-books. Otherwise, “it has no reason for being.”

[Freedom Technologies NTIA Watch] Freedom Technologies NTIA Watch » Blog Archive » White House ...: Tomorrow, Vice President Biden will kick off over $2 billion in Recovery Act grants and loans that will be made on a rolling basis over the next 75 days to bring broadband to communities that currently have little or no access to the technology.  At an event at Impulse Manufacturing in Dawsonville, Georgia, he will announce an initial $182 million investment in eighteen broadband projects benefiting seventeen states which has already been matched by over $46 million in private capital.  The awards are not only expected to provide initial job opportunities in infrastructure and manufacturing, but help bridge the digital divide and boost economic development for communities held back by limited or no access to the technology.  Secretaries Locke and Vilsack will also visit communities benefiting from these initial awards in the coming days.

[CareerSolvers] Looking Into the 2010 Careers Crystal Ball | CareerSolvers: Greentech, Cleantech, and Smart Grid technology are also industries that are trending up, but keep in mind that many traditional industries and job functions are also embracing the green movement and this will facilitate job growth. For example, more and more hotels seek consultants to help them figure out how to make their hotels more eco-friendly and many companies are consciously measuring their carbon footprint and trying to figure out ways to waste less and recycle more.

[PR Hub] CURRENT Group, a Leader in Providing Smart Grid Solutions to ...: BARCELONA, Spain - - CURRENT Group, along with Iberdrola and leading global technology partners, successfully demonstrate the first fully interoperable and open Smart Grid communications infrastructure in support of Europe's Smart Grid roadmap- Interoperability provides the foundation for a global non-proprietary advanced metering solution using powerline communications- Open solutions pave way for lower cost deployment of Smart Grid in Europe in support of energy efficiency and carbon reductionCURRENT Group, LLC, a leading Smart Grid company and founding member of the PRIME Alliance, announces that it has successfully demonstrated the interoperability of the first ever open metering solution in support of Europe's Smart Grid Roadmap. Interoperability has been successfully tested in multi-vendor environments based on multiple chipset technologies.

[Pajamas Media] Pajamas Media » 'Smart Grid' Technology: Obama's Smart Move for ...: “With this in mind, it was somewhat encouraging to hear that President Obama had slated a portion of our frequently wasted stimulus dollars to improving the nation’s power grid. Under this plan, roughly 100 utility entities across the country would receive funding to modernize the grid, forestall rolling failures across service areas, install smart meters at both residential and commercial locations, and upgrade security systems to prevent hostile attacks from hackers.”

[Solve Climate: Daily Climate News and Opinion] 7 Energy Efficient Gadgets that Could Be 2010 Game-Changers ...: Operating on the OpenPeak OpenFrame platform, the Home Energy Manager integrates energy management information with other useful information such as real-time traffic reports, weather, news and access to social networks ”” serving as a key information terminal that’s part of everyday life for residential consumers.”

[Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog] Vice President Biden announces first $182 million in stimulus ...: Congress included $7.2 billion for broadband projects in the stimulus bill to create jobs and bring new economic opportunities to parts of the country left behind in today's digital age. That includes $4.7 billion to be awarded by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, an arm of the Commerce Department, and $2.5 billion to be awarded by the Rural Utilities Service, part of the Agriculture Department.

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