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[Free press Releases, press release distribution] Smart Grid Applications and Networking Requirements:  The vertically-integrated Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) system silos of today are yielding to horizontally-layered communications architectures for substation automation, distribution automation, advanced metering, and home area networking applications. The smart grid will use a broad mix of public and private, wired and wireless, licensed and unlicensed, and standard and proprietary communications technologies.

[Earth2Tech] The Smart Grid Via White Space, Courtesy of Google: Spectrum Bridge, which has an experimental license with the FCC, first wired up the Plumas-Sierra utility with a white space network for its substations, enabling the utility to do substation automation. The network ended up working so well that Spectrum Bridge brought in Google to create a smart meter-style network using white space, where Google provided its in home energy management software PowerMeter and also brought in Energy Inc’s TED energy devices as the defacto smart meter.

[News from Connected Planet Online] White spaces tackle the smart grid: For example, if a concert festival were to take place in Plumas Sierra, the concert organizers would register their use of a white space channel for the duration of the event. That information would be uploaded to the Spectrum Bridge databases, which would then be detected by any white space receiver or transmitter in the area, notifying them they would have to switch to a different frequency.

[RCR Wireless News >> Wireless Facts and Figures] Spectrum Bridge deploys smart-grid with utility co-op, Google ...: “The applications deployed for the Plumas-Sierra ‘Smart Grid’ wireless network trial deliver real-time broadband connectivity to remote substations and switchgear, allowing PSREC system operators to manage the electrical system remotely, request critical data from substations, manage power flow and protect the system and employees while maintaining the local grid.”

[SmartGridNews.com] Smart Grid: GE's Smart Grid Strategy: Cool Little Pieces, No Glue: My vision as GE worker of SG is that nowadays we have the opportunity, technology, infrastructure, products to make a better life, for us, for a better world, for our grandchildren. SG is about giving energy in a more reliable way (less blackouts, faster restoration may be achieved through smart meters), in a more economic way (at my home using programmable applicances in dual tariff rate I save approx 15% of my bill) and in a sustainable way (hopefully reducing CO2 emissions).

[Techgenie.com] Smart Grid communication from Google and Spectrum Bridge ...: The Sierra Nevada Mountains was selected for all the processes as it gave them with a location that was void of all communication services mainly the wireless ones. The White Space has proven to be a great channel though that has been readily communication information from one end to the other.

[TVB | Television Broadcast] TVB | Google Supports White Space Smart Grid Trial: PORTOLA, CALIF.: Google is backing the test of a wireless smart-grid power system that uses TV white spaces. The Internet search giant partnered with Spectrum Bridge of Lake Mary, Fla., and the utility cooperative of Plumas-Sierra County, Calif., where the trial is being carried out.

[Energy Analysis RSS | BNET Industries] Your TV's White Space: Where Google and the Smart Grid Meet | BNET ...: Spectrum Bridge announced a partnership with Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative & Telecommunications (PSREC) and Google to launch the nation's first smart-grid wireless network trial using unlicensed TV white space spectrum--the unused TV broadcast channels made available by the transition from analog to digital TV. The electric co-op,...

[Arch Rock Blog] Arch Rock Blog » Blog Archive » De-Mystifying Smart Grid Standards ...: One of the recognized benefits of the adoption of the TCP/IP architecture for Smart Grid is its ability to run over any kind of physical and data link layers by adapting to all wired and wireless communications technologies.  In the absence of a standard like TCP/IP, Smart Grid vendors have put a number of non-interoperable communications protocols and technologies forward.  However, to meet the specific regional and national regulations in a global Smart Grid deployment environment in a scalable and cost-effective way, these current technologies will need to evolve to IETF and IEEE standards.

[VentureBeat] Google, Spectrum Bridge sending smart grid data over TV waves ...: After the FCC enforced the transition from analog to digital television broadcasting, a bunch of channels were left empty, and the the commission made them available for unlicensed use. There have been several proposals to use them to supplement current wireless service in some areas, but this hasn’t gained serious traction.

[Climate Progress] Energy and Global Warming News for June 23: The smart grid via ...: The big idea behind the untapped white space is that now that analog TV channel operators have moved to digital, very valuable, spectrum ”” nationwide and free to use because it is unlicensed (not owned by any company but guided by rules) ”” has been unleashed. Several years ago Google launched a campaign called Free The Airwaves in an effort to draw attention to the idea of using white space for wireless consumer broadband services.

[dailywireless.org] Smart Grid Security Questioned: Smart Meters in any configuration help no one except the Utility, which is basically dependant upon the Home/Business owner to control usage. What is missing is real energy management tools that would allow the customer to monitor and control their various appliances on the premise via a direct link (Wired or wireless) to the device and remote access and control of these devices via the Internet.We see some tools (Software) from Microsoft (Hohm) and Google that give the user a means of monitoring their usage but not controlling the appliances, again part of the Smart Grid spin.

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