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Demand Response Goes to the Cloud
Integrating cloud computing with demand response is a growing trend. This week, Lockheed Martin integrated its demand response technology with a cloud-based smart meter platform and EnerNOC announced it is turning to Salesforce.com’s cloud to keep track of its demand response customers.
Date: 03/07/2011
Type: Blog
Technologies: Computing and Networks, Smart Grid
Tags: cloud computing, cloud software, demand response, smart grid, smart meter, utilities
Democrats to Turn Spotlight on Energy Efficiency Programs This Week
Democrats will turn the focus to energy efficiency standards and incentive programs this week with hearings in the Senate and House energy panels.
Date: 03/08/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Buildings, Energy Efficiency Policy, Smart Grid
Tags: Building Star, clean energy, Home Star
Design Considerations for Smart Grid Management Systems
As utilities face challenges in implementing smart grids, this article discusses a framework to help utilities evaluate, plan, and deploy smart grid information technologies.
Date: 03/11/2010
Type: Article
Technologies: Smart Grid, Utilities
Tags: information technology, smart grid
Distribution Automation: Smart Grid’s Quiet Efficiency Offering
Smart grid systems gain support as pilot programs provide data about the reliability of these decentralized energy distribution grids.
Date: 07/30/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Smart Grid
Tags: energy distribution, smart grid, smart grid technology
DOE smart-grid trials fund utility-scale energy storage
The DOE awards $620 million for smart grid projects and toward testing a range of energy storage technologies.
Date: 11/24/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Buildings, Smart Grid, Utilities
Tags: DOE
DOE’s $3.4B Smart Grid Grant Program: The Winners
The DOE announced the winners of $3.4 billion dollars in grants to implement the smart grid into the country's electricity system.
Date: 10/27/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Smart Grid
Tags: DOE, smart grid, stimulus
Dumb Meters Get Smarter
By connecting the grid to a wireless network that updates current price and source of energy once every few minutes, an energy start-up hopes to reduce energy consumption and enable large-scale renewable energy use.
Date: 03/31/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Control Systems, Computing and Networks, Smart Grid
Tags: networking, smart grid, smart meter
Electric Cars: The Tipping Point for the Smart Grid
While electric cars have the potential to do a lot of good for the air and the environment, they also push utilities toward their limits. This article examines the modifications utility companies will have to make to accommodate the widespread use of electric cars.
Date: 10/18/2012
Type: Article
Technologies: Smart Grid, Transportation, Utilities
Tags: electric cars, electricity, electricity grid, energy demand, utilities
eMeter Takes $32M to Help Utilities Switch to Smart Meters
A major Smart Meter company, eMeter, has acquired more funding to meet the rise in smart grid product demand.
Date: 07/22/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Smart Grid, Utilities
Tags: eMeter, energy demand, smart grid, smart meter, utilities
Energy Security and Independence
Speaking at Andrews Air Force Base on March 31, 2010, President Obama highlights the vigorous actions taken thus far by his administration on the issue of Energy Security, and outlines broad future plans which include expanded offshore oil and gas exploration, and the revival of nuclear activities.
Date: 03/31/2010
Type: Video
Technologies: Batteries, Climate Change, Economic Impact, Energy Efficiency Policy, Smart Grid
Tags: efficiency, efficient vehicles, nuclear, offshore energy, renewable energy

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