Via the Farmers Guardian, some background detail on the United Kingdom’s Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra) proposed new ‘Water Shares’ system which would see all water abstractors own a share in their local water catchment. This proposed system is expected to create a sense of mutual responsibility among abstractors to preserve water […]
Read more »Via Smart Grid News, an interesting argument that, while Google is focused on value streams from home appliances and energy services, utilities have access to other value streams such as “grid-side savings”, as well as, moving away from average cost to serve to true cost to serve based on the locational differences between premises. The article […]
Read more »Via GigaOm, an interesting look at Ohmconnect, an innovative company built around energy data: After a combination of federal and state initiatives, as well as a far-reaching rollout of smart meters, home energy data in California has finally emerged as a platform for innovation and entrepreneurs. New startups working with energy data don’t need tens […]
Read more »Via Greentech Media, an interesting commentary on the potential offered by what some have termed the energy data nexus: After the recent Facebook/Oculus announcement, I was struck by Fred Wilson’s blog post on the subject. Essentially, Fred argues that this deal, along with the acquisitions and explorations by Google (such as Nest, driverless cars, etc.), […]
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