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Jan
19

Will smart energy future require rationing?

Here’s another bit of data that might need tracking in a changing energy market: tradable energy quotas, or, another
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Jan
19

In internet of things, who's Google?

In our idealised energy future, where a fully built smart grid functions as efficiently as an “internet of things,” who
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Jan
18

What makes wind firm Vestas so smart?

How does a company that began designing wind turbines in secret “to avoid ridicule” become the world’s largest wind-energy
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Jan
18

The irony: Green policies hurt Chevy Volt

Trying to reinvent our energy landscape is a task fraught with troublesome and unintended consequences. Just look at all the
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Jan
17

Solarcentury sees FIT-driven growth

With the introduction of the feed-in tariff (FIT) last year, renewable energy sources such as solar and wind have seen
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Jan
14

Eyeing energy trends, GE goes shopping

Our information and communications might be increasingly virtual, wireless and in the cloud, but there’s one limitation all the
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Jan
14

Smart-grid vision draws innovative crowd

Who’s who in smart-grid innovation? The coming World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi features some names you’re
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Jan
13

Incentives fire up UK solar market

The introduction of the feed-in tariff (FIT) incentive policy on 1 April has sparked an explosive reaction in the UK
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Jan
13

Masdar City aims at 'greatest challenges'

It’s an ambitious vision, but one its planners believe is achievable: a six-square-kilometre planned development in the United Arab
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Jan
12

Limping grid needs cure to run smart

Before it can become smart and efficient enough to accommodate a brave new world of electric cars and renewable energy,
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