smart grid event Articles
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Home energy devices: Can we bewilder Edison?
Why do so many energy insiders insist that home energy automation will fail? Many whom I respect say the typical householder will never take the time to fiddle with smart gadgets that reduce energy costs. Their skepticism, however, just elicits a verbal shrug from Peter Porteous, CEO of Blue Line Innovations, maker of the PowerCost Monitor, one of the many devices hitting the market to help ...
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‘Energy democracy’ becomes more real
Will new technologies democratize energy much the way the Internet did information? Industry movement seems to point in that direction with the rise of the smart grid, time-of-day pricing, distributed solar, and the electric vehicle. Together these technologies offer a vision of a less centralized energy system, one where communities and households ‘vote in’ or shape the electric ...
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Smart Grids – The Governmental Approach
Scott Blake Harris is the General Council for the US Department of Energy, and has recently spoken out at the NGU US summit (hosted by GDS International). He was nominated in the position by President Barack Obama in March 2009, and was confirmed by the United States Senate in May 2009. He focused his address on the $4 billion investment into smart grids and renewables across the US. Scott ...
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A Rosetta Stone to Solve the Smart Grid Language Problem
In an age of autonomous vehicles and voice-activated smart homes, innovation is at the heart of technology infrastructure. The electric grid is no different. From grid edge distributed intelligence to system stabilization using real-time signals from commercial buildings, automation and technology advancements are making the grid smarter than ever. But as more smart systems are integrated into ...
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