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Jun
14

Cutting websites cuts energy, carbon footprints

Here’s a smart energy idea: review all the websites an organization or company might have, and eliminate or consolidate
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Jun
14

GE, Gehrlicher team up for global solar projects

GE and Germany’s Gehrlicher Solar plan to build a series of solar power plants around the world. The two
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Jun
14

Better power grid will need better security

While smart meters are watching your home electricity consumption, and intelligent sensors are keeping an eye on grid health, who
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Jun
14

Solar, wind power could provide a boost for hydrogen

Renewable power sources, coupled with improvements in how we currently split water into hydrogen and oxygen, could make it possible
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Jun
14

Utilities increasingly worried about water

Clean-energy advocates will find some bright spots in the latest survey of electric utilities, but they’ll find plenty of
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Jun
14

Itron, Landis+Gyr meters to share communications

Metering companies Itron and Landis+Gyr plan to use each other’s smart-grid communication technologies in their advanced energy meters.
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Jun
14

$280m fund for home-based solar the largest yet

Google and SolarCity have launched a $280 million fund to help bring solar power to residential customers. It’s Google’
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Jun
14

Work set to start on world's largest solar power plant

Construction is about to begin on the world’s largest solar power facility. To be located in Blythe, California, near
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Jun
13

Meter competitors find common ground in advocacy

Major meter makers have come together to form the Smart Meter Manufacturers’ Association of America (SMMAA). The non-profit will focus
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Jun
13

Eight states lead the way in advanced electric meters

More than five million advanced “smart” electricity meters have been installed across the US as part of the $787 billion
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