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IEEE Spectrum July 2012 Mosko & Bellotti |
Smart Conservation for the Lazy Consumer People aren't conserving energy for love or money -- you have to trick them into it  |
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.  |
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.  |
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  |
Industrial Physicist Eric J. Lerner |
What's wrong with the electric grid? Experts widely agree that failures of the power-transmission system are a nearly unavoidable product of a collision between the physics of the system and the economic rules that now regulate it.  |
IEEE Spectrum December 2005 Madani & Novoosel |
Getting a Grip on the Grid The findings of major electric disturbances around the world highlight the need for cross-regional grid reforms, so that the best available technology is promptly put to use, without lengthy delays arising from American legislative or regulatory processes.  |
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 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.  |
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.  |
IEEE Spectrum July 2011 Peter Fairley |
Flywheels Keep the Grid in Tune Spinning masses face off against big batteries in the half-billion-dollar market for grid stability  |
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?  |
Reason June 2009 Lynne Kiesling |
Electric Intelligence Establishing a smart grid requires regulatory reform, not subsidies.  |
IEEE Spectrum October 2012 Joshua J. Romero |
Blackouts Illuminate India's Power Problems Weak links in the grid prove difficult to fix  |
IEEE Spectrum May 2006 Karl Stahlkopf |
Taking Wind Mainstream Given wind's intermittency, can the power grid handle much larger amounts of variable generation?  |
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  |
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.  |
IEEE Spectrum June 2007 Harry Goldstein |
How to Blackout-Proof a City Mumbai's economic miracle threatens to overwhelm the power grid.  |
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.  |
IndustryWeek May 1, 2005 Jill Jusko |
Energy's Impact For appliance manufacturers, incorporating energy efficiency has been an historic challenge, and one likely to continue as the drive for more efficient products shows no signs of abating.  |
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  |
IndustryWeek May 1, 2006 Jill Jusko |
Energy Without A Net The August 2003 blackout showed manufacturers the havoc a widespread power failure can wreak, yet nearly three years later many would face the same consequences were the lights to go out again.  |
Popular Mechanics October 25, 2007 Jennifer Bogo |
Out With the Old (Appliance, That Is) Eventually, inevitably, old appliances begin to do more harm than good to the environment.  |
IEEE Spectrum January 2006 William Sweet |
Get-Rich-Quick Scheme ConsumerPowerline, a four-year-old New York company, is showing its clients how to make money, and quite a lot of it, by not using electricity.  |
InternetNews August 8, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner |
IBM Grows The Grid The company's Grid and Grow is intended to help enterprises get going on distributed computing at an entry-level price.  |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2006 Jill Jusko |
Energy: New Plants, Old Problems Hundreds of new power plants are in the works in the United States, but they won't make energy cheaper or more reliable for manufacturers or consumers.  |
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.  |
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.  |
Home Toys October 2002 Paul Grimme |
Pervasiveness and Impact of Embedded Controllers On the impact of the pervasiveness of embedded controllers in peoples' daily lives... trends and benefits with embedded controllers related to the home networking and control market... etc.  |
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...  |
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.  |
Bank Technology News October 2008 Dan Sharplin |
Keep the Grid Going and Reap Rewards Instead of simply putting up with higher electric bills and periodic service disruptions, bank chains have a unique opportunity to become part of the energy solution-and to profit from it at the same time.  |
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.  |
IndustryWeek August 18, 2010 |
Smart Grid Inches its Way Toward Reality Next-generation energy system promises industry improved power quality and reliability.  |
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.  |
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  |
Popular Mechanics May 2008 Erik Sofge |
Rebuilding America Special Report: How to Fix U.S. Infrastructure American infrastructure is in trouble, from collapsed bridges to leaking dams. Here are some fresh ideas, smart engineering and new technology that can be used to fix it.  |
This Old House August 2007 Joseph D'agnese |
Power on Demand In the wake of storms and blackouts, standby generators keep your house in business.  |
Bio-IT World August 18, 2004 Chris Dwan |
Grid Computing: Turning Hype into Reality How to make grid computing more useful.  |
IEEE Spectrum January 2011 Peter Fairley |
Flexible AC Transmission: The FACTS Machine Flexible power electronics will make the smart grid smart  |
InternetNews November 29, 2005 Clint Boulton |
U.K. Warms to Sun's Grid Storage Sun Microsystems unveiled two new software services for U.K.-based customers keen on using the Sun Grid Storage Utility: Sun Grid Remote Backup and Restore Service and Sun Grid Remote File Vault.  |
The Motley Fool May 24, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson |
National Grid: Toll-Taker for Life's Essentials Try to stay awake as this company reaps cash flow from its distribution network. Investors, take note.  |
Wall Street & Technology August 22, 2005 Maria Wakem |
Spending On Grid Technology To Rise There will be significant growth in the grid market over the next five years, according to a new report.  |
The Motley Fool September 7, 2010 |
Analyst Still Bullish on Check Point A Jeffries & Co. analyst remains bullish on the Internet security specialist.  |
BusinessWeek August 27, 2009 Matthew Boyle |
Cash-for-Clunker Rebates for Home Appliances A new federal rebate program may not generate much demand, but such companies as Whirlpool, GE, and Electrolux need all the help they can get.  |
InternetNews July 27, 2010 |
SUSE Gallery Site Showcases Linux Appliances Novell's new SUSE Gallery site features Linux appliances built with the company's SUSE Studio Linux appliance building technology.  |
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 26, 2011 Bryan Hinmon |
Should You Take a Spin With Whirlpool? A look at the good and bad of Whirlpool and when to plug into shares.  |
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.  |
The Motley Fool January 29, 2004 Dave Marino-Nachison |
Hoover Sucks Up Profit Maytag hopes to reenergize its ailing floor-care division starting in Q2.  |
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.  |