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The Green IT Review: David M Rouls, managing director, Accenture Smart Grid Services is quoted as saying “A smart grid is expected to generate up to eight orders of magnitude more data than today’s traditional power network. Transforming and analysing this data into useful business and operational intelligence is one of the biggest challenges facing our industry today”. 

[Free Nokia 5800 Games, Nokia N97 Games, 5530 Games, Nokia 5800 and N97 Themes, Nokia 5800 and N97 Softwares, Free S60v5 Stuff] Smart Grids: New Wireless Revolution | Free Nokia 5800 Games ...: . Because Current needs to get its information back to the utility, it works with a number of companies that provide that network connection. The latest is Qwest, which Current started partnering with, and is currently working with, for Xcel Energy’s SmartGridCity plan (Qwest provides phone and broadband service in Colorado). The buildout of SmartGridCity is supposed to be completed soon, followed by an assessment of the network’s benefits.

[Earth2Tech] California's Smart Meter Battle: Google vs. Utilities: The debate, which could influence smart grid policies across the country, underscores an important difference between the two things Google wants utilities to provide ”” energy “usage” data versus “pricing information.” Electricity usage is a real thing that can be measured in real time with magnets and wires, either by a smart meter or lots of other devices. Electricity prices, on the other hand, are contrived, during or after the fact, by a convoluted market that has to keep demand and supply perfectly balanced at all times.

[BNET Articles] The Smart Grid: Where Green Tech Is Serious About Hiring | BNET: company that makes smart grid management software used by utilities in the U.S. and around the world. In business for 10 years, eMeter’s explosive growth has primarily been driven by new regulatory requirements in the U.S. and abroad that have given typically risk-averse utilities the incentive to increase energy efficiency.

[SmartMeters] BC Hydro selects Telvent's smart meter management system: EMASZ distributes electricity throughout northeastern Hungary from its headquarters in Miskolc while .

[Searching for Insight] Smart Grid Disruption, Taxes and Turmoil « Searching for Insight: Those on the bleeding edge of smart grid have lessons to teach others ranging from Xcel Energy’s Smart Grid City surprise that implementation can often cost more—much more than expected.  PG&E learned that its Bakersfield customers were caught by surprise and reacted angrily when the combination of rate increases and peak summer temperatures drove up demand and thus energy bills just as the utility was installing smart meters in Bakersfield and inviting politicians to join in the high tech celebration.  Those surprised customers showed up and surprised both the utility and politicians with their protests of high bills.  Oncor is facing similar pushback in Texas as it rolls out its own smart meter program.

[Security Wireless&Digital] Intel powers its way inside the smart grid | Security Wireless&Digital: Intel’s view is that there will be different types of home energy management systems, some of which won’t require a two-way smart meter to be installed by a utility, Wigle said. And rather than just provide a real-time read-out of electricity usage, home energy systems should be mixed with other home automation features, such as security, she added.

[PR Hub] IBM Leads Energy Technologies Institute Study Into the Impact of ...: NEW DELHI - India's solar mission will set up, in its first phase, 1,100 MW of solar power through the electricity grid and 200 MW off the grid, with the objective of making solar power as cheap as power from coal by the end of the mission, Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah said here Monday. In a statement to parliament tabled in the Lok Sabha, Abdullah called last week's approval of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission by the government "a historic and transformational initiative" and added: "I am proud to have the privilege of being assigned the task of overseeing its implementation."

[DistiBlog - the EPN Distribution Blog] DistiBlog - the EPN Distribution Blog: MSC Dishes Up PIE In Europe: Devices at Panasonic Industrial Europe, reckons MSC’s design-in competence and the focus on important vertical target markets matches PIE’s strategic allignment: “Over the next few years, the compatible networking of devices from different manufacturers by means of intelligent Bluetooth wireless connections, particularly in medical technology and in healthcare and wellness sectors respectively, has a huge potential for growth.

[News for Greens] Picowatt does smart grid without smart meter | CES 2010 | News for ...: A few strategically placed smart plugs, called a Picowatt, will provide many of the benefits promised to consumers by the smart grid, including a real-time read-out of electricity usage and the ability to control appliances from a central point. By having data on electricity usage and the ability to take advantage of off-peak rates, people can make a significant reduction to consumption, studies have shown.

[Earth2Tech] Smart Meter Backlash, Again: This Time in Texas: [...] Smart Meter Backlash, Again: This Time in Texas: Uh-oh, another local backlash against the installation of smart meters ”” and this time it’s not in Bakersfield, Calif., the home of the original smart meter lawsuit that rattled utilities nationwide late last year. The Dallas Morning News (hat tip Green Inc) reports that “hundreds” of Texans who received smart meters in Oncor’s service territory are complaining about the accuracy of the meters after receiving unusually high energy bills after the meters were installed.

[Security Wireless&Digital] DOE grants $1 million for ocean energy research | Security ...: Start-up Tendril Networks next week plans to unveil an in-home display system that’s geared at consumers who aren’t particularly tech-savvy or willing to spend a lot of effort on home efficiency. It’s an attempt to give people simple tools for cutting energy consumption by 5 percent to 10 percent.

[Smart Grid Blog] Smart Grid Blog » Blog Archive » NewsFactor Network | Software AG ...: The IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition comes home to the city of New Orleans, April 19-22, 2010””a city blessed with a tradition of magical sights and sounds, a rich and romantic history that will captivate you and move your emotions from dawn ”˜til dusk. The 2010 IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition in New Orleans is designed and organized to provide the international power-delivery community with the information and details necessary to manage technology and business solutions now and in the decades ahead.

[Agile Cat --- Smart Grid Japan] Worldwide - Mar. 13 « Agile Cat ”” Smart Grid Japan: The new smart electricity meter program ”¦ .CalAmp and Kepware Partner for SmartGrid Communications CNNMoney.com (press release) - ”ŽMar 9, 2010”Ž The Kepware protocols embedded in the ATC provide data processing and traffic management over wireless networks for SmartGrid applications such as AMI, ”¦ .

[Greenhoof] Greenhoof » Blog Archive » Trilliant integrates distribution and ...: Smart grid solutions company Trilliant has announced the SecureMesh Bridge products, which integrate a Wide Area Network (WAN) for distribution and a Neighbourhood Area Network (NAN) for metering.  The product is a direct result of Trilliant’s

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