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Smart grid report from Lexington Institute explores benefits, pitfalls

Smart grid, demand response and smart appliancesWhen I need to explain the smart grid in a sentence, I simply describe it as the coupling of a digital network on top of our existing grid structure. What?s the big deal with doing that? Digital information on the grid gives all sorts...

Tags: grid, demand response, Smart Grid, benefit

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

Most Americans support energy infrastructure overhaul

Energy overhaul is not the issueThe issue is ENERGY EFFICIENCY.Products from 30 years ago specially cars were more energy efficient than todays.What is the point of changing technologies, if that technology is less efficient that what we have today.One example: Biofuels. Not only are we destroying organic material to burn...

Tags: smart grid, energy usage, grid

Discussion threads 2009-08-16

What a smart grid can do for you

very idealistic, but...like all sunshine information projects...it depends on the accuracy of the data!electric companies make their money...their real money selling "ON PEAK" hours, in fact, in Northern MD/Pennsylvania there is a power plant that ONLY goes on to service ON PEAK hours! what most americans fail to realize...

Tags: Wireless and Mobility, Smart Grid technology, Z-Wave, smart grid, wireless, grid

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

Are we being smart about the smart grid?

Are we being smart about the smart grid?Details PleaseI have read much about the "smart grid", but have not seen any details:1. How will the consumer interact with the smart grid2. What options will be available?3. Where is energy being wasted today?4. How will the smart grid...

Tags: Compulsion, grid, smart grid

Discussion threads 2009-08-04

Don't underestimate the power of the electrical power plug in the smart grid

Don't underestimate the power of the electrical power plug in the smart gridPlease read...(Broadband over Power Lines- BPL)Take a look at the following. While net communication over power lines might be useful in high density areas (like a large Apt. Building in a major city) it is not without...

Tags: electrical power plug, smart grid, power plug, grid, powerline

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

Who will manage the smart grid?

Who will manage the smart grid?Smart Grid - who owns itI certainly think that the consumer / home owner will have NO control over the smart grid being connected to their home. They may be able to see what they are consuming, but giving them control defeats the purpose...

Tags: grid, smart grid

Discussion threads 2009-06-26

Who will manage the smart grid?

At Greentech Media's Green Building Summit at SRI International in Menlo Park, Calif., tech executives discuss the future management of smart-grid technology and whether the balance of power will go toward utility companies, government regulatory agencies or building owners.

Tags: Grid, Government, Telecom & Utilities, Vertical Industries, Smart grid

Videos 2009-06-17

Tomorrow's smart grid

At the Churchill Club's 11th Annual Top Ten Tech Trends, venture capitalists discuss whether the smart grid and smart meter trends will continue to produce innovation and what the motivating factors will be.

Tags: Grid, Venture Capital, Finance, Financing Startups, Churchill Club, 11th Annual Top Ten Tech Trends, Smart Grid, Ann Winblad, Steve Jurvetson, Joe Schoendorf, Ram Shriram, Jason Pontin

Videos 2009-05-29

Smart grid meets wireless mesh

Smart grid meets wireless meshSo they use WiFiand then they use meshing. Sounds like WiMAX without the benefit of long distance. Too many towers and not fast enough speed will make these guys an also-ran. But there's room for second place behind the WiMAX Steamroller!Your steamroller seems to be parked...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, WiMAX, Smart Grid, wireless

Discussion threads 2009-05-29

What is the smart grid?

What is the smart grid?I don't think he's explained the why of smart gridsI don't think he's explained the WHY of smart grids, which is really the most important question to answer. Why do we need smart grids and more importantly, why do we need to spend MONEY investing...

Tags: grid, smart grid

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

What is the smart grid?

At the Green: Net '09 Conference in San Francisco, Jesse Berst, managing director of Global Smart Energy, breaks the smart grid down into three components: smart devices, two-way communication, and advanced control systems. He explains what each component adds but says it's not just about the components--it's also the value...

Tags: Component, Grid, green, energy, smart grid, electricity, utility, alternative energy

Videos 2009-03-25

Additional Resources

News to know: Windows 7; Google Dashboard; Driving while texting; Steve Jobs; Droid

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic" Dana Blankenhorn: What the Google Privacy Dashboard can...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Google Inc., Web, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Mary Jo Foley, Dashboard, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Channel Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-11-06

HP: How about your own personal smart grid for your data center?

No thanks HPI am ripping out all HP gear and implementingDell hardware and VMware.Sounds like more smoke and mirrors to sell more HP gearHP is not interested in you reducing your energy costs as much as they are in selling you more HP gear, which of course integrates more tightly...

Tags: data center, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

HP: How about your own personal smart grid for your data center?

HP combines data center energy management portfolio into real-time "smart grid" solution. by Heather Clancy

Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Grid, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Dell finalizes $3.9 billion offer for Perot

Dell buys PerotH.Ross and T.Boone should get together and build the NG fueling infrastructure needed to convert semi-tractors off diesel, then build and rent out a parallel power grid so there would be a way to distribute power from wind/tide farms and the excess from micro solar installations. The utilities...

Tags: Perot, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Bright ideas for smart grid?

Contest for best new idea to make the electricity grid more energy efficient. by Harry Fuller

Tags: Electricity Grid, Idea, Grid, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-28

News to know: L.A. goes Google; AMD-Galleon; Cisco-ScanSafe; Ubuntu; Amazon RDS

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Larry Dignan: WSJ: AMD's former CEO was a Galleon tipster Sam Diaz: Cisco continues its buying spree with...

Tags: Tom Foremski, Ubuntu, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, ScanSafe, Mary Jo Foley, Amazon.com Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Internet, Databases, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-28

List of the smart grid grants

Smart grid grants: the list. by Harry Fuller

Tags: Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-27

Smart grid grants

Over $3 billion dollars worth of federal money will be awarded to smart grid projects in the U.S. today. President Obama has chosen a Florida solar power plant as the location for making his announcement. He'll be in Arcadia, Florida, at Florida Power and Light Co.’s...

Tags: Grant, Monitors & Displays, Wi-Fi, Hardware, Components, Wireless And Mobility, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-27

News to know: Apple tablet; Android; Social Search; Netflix on PS3; Verizon

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Jason D. O'Grady: Times exec hints at Apple tablet Larry Dignan: Apple slate "impending," says NYT exec editor; Much...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Phone, Social Search, Sony PlayStation 3, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Telecom & Utilities, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Web Services, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-27