http://www.renewgridmag.com/ en-us Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:00:01 -0400 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:00:01 -0400 editors@renewgridmag.com publisher@renewgridmag.com Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved, Zackin Publications Inc. The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), the federal transmission-grid operator serving the Pacific Northwest, says vandalism has become a serious problem affecting its system, with [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5573 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:24:32 -0400 SMA America LLC has expanded its U.S. line of utility products with the Sunny Central High Efficiency (HE) line of solar inverters. The new [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5572 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:23:21 -0400 Landis+Gyr says its Gridstream smart grid solution has successfully completed compatibility testing with Vecima Networks' platform, enabling utilities to use Vecima's WiMAX solution for [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5571 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:22:04 -0400 The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has ruled that companies that sell electric-vehicle charging services to the public will not be regulated as public [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5570 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:20:32 -0400 Survalent Technology says it has commissioned a new supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system for Forked Deer Electric Cooperative, located in Halls, Tenn. [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5569 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:19:01 -0400 Lutron Electronics Co. Inc. says it has established an association with the Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition to develop compatible products and help [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5568 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:16:35 -0400 The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) has approved NV Energy's Integrated Resource Plan for the company's southern territory. The plan covers energy-efficiency, transmission [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5567 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:18:06 -0400 SmartSynch Inc., a smart grid technology company, has entered into a co-marketing agreement with Central Service Association (CSA), a member-owned utility consortium comprising 130 [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5566 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:16:43 -0400 The Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition (DRSG) says Cisco, Cooper Power Systems, Tropos Networks, Grid Net and the U-SNAP Alliance have joined the [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5565 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:15:39 -0400 Elster, Secure Meters Ltd. and Landis+Gyr say they have formed an agreement to work together to develop communication standards aimed at ensuring the interoperability [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5564 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:14:41 -0400 The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has granted Maui Electric Co. (MECO) an interim rate increase of 3.3% for customers in Maui, Molokai and [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5563 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:12:55 -0400 The Public Service Co. of Oklahoma (PSO) says it will work with Comverge Inc. to deploy an energy-management pilot program among the utility's eligible [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5562 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:12:08 -0400 Ballard Power Systems says it has completed the factory testing of a utility-scale distributed-generation system that uses the company's proton-exchange-membrane fuel cells. Installation and [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5561 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:10:42 -0400 National Public Finance Guarantee Corp. has released a study suggesting that investor-owned utilities (IOUs) have largely recovered from the "turmoil of the last decade," [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5560 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:33:50 -0400 ABB says it has installed a complete instrumentation, control and electrical system package at AmerenUE's 440 MW Taum Sauk pumped-storage hydroelectric plant in Missouri. [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5559 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:32:32 -0400 Ness Technologies Inc., a provider of information technology solutions and services, has signed a contract with CEZ, the largest power-distribution company in the Czech [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5558 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:31:10 -0400 The municipal utility in Wadsworth, Ohio, has selected Itron Inc. to supply key technologies for its smart metering initiative, which will be rolled out [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5557 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:29:30 -0400 ECOtality Inc., collaborating with design partner frog design, has released Blink, its flagship electric vehicle (EV) charging station. The charger will be available as [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5556 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:28:15 -0400 Xtreme Power, a company focused on utility-scale power management and energy-storage systems, has closed a $29.5 million financing round co-led by Bessemer Venture Partners, [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5555 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:27:00 -0400 Saft, a designer and manufacturer of industrial batteries, has signed a three-year deal to work with Spain-based Acciona Energia SA on a project focusing [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5554 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:25:59 -0400 Coulomb Technologies says it intends to "significantly expand" its ChargePoint electric-vehicle charging platform through partnership agreements with Leviton, Siemens and Aker Wade. Each of [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5549 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:44:48 -0400 Silver Spring Networks and ClipperCreek Inc. say they are participating in a plug-in electric vehicle (EV) pilot program sponsored by Pacific Gas and Electric [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5550 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Meridian Energy, the largest state-owned electricity generator in New Zealand, has selected the Lavastorm Analytic Engine from Martin Dawes Analytics (MDA) to support its [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5551 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Silicon Valley Power (SVP), the municipal electric utility in Santa Clara, Calif., has selected Elster Solutions to provide smart meters over the next three [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5552 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Northwest Electric Power Cooperative Inc. (NWEPC), based in Cameron, Mo., has deployed microwave backhaul systems from Exalt Communications to support its power generation and [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5553 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 A new report from Pike Research forecasts that 276 million smart grid communications nodes will be shipped worldwide during the period from 2010 to [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5548 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:44:07 -0400 FirstEnergy Corp.'s Ohio electric utility companies - Ohio Edison, Cleveland Electric Illuminating and Toledo Edison - say that Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC) [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5547 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:43:57 -0400 Starview Technology, a provider of event-driven solutions, and Logica, a business and technology service company, have partnered to introduce the Real-Time Demand Automator (RTDA), [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5540 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:41:01 -0400 Investment and business leaders have warned that passage of California's Proposition 23 (Prop 23) this November would jeopardize a half-million cleantech jobs, 12,000 companies [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5546 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:14:13 -0400 SynapSense Corp. says it is deepening its relationship with GE by securing an investment and commercial partnership as part of a focus on digital [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5545 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:11:23 -0400 Hara, a provider of environmental and energy management software, says that Simply Energy, an Australian provider of electricity, gas and green energy, has selected [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5544 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:08:22 -0400 NXP Semiconductors says it has acquired Jennic, a developer of low-power radio-frequency (RF) solutions for wireless applications in the smart energy, environmental, logistics and [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5543 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:05:44 -0400 Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., plans to introduce an energy bill next week that deals with offshore oil drilling, but broad climate-change legislation will not [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5542 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:30:23 -0400 In their first face-to-face meeting, the leaders of the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) and utility regulators explored options for increasing state-level participation in [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5541 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:21:07 -0400 Pennsylvania-based PPL Electric Utilities has selected the distribution management system from GE as a part of its smart grid initiative to control the status, [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5537 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Digi International says EcoFactor, a provider of home energy management software, is using the Digi X-Grid to connect customers' home energy devices to its [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5535 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:08:18 -0400 A public-private partnership led by the Illinois Science and Technology Coalition (ISTC) and joined by South Korean businesses and governmental bodies has announced its [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5536 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Statnett, Norway's national grid owner and operator, has awarded a contract to cable manufacturer Nexans to design, manufacture and install the new Oslofjord II [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5538 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 U.S. Sens. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Jeanne Shaheen, D.-N.H., have introduced legislation to offer tax credits for the creation of renewable-energy [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5539 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 According to the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has conditionally approved a series of so-called Broader Regional [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5534 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:09:28 -0400 According to a new report from Lux Research, "Who Wins the Peak? The Battle of Solar, Storage and Smart Grid to Fill Peak Demand," [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5533 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:07:23 -0400 A recent survey of U.S. and U.K. consumers conducted by IMS Research has found that over 90% of respondents wanted to be able to [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5531 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:04:46 -0400 ABB has released its 38 kV R-MAG outdoor vacuum circuit breaker, which utilizes a magnetic actuator design that has only one moving part to [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5530 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:03:12 -0400 General Compression Inc. (GC) has been selected to receive up to $750,000 in the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E GRIDS) [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5529 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:01:48 -0400 ERLPhase Power Technologies says it has received IEC 61850 protocol certification for its L-PRO 4000 transmission-line protection relay from the Central Power Research Institute [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5528 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:00:14 -0400 Oracle Utilities has released version 1.10.0 of its Oracle Utilities Network Management System, which now features enhancements specifically designed for smart grid applications and [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5527 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:28:13 -0400 Energate, a provider of demand response and home energy management solutions, has released MyEnergate - a mobile application for home energy management via smart [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5526 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:25:37 -0400 AT&T says it is partnering with Petra Solar to help the company market its SunWave solar electric system, which is designed to be installed [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5525 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:24:16 -0400 AGL Energy Ltd., one of Australia's largest energy companies, has chosen OSIsoft LLC to supply its meter data unification and synchronization (MDUS) system as [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5524 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:22:57 -0400 ABB has commissioned the Xiangjiaba-Shanghai ultra-high-voltage direct-current (UHVDC) transmission project for the State Grid Corp. of China (SGCC). This 800 kV line has the [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5523 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:21:24 -0400 Pennsylvania-based utility PECO says it plans to deploy the FlexNet communications network from Sensus as the advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) solution for its smart [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5522 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:19:46 -0400 Grid Net, a provider of IP-based software platforms, says it is working with Oracle Utilities to deliver advanced distribution management systems and meter data [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5521 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:18:19 -0400 On-Ramp Wireless and Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc. (SEL) say they have completed a successful distribution-network field test that was intended to demonstrate the ability [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5520 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:16:26 -0400 The Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator (Midwest ISO) has filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission its proposed cost allocation methodology for new interstate [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5519 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:42:02 -0400 German transmission grid operator Transpower has awarded a contract to ABB for the development of an 800 MW power link that will connect offshore [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5518 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:31:00 -0400 Columbia Power and Water Systems (CPWS), a Tennessee-based utility, has selected Elster for its multi-utility smart grid project. CPWS will deploy Elster's EnergyAxis solution [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5517 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:29:39 -0400 Shrewsbury Electric and Cable Operations (SELCO), a Massachusetts-based municipal electric company, is using GroundedPower's Interactive Customer Engagement System (iCES) to support its energy efficiency [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5516 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:28:16 -0400 Texas-based utility Reliant Energy, a unit of NRG Energy, has developed energywise, a new section on Reliant Energy's website aimed at helping consumers better [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5515 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:26:37 -0400 Ener1 Inc., a manufacturer of large-format lithium-ion battery systems for grid-scale energy-storage applications, has appointed Bruce Curtis global president of its grid storage business. [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5514 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:24:55 -0400 People Power Co. has announced members of its technology advisory board, including leaders in the areas of research and innovation in wireless [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5513 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:03:59 -0400 SureGrid, a solutions provider of automated, cloud-based, demand-response intelligent load management technology, has released PowerCommand 2.0. The new software provides SureGrid customers [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5512 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:02:02 -0400 Allure Energy Inc. has released its Home Energy Management System, which uses the company's proximity control technology. Allure Mobile, a smart-phone application, [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5511 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Integrated Device Technology Inc. (IDT) has entered the smart grid industry with its first family of metering ICs for smart meters. The [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5509 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:44:23 -0400 San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has received approval from the Department of Agriculture's United States Forest Service (USFS) to move forward [...] http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5507 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:42:35 -0400