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[Smart Takes Blog RSS | SmartPlanet] PricewaterhouseCoopers: 6 smart grid hurdles ahead - SmartPlanet: PricewaterhouseCoopers said that 62 percent of utilities cited smart grid projects as the reason for increasing capital spending and 64 percent see expenditures increasing in 2011. The rub: the utility industry expects overall capital spending to hit $75 billion in 2010, double levels in 2004.

[Mobile Metering] RuggedCom and Itron Announce Partnership for Wireless Smart Grid ...: , a leading provider of rugged communications networking solutions designed for mission-critical applications in harsh environments and Itron Inc. , a leading technology provider to the global energy and water industries, announced today a partnership that will expand the scope of both companies’

[Earth2Tech] The Sleeping Giant Awakes: Cisco Launches First Smart Grid Products: Cisco announced its first smart-grid specific products on Tuesday, including a router and grid .announced smart grid deals with Duke Energy, Florida Power & Light, Germany's Yellostrom, and Canada's Enmax, and Cisco's senior VP of smart grid, Laura Ipsen, previously told us that it's been selling a build-buy-partner model.

[Climate and energy] Just when you thought federal energy legislation couldn't get any ...: To mark that linkage, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff joined FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski at an FCC open house for smart grid vendors last week. Their common goal, Genachowski said, was to provide consumers with vital data about their energy uses so that they join a clean energy movement.

[zikkir] The Sleeping Giant Awakes: Cisco Launches First Smart Grid Products: Cisco announced its first smart-grid specific products on Tuesday, including a router and grid .smart grid deals with Duke Energy, Florida Power & Light, Germany's Yellostrom, and Canada's Enmax, and Cisco's senior vice president of smart grid, Laura Ipsen, previously told us, it has been selling a build-buy-partner model.

[Green Stocks Central] Itron (ITR) Teams Up With RuggedCom On Smart Grid | Green Stocks ...: Itron just announced a new partnership with Ruggedcom to help both companies increase their smart-grid related business. Under the agreement, Ruggedcom’s RuggedMAX product will be integrated into Itron’s OpenWay smart metering product to provide utilities with an extra WiMAX backhaul communications option.

[sudesca.org] Korean Technology Companies To Have A Major Impact On Global Smart ...: It examines the policy environment and economic development objectives of the Korean government, technology and standards issues, key applications for electricity consumers, and the strategies of market players. A detailed case study is included for the Jeju Island demonstration project, together with market forecasts for Smart Grid applications in Korea through 2016.

[Environmental Valuation & Cost-Benefit News] Smart Grid Opportunities Set to Explode - Market to Reach $15.8 ...: "It answers the question: 'Who should I be partnering with today?'" After defining the smart grid's main categories and eleven subsegments the report forecasts the market size for each using a rigorous bottom-up analysis -- based on .

[PR Hub] Western Power Gains Stronger Revenue Control and Improves Customer ...: - March 23, 2010News Facts Today Oracle announced the results of the “Smart Grid Challenges & Choices: Utility Executives’ Vision for the New Decade” research report (www.oracle.com/webapps/dialogue/dlgpage.jsp?p_ext=Y&p_dlg_id=8610558&src=6778341&Act=70) , which surveyed 150 North American C-level utility executives to understand their vision for the next 10 years, how the smart grid will evolve in our communities and homes, and what challenges and opportunities lie ahead.Key Findings When asked to select their top two smart grid priorities over the next 10 years, utilities executives put improving service reliability (45 percent) and implementing smart metering (41 percent) at the top of the list.

[Ruotolo Blogs] Alternative Energy Investment - Japan's Emerging Role | Ruotolo Blogs: Clean technologies are increasingly in the public eye because President Barack Obama and Japan’s Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama are focusing on projects that will deliver electricity to consumers from wind power and solar plants, both renewable energy sources, without disruption to the current system; the current system largely depends on fossil fuel sources like coal for its electricity generation needs.

[Smart Grid Blog] Smart Grid Blog » Blog Archive » NV Energy Extends Partnership ...: Speakers include: * Ahmad Faruqui, Principal, The Brattle Group * Andrew Roehr, Vice President Smart Energy Services, Capgemini * Bob Zavadil, Executive Vice President & Co-founder, EnerNex Corporation * Bradley Williams, Vice President, Oracle Utilities Global Business Unit * Dale Pennington, Managing Director, Utiliworks Consulting * Detlaf Lange, Chief Technology Officer, Avantis Energy, Germany * Eric Mewhinney, Manager, Innovation and Sustainability, Smart Grid Development Program, BC Hydro * Gary Rackliffe, Vice President, Smart Grid Development, ABB * John D. Setala, Managing Principal, United Services Group, Great River Energy * Krish Narendra, General Manager, Technology and Quality, ERL Phase Power Technologies * Mike Irvin, GE Energy Smart Grid * Richard Kalisch, Senior Director, Technology Initiatives, Midwest ISO * Tom Molinski, Emerging Energy Systems, Manitoba Hydro * Tony Weekes, System Performance, Manitoba Hydro About ESAM ESAM can offer a full range of services to assist clients to develop solutions to their energy needs from initial demand assessment, through regulatory advice, environmental impact assessment, feasibility studies, design, construction and commissioning, to management, operation and maintenance of completed systems.

[Fuld's Competitive Musings] War game predictions on Smart Grid strikes a chord - in China ...: Standards setting and the capability to manage the buildout process represented by companies such as IBM may trump China-legacy firms such as GE and Siemens, selling technology and hardware into the Smart Grid.  As the IBM team (represented by the winning business school team, Kellogg) demonstrated, while IBM may have fewer years clocked in China than do GE or Siemens, it is offering an entirely different and high value sales proposition.  China wants and needs what IBM has to sell: skills in systems integration.  Aside from representing a true standards setter, IBM or companies like it can serve as the Smart Grid’s maestro, coordinating and vetting the other players in the Grid’s construction.  Cisco will need to participate in the standards setting process in order to preserve a place for itself against strong competition from Huawei, Cisco’s chief China rival.

[Lifehack News] Smart Grid Market Outlook: Market and Technological Trends ...: Aarkstore Enterprise is a leading provider of business and financial information and solutions worldwide. We specialize in providing online market business information on market research reports, books, magazines, conference at competitive prices, and strive to provide excellent and innovative service to our customers.

[SmartGridNews.com] Smart Grid: Who's Got the Clout? The Smart Grid's Most Powerful Men: I went for the Utility Veteran catagory primarialy based on existing Utility workers that know the work and also the importance of training those workers to help bring in the newer workforce that will actually implement the Smart Grid. Everyone has their part in regulations, funding, research and producing the products, but at the end of it all is the technicians that will be responsible for implementing and maintaining the system in a safe manner and with enough knowledge of the electrical grid and the dangers it poses.

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