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The Motley Fool
June 19, 2009
Rich Duprey |
Are We Smart Enough for the Smart Grid? Where solar, ethanol, or similar alt-energy platforms require substantial investments, the Smart Grid allows start-ups to develop tools and devices to collect and organize the data on consumption to become the 10-baggers of the next decade. Here's how to profit from this next big thing.   |
The Motley Fool
June 21, 2007
Toby Shute |
Go, Go, Google Hybrid! Through its nonprofit arm, Google.org, the company is taking up the cause of electric vehicles. Investors, take note. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2009 |
You Tell Us: Who's Got the Power? The coordinated introduction of a group of technologies will make Boulder the first city in the United States to be powered by a so-called smart grid by December 2009. |
InternetNews
February 18, 2009
Kenneth Corbin |
Googling for the Smart Grid Fresh off the government's pledge of billions for a smart grid, Google and partner GE host a seminar imagining what a new energy regime might look like. |
The Motley Fool
October 29, 2009
Toby Shute |
Giant Grants for the Smart Grid These companies will be some of the biggest beneficiaries of the recent grants targeted for the solar sector. |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2009
Toby Shute |
The Sunshine State's Getting Smart From its early alliance with American Electric Power, to last fall's gang-up with Google, General Electric has been pursuing smart grid opportunities for years now. At last, it seems this bright idea's time in the spotlight has arrived. |
InternetNews
March 24, 2010 |
IBM Smart Grid Push Aims for Power Efficiency In a team-up with eMeter, IBM plans to help public utilities improve their power usage and efficiency. |
Popular Mechanics
March 25, 2009
Erik Sofge |
Forget the Smart Grid, We Need Smart Spending (On the Grid) Some of the stimulus bill is slated for projects to fix our energy infrastructure. But before we start spending, the terminology needs refining. Here is how a buzzword is confusing the plan to upgrade the electrical grid. |
InternetNews
April 1, 2010 |
Microsoft Expands Partnership With Ford Microsoft will furnish automaker with technology for electric cars to enable drivers to monitor their energy usage in an effort to ease the strain on the grid. |
Wired
March 23, 2009
Brendan I. Koerner |
Power to the People: 7 Ways to Fix the Grid, Now The grid took more than a century to grow into the unwieldy beast it is now. Given the urgency of climate change, energy independence, and economic demands, we have only a fraction of that time to fix it. |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2011
Travis Hoium |
4 Earth Day Stocks Four energy-related stocks that are good for your portfolio and the environment: SunPower... Valence Technology... AeroVironment... Google... |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2009
Rich Duprey |
Utility to Drive Smart Grid Advances Drive a car with one foot on the gas and the other on the brake, and you'll get some idea of how we're driving our energy sector today. |
National Defense
August 2007
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Energy Security: Impact on the War on Terror There is a growing consensus that the United States has to find ways to bring along alternative and renewable sources of energy for both the military and the nation. |
The Motley Fool
July 25, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Heat Wave Highlights Our Aging Grid When the temperature rises, we can see exactly where there's money to be made investing in the power grid. |
The Motley Fool
June 1, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Germany May Lead the Next Clean-Energy Revolution Without nuclear power, Germany will need to step up its solar and wind games. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2007
John Voelcker |
Can Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles Keep the Electric Grid Stable? Speakers at an IEEE-USA symposium on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles debate the promises and challenges of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology. |
The Motley Fool
July 27, 2010
Rich Duprey |
Maybe the Smart Grid Is Dumb Regulators are forcing utilities that invested in the technology to wear a dunce cap. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2008
John Voelcker |
Our First Electric Cars...May Be Trucks The path to bringing hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric vehicles into daily use could have some unexpected twists and turns. |
Wired
Kevin Kelleher |
Make Conservation Simple (and Easy) A smart grid requires smart electric meters that let households track and manage their power consumption in real time. The key is making the meters easy to use. |
BusinessWeek
December 17, 2009
Bruce Einhorn |
A Power Play for China's Electrical Grid With Beijing budgeting $600 billion to upgrade its network, global giants are racing to plug in. |
Reason
June 2009
Lynne Kiesling |
Electric Intelligence Establishing a smart grid requires regulatory reform, not subsidies. |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2010
April Taylor |
Can NRG and GE Save Electric Cars? If more electric cars were produced, costs would decline. |
Entrepreneur
April 2010
Julie Bennett |
Are We Headed Toward a Green Bubble? Billions of dollars are pouring into clean-tech companies - with little results. Is this an intelligent investment or the beginning of another bubble? |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 8, 2012
Dina Gerdeman |
Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid? Replacing the antiquated electrical system in the United States with a super-efficient smart grid always seemed a surefire opportunity for entrepreneurs. So what went wrong? |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2011
Selena Maranjian |
This Strategy Helps Big Companies Outperform Even more evidence that going green can really pay off. |
The Motley Fool
September 25, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
GE Catches Rays and Rides the Wind General Electric takes another step into the growing field of thin-film solar technology by acquiring a minority stake in PrimeStar Solar. It's more proof that renewable energy will continue to grow as a percentage of the company's overall business. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2010
Prachi Patel |
Batteries That Go With the Flow A new battery design promises to even out fluctuations in solar and wind power |
The Motley Fool
November 13, 2010
Rich Smith |
And the Electric-Car Winner Is ... General Electric opens its wallet. |
BusinessWeek
September 16, 2010
Galante & Chediak |
Smart Meters May Not Be So Clever A consumer backlash is slowing rollouts of new electric meters |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2010
Seth Blumsack |
How the Free Market Rocked the Grid It led to higher rates and rolling blackouts, but it also opened the door to greener forms of electricity generation |
InternetNews
November 21, 2008
Kenneth Corbin |
And Now, a Peek at Google's D.C. Agenda Google hosts a panel discussion about a national broadband policy. |
CIO
March 24, 2009
Kristin Burnham |
How Xcel Energy Plans to Help Customers Cut Their Electric Bills An online dashboard aims to provide Xcel Energy electricity customers with tools to fine-tune their power consumption and their bills. |
Home Toys
December 2005
Brian Golden |
The Energy Crisis Gets Personal Just as the Internet empowered millions with easy access to information and brand new ways to communicate, emerging technologies will also bring sweeping changes in energy production and consumption. |
IndustryWeek
June 20, 2012 |
Can the U.S. Revitalize its Infrastructure? Pushing the limits of an aging infrastructure, U.S. manufacturers face a future of increasing costs and instability unless new technologies and new investments can rejuvenate the system. |
IndustryWeek
April 20, 2011 |
Powering Up: The Smart Grid's Next Steps While meters have received the bulk of the attention so far, the supply side is where the smart grid will be built. |
The Motley Fool
April 14, 2011
Travis Hoium |
California Makes a Splash in Solar California is taking concrete steps to become solar's next big demand source. |
The Motley Fool
January 9, 2012
Travis Hoium |
Backup Power's Cost to Renewable Energy How much does renewable energy's intermittent nature really cost utilities? |
Inc.
November 1, 2009
Bernard Avishai |
The Connected Car The introduction of the Chevy Volt and other electric vehicles will require a vast ecosystem of entrepreneurial businesses. |
PHONE+
January 26, 2010
Ken Rowen |
Energy Regulation: Watts Up With That? As of today, 13 states and the District of Columbia have great variance in methodologies and regulations among them. |
The Motley Fool
October 8, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
American Electric Power Gets Smart The company will work with General Electric to develop and install "smart meters" to help better manage the transmission of electricity, and give customers more direct control over how much they use, thus saving them money. |
The Motley Fool
May 27, 2011
Rich Smith |
Did GE Just Save the Solar Industry? FlexEfficiency is flex-tastic news for the sunny industry. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2010
Toby Shute |
The Smart Grid Means More Than Meters Reliability is also key to improving our electric infrastructure. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2011
S. Massoud Amin |
U.S. Electrical Grid Gets Less Reliable Since 1995, outages have steadily increased as R&D steadily declined |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2010
Peter Fairley |
Speed Bumps Ahead for Electric-Vehicle Charging Plugging in cars, even overnight, will strain local grids and could boost pollution |
BusinessWeek
May 13, 2010
Richard McGill Murphy |
Eclectic Electrics With the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf hitting showrooms this year, the mass-produced electric car - a century-old dream - becomes a reality. So what are designers dreaming up next? |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2011
Andrew Sullivan |
America's Most Exciting Small Company PowerSecure is a leading smart grid company poised to take off. |
InternetNews
November 27, 2007
David Needle |
Google Has Energy For New Business Google is branching out to develop renewable energy sources. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2009
John Voelcker |
How Green Is My Plug-In? The carbon impact of the millions of electric vehicles soon to hit the road will depend on the grids that supply them. |
BusinessWeek
January 27, 2011 |
Obama's and GE's Strategies Are in Sync Where the priorities of the President and GE align. |
InternetNews
May 25, 2010 |
Cisco Targets Smart Grid With New Network Gear The latest routers and switches from Cisco fill out an important part of the networking giant's portfolio, so-called smart grid deployments. |
