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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
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 Storage Economics and the Smart Grid
Energy storage systems are going to have a big role in the smart grid, so there needs to be a cheap energy storage mechanism.
Date: 08/14/2009
Type: Blog
Technologies: Batteries, Smart Grid
Tags: batteries, battery economy, battery market, energy storage, smart grid, smart grid technology
Enter the Dragon: China and the World’s Greatest Smart Grid Opportunity
GTM Research released its latest report on smart grids. The report is the first in a series that outlines the tremendous smart grid opportunity in Asia.
Date: 05/31/2012
Type: Article
Technologies: Smart Grid
Tags: China, GTM research, smart grid, smart meter, the Strong and Smart Grid Plan, Transmission
EPA Wants Real-World Environmental Data From the Smart Grid
As emissions reductions estimates and methodologies regarding Smart Grid use vary widely, the EPA suggests a clearinghouse could be created for such data.
Date: 11/06/2009
Type: Article
Technologies: Buildings, Control Systems, Smart Grid
Tags: EPA, smart grid, utilities
FERC Adopts Policy to Accelerate Development of Smart Grid
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission attempted to accelerate development of a reliable smart grid by setting priorities for work on development of standards for the technology.
Date: 07/17/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Smart Grid
Tags: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC, smart grid, smart grid standards
GE Ecomagination announcement
GE Announces Ecomagination Challenge Winners
The 12 winners of GE's Ecomagination Challenge: Powering the Grid include an energy-efficient solar-powered cooling/heating technology, a network-based energy management solution, and energy-efficient electrochromatic windows.
Date: 11/16/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Buildings, Control Systems, Smart Grid, Utilities
Tags: cooling, electrochromatic, energy management, power grid, smart grid
GE Brings Smart Grids to Life as Appliances Gain Support
Appliance manufacturer, GE, has partnered with software designer, Tendril, to make a smart grid viable on a large scale. The companies hope that a sophisticated energy management system reaches the consumer level within the next few years.
Date: 07/09/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Smart Grid
Tags: demand response, GE, smart grid, Tendril
GE Unveils "Net Zero Energy Home" Concept and Launches New Smart Grid Projects
GE plans to implement a "Net Zero Energy Home" project, where homeowners could achieve net zero energy costs by 2015 by smart energy management and storage.
Date: 07/14/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Smart Grid
Tags: GE, net zero energy, Net Zero Energy Home, smart grid

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