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GE, VCs Pledge $200M for Smart Grid, Unveils Electric Vehicle Charger
General Electric and a group of venture firms announced a $200 million fund for a “smart grid challenge” for startups and entrepreneurs with new smart grid ideas or technologies. The company also announced two new Ecomagination products.
Date: 07/13/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Smart Grid
Tags: entrepreneurs, general electric, smart grid, startups, venture capital, venture capitalists
GE, Whirlpool, Others Launch Smart Green Grid Initiative
The new Smart Green Grid Initiative (SGGI) will serve as an official smart grid delegation to the Copenhagen meetings and will focus on education regarding how the smart grid can help support attainment of climate change goals.
Date: 10/21/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Smart Grid
Tags: climate change, SGGI, smart grid
Get Smart: Honeywell, So Cal Edison Team Up to Curb Electricity Demand
An $11 million grant from the Department of Energy will help Honeywell and SCE install smart grid technology in California.
Date: 11/17/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Buildings, Control Systems, Smart Grid, Utilities
Tags: California, Honeywell, SCE, smart grid
GE’s Smart (and Subsidized) Appliances
GE plans to be a major producer of smart grid appliances and hopes to receive large government subsidies for their efforts.
Date: 07/26/2009
Type: Blog
Technologies: Smart Grid
Tags: GE, green electronics, smart appliances, smart grid
Google PowerMeter screen shot.
Google Adds Home Efficiency Tips to PowerMeter
Google.org has added an energy-efficiency recommendations feature to PowerMeter, its home energy Web application.
Date: 08/31/2010
Type: Blog, News
Technologies: Smart Grid
Tags: energy consumption, google, home energy management, smart grid, smart meters
Google and Partner Offer Home Energy Management Without Smart Meters
Google and Energy Inc. provide a free home energy management tool that does not require a smart meter.
Date: 10/06/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Buildings, Control Systems, Computing and Networks, Electronics, Smart Grid
Tags: home energy management, smart grid, technology
GreenBeat: Utilities eye their own ‘iTunes App Stores’ for Smart Grid apps
Utilities and third-party companies will have to develop a suite of applications to help customers monitor and manage their energy use.
Date: 11/19/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Buildings, Smart Grid, Utilities
Tags: energy management systems, SCE, smart grid
GridPoint Gets Into Solar Integration With SMUD, ComEd
Sacramento utility to install smart meters, energy storage devices, and solar panel inverter systems to help manage power from rooftop solar panels.
Date: 11/03/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Buildings, Solar/Photovoltaics, Energy Efficiency Policy, Smart Grid, Utilities
Tags: energy storage, smart grid, smart meter, solar pv
Gridwise Global Forum.
GridWise Global Forum: The Week That Was
The inaugural GridWise Global Forum brought together an eclectic group of industry and public officials to discuss the future of the smart grid.
Date: 09/24/2010
Type: Article, Video
Technologies: Smart Grid
Tags: smart grid, smart grid security, smart grid upgrades
Hacking the Smart Grid
Components of the next-generation smart-energy grid could be hacked in order to change household power settings or to spoof communications with a utility's network, according to a study of three pilot implementations.
Date: 04/05/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Smart Grid
Tags: security, smart grid

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