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In the February 2010 edition of Renew Grid…
A Peek Inside The Smart Grid Grants Whether they received a $1 million or $100 million award, the utilities that are pursuing electric distribution system enhancements with the support of Smart Grid Investment Grants share a common focus on forward-thinking strategies and technologies.
How ISO New England Is Using Energy Storage Wind resources may soon be the largest source of renewable generation in New England, with 2,900 MW of proposed projects in the queue. But with that variable generation comes a need to use every available regulation option, such as pumped hydro, flywheels, batteries and plug-in electric vehicles. The Promise Of The Smart Grid Invites Investors To The Fold The smart grid has gone from a relatively unknown entity to a leading buzzword in just a few years, which should help entice investors to fund both private and public smart grid companies.
The True Genius Of Smart Meters: Protection From Obsolescence Today’s meters not only perform the primary functions of measuring and logging data, but they also communicate with a network of data concentrators, utility backhaul systems and other intelligent devices. And they’re ready to do more.
Petra Solar Inc. says it has raised $40 million in funding, led by two new investors - Craton Equity Partners and Espirito Santo Ventures - and garnering participation from Element [read more]
International Battery and HNU Energy are working together on a solar power generation and energy storage project in Maui, Hawaii, that will assess the effectiveness of storing solar energy using [read more]
Fluke Corp., a company specializing in electronic test and measurement technology and electrical calibration, has received $1.4 million in federal stimulus funding to support the development of new calibration technology. [read more]
Open Access Technology International Inc. (OATI) has named Fred Fletcher as its smart grid chief architect, tasked with assisting OATI in the development and delivery of demand response and distributed [read more]
Verizon and CURRENT Group have formed an agreement aimed at offering utilities an IP-based communications solution that is tied into intelligent sensing technologies on distribution grids. Verizon is providing wireless [read more]
Comverge Inc. has finalized an expanded agreement with Pepco Holdings Inc. (PHI) to bring its support services to additional PHI territories. The five-year agreement includes marketing, installation and call-center services [read more]
FirstEnergy Corp. says Charles E. Jones has been named senior vice president and president of FirstEnergy Utilities, effective April 1. He will have responsibility for energy delivery, customer service, FERC [read more]
Arcadian Networks and Proximetry say they are jointly developing an advanced communications product for smart grid networks that integrates Arcadian's broadband communication hardware and software with Proximetry's AirSync RF control [read more]
Teradata Corp. has developed two new products - the Utilities Logical Data Model (uLDM) and Teradata Accelerate for Credit and Collections for Utilities - designed specifically for the energy industry. [read more]
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) says it is implementing ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd.'s ClickMobile field-service application for its electric distribution crews. ClickSoftware provides workforce management and service optimization technology. SDG&E, [read more]
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