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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.   |
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. |
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. |
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
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
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
July 20, 2010
Michael Kanellos |
A Half a Century Later, AT&T Gets Back Into Solar By linking up with Petra Solar, AT&T capitalizes on one of its best inventions. |
Reason
June 2009
Lynne Kiesling |
Electric Intelligence Establishing a smart grid requires regulatory reform, not subsidies. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
InternetNews
May 18, 2009
Sean Michael Kerner |
Cisco Sees Billions Ahead in Smart Grid Transforming the century old electrical grid into a more efficient and optimized platform for electricity management and delivery is big business. |
InternetNews
September 3, 2010 |
Cisco Snags Arch Rock in Smart Grid Play Cisco looks to advance its position in the burgeoning smart-grid market with the acquisition of Arch Rock, a firm specializing in wireless sensors that connect devices to a mesh network. |
Popular Mechanics
October 27, 2009
Tyghe Trimble |
Obama Announces Winners of Smart-Grid Stimulus One hundred private companies, utilities, manufacturers, cities and other partners received awards today, including Florida Power and Light |
BusinessWeek
September 16, 2010
Galante & Chediak |
Smart Meters May Not Be So Clever A consumer backlash is slowing rollouts of new electric meters |
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
August 4, 2010
Michael Kanellos |
Why Pick WiMax, Mesh Over Power Line? Cost. CenterPoint Energy thought about becoming an Internet service provider. Utilities and power providers, meanwhile, may have to help consumers with home are networks. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2012
Jean Kumagai |
Virtual Power Plants, Real Power Five kilowatts here, a hundred kilowatts there -- with a smart grid, it all adds up |
Bio-IT World
August 18, 2004
Chris Dwan |
Grid Computing: Turning Hype into Reality How to make grid computing more useful. |
CIO
May 15, 2004
Christopher Lindquist |
True Grid Long the domain of scientists and engineers, grid computing is finally going mainstream. CIOs need to examine their applications to see if their businesses can benefit from grid's power and economies. |
IndustryWeek
August 18, 2010 |
Smart Grid Inches its Way Toward Reality Next-generation energy system promises industry improved power quality and reliability. |
Fast Company
July 2009
Anya Kamenetz |
Why the Microgrid Could Be the Answer to Our Energy Crisis Why small-scale, local power -- the microgrid -- could be the answer to our energy crisis. And why the big utilities are fighting it with all they've got. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jan/Feb 2002
Darlene Bremer |
Power Play Cost savings and enhanced reliability drive use of distributed generation... |
The Motley Fool
October 25, 2010
Matthew Argersinger |
Power Up Your Portfolio With This Stock EnerNOC is a first mover in helping utilities get the most out of the grid. |
Popular Mechanics
October 15, 2009
Jennifer Bogo |
Lone Star Energy: Why Texas Will Resist the Call for a Unified Grid A recent proposal to link the eastern, western and Texas grids together to create a national, energy-friendly supergrid has sparked the interest of utilities and energy insiders, but Texas doesn't want to participate. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2013
John Boyd |
Japan's Digital Grid Scheme Japanese consortium aims to transform the country's centralized grid into islands of interconnected cells |
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. |
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. |
Home Toys
February 2006
Michael Kintner-Meyer |
Grid Friendly Appliances What can home appliances do to help ensure the reliability of the electricity grid? A lot -- if they employ smart control technology. |
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 |
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? |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2010
Mark Anderson |
WiMax for Smart Grids The wireless network is unpopular in smartphones but could succeed with smart grids |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2007
Sandra Upson |
The Greening of Google In the U.S., corporate rooftops are the latest frontier in solar energy generation. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2008
Toby Shute |
Google Swoops on the Smart Grid Fresh off of its investment in next-generation geothermal power, Google makes another notable cleantech move, announcing it's pairing up with General Electric to bring our electric grid into the 21st century. |
Wired
July 2001
Steve Silberman |
The Energy Web The best minds in electricity R&D have a plan: Every node in the power network of the future will be awake, responsive, adaptive, price-smart, eco-sensitive, real-time, flexible, humming -- and interconnected with everything else... |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2008
Jonathan Katz |
Smart Power A smart grid could allow manufacturers more control over their power consumption. |
CIO
January 4, 2012
Mark Rowh |
Smart Grid Security Inadequate, Threats Abound As the Stuxnet attack shows, malicious hackers "clearly have the upper hand" over power grid systems, a new study says. A lack of strict standards and a hodgepodge of products have created today's chaotic state of utility cybersecurity. |
InternetNews
September 17, 2009 |
Cisco: IPv6 and Smart Grid Make Sense Together Key to the smart grid are IP transport and security as Cisco makes a new push. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2013
Jean Kumagai |
The Smartest, Greenest Grid What the little Danish island of Bornholm is showing the world about the future of energy |
IndustryWeek
June 20, 2012 |
Diamond Wipes International Leads the Way for Distributed Generation Churning out twice the energy it consumes, the company aims to ease the strain on the state's aging electric grid. |
CIO
October 27, 2014
Lauren Brousell |
Gamification Helps Utility Companies Change Customer Behavior ComEd, National Grid and other utilities use analytics to get consumers to compete with neighbors and encourage whole towns to conserve -- and earn rewards. |
Home Theater
April 1, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
Smart Meters Maybe Not So Smart Security holes may let hackers steal your juice. |
InternetNews
January 2, 2007
Paul Shread |
Grid, Virtualization Get Closer Grid computing could become inseparable from virtualization and service-oriented architectures, according to 451 Group analysts. |
InternetNews
June 29, 2010 |
Cisco Extends Smart Grid Push to Homes, Offices The networking giant's new energy management solutions look to tap the growing interest in green technology and energy efficiency. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2013
Peter Fairley |
Residential Solar Power Heads Toward Grid Parity Some rooftop photovoltaics are already cost-effective |
InternetNews
July 28, 2009 |
Black Hat Exposes Smart Grid Security Risks Those smart meters may not be as smart as the name implies. |
