Courtesy of Earth2Tech, a look at Efficiency 2.0, another entrant into the widening field of energy monitoring programs recently launched – Google Powermeter, Microsoft Hohm, GE’s Home Energy Manager, and eMeter, to name a few. As the article notes: “…one New York-based startup called Efficiency 2.0, which has spent the past four years developing sophisticated […]
Read more »Via Smart Grid News, an interesting article on the key role that smart markets and smart customers will play in energizing the smart grid. As the report notes: “…The vocabulary of the Smart Grid is focused on interoperability, but who is assuring operability? That is, where is the market for operability and how will it […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Oil Drum blog, a detailed analysis which concludes that the cost of implementing smart meters appears justified by the resource savings available and by the operational benefits to implementing utilities. As the article notes, the case for smart meters is strong in areas with high electricity rates (e.g. California, the Mid-Atlantic states, […]
Read more »Via The Energy Collective, an interesting commentary on the fact that consumers – unfortunately – seem to be after-thoughts when it comes to smart meter deployments and the ability to obtain & use real-time data about their electricity use. This is one reason the authors of this blog have long felt the deployment of smart […]
Read more »Via GreenTech Media’s Green Light blog, a somewhat sobering report on the outlook for publicly-traded smart meter companies. As the article notes: “…Tuesday’s smart grid news includes a report casting a dim light on publicly traded smart meter makers’ prospects for the rest of 2009, as well as a win for smart grid networking startup […]
Read more »An interesting look at smart microgrids, courtesy of The Energy Collective. As the article notes, community- or affinity-based microgrids may actually underpin development of a larger smart grid: “…Valence Energy is a fresh new technology company working to develop and deploy a package of energy management solutions for institutional campuses, universities or entire neighborhoods known […]
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