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Jan
28

Aiming for smart, rather than just clever

The “internet of things,” as the smart grid is called, promises a new era of efficiency, convenience, automation and clean,
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Jan
26

Webinar: What to do with smart grid data?

Building a fully smart energy grid — an “internet of things,” as it’s often called — means linking many millions of
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Jan
25

What makes a utility go 'smart'?

Why would any utility provider undertake the massive expense to upgrade its customer base to smart meters and spend further
2 min read
Jan
24

VYCON, Kinetic tap waste-energy niches

Building an energy-secure future means more than developing clean renewables and ways to store power from intermittent sources like wind
2 min read
Jan
21

Siemens, GE bank futures on energy

With 2011 now well under way, many big technology and IT companies are assessing their financial performances of the past
2 min read
Jan
21

Storage critical to future grid

Around the world, development of renewables has been speeding up, even if — in most regions — wind and solar energy continue
3 min read
Jan
21

Energy security a journey of 1000 miles

The deeper you delve into the proposed vision of a smart, clean-energy grid — much less a supergrid — the more daunting
2 min read
Jan
20

Business 'ants' will win in long run

There’s a special kind of tormented satisfaction reserved for people like Lord Nicholas Stern and companies like Comverge, 1E,
2 min read
Jan
20

For smart cities, think local AND global

Programs like the UK’s new Local Sustainable Transport Fund are right to emphasise the benefits of local decision-making and
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Jan
19

Firms fail in energy, CloudApps finds

Despite all the hype about “sustainability,” too many companies still don’t get it. Insulating business against the growing limits
2 min read