Google's PowerMeter energy-saving software, which made a splash when it was announced earlier this year, is finally making its way to consumers. Earlier this month, Google designated The Ted 5000, a $200 energy-monitoring ...READ»
What's the quickest way to a full-fledged, nationwide smart grid? A quick injection of cash, if Barack Obama has anything to say about it. The President recently announced that $3.4 million in federal stimulus funds will go to 100 ...READ»
Fast Company loves smart electric meters. They're the first, essential step in the smart electric grid, which promises to fight global warming, improve efficiency, and bring consumer control into our electricity system.
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Google's PowerMeter, a piece of software that uses information from smart meters to help save energy, has been in testing for a number of months. But when it is released later this year, less than 10% of all homes will be hooked up ...READ»
Wirelessly-connected smart grids are often heralded as the solution to our electricity-devouring ways, and now an IBM pilot project in North Carolina has proven that a grid equipped with smart meters (digital meters that record ...READ»
While countries throughout Europe (and some U.S. states) are actively trying to encourage the use of rooftop solar panels with feed-in tariffs, Colorado utility Xcel Energy has decided to punish residents who want to go solar.
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Hohm may be Microsoft's answer to Google PowerMeter, but unlike PowerMeter, the Microsoft energy management application is a money-making venture. PowerMeter is under the philanthropic Google.org umbrella, while Hohm is part of ...READ»
You didn't think Google would end its involvement in the smart grid industry with PowerMeter, did you? The Internet giant announced yesterday that it's working on smart car charging software--the place where IT and ET (energy ...READ»
Google has been releasing information about PowerMeter, its smart-meter connected home energy-tracking app, in tiny pieces ever since it was announced in February. Today, the PowerMeter team showed off some images of the product, ...READ»
Smart grid developer Trilliant announced that it purchased SkyPilot Networks yesterday in an attempt to future-proof the smart grid. SkyPilot, a broadband wireless company, delivers over 10-times the bandwidth of cellular networks ...READ»
The buzz about GE's Smart Appliances--microwaves, oven ranges, hot water heaters and dryers equipped with smart grid communication technology--has been building for months. Some of the appliances go into a low power mode when ...READ»
Google first revealed plans for the PowerMeter, a smart meter-connected Google gadget that displays personal electricity consumption data on home computers, in February. Yesterday the company announced partnerships with multiple ...READ»
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Cisco Systems announced its plan to assist with Miami's massive smart-grid project weeks ago, but the Internet networking company officially stated its intentions to dominate the smart grid yesterday.
Broadly speaking, ...READ»
Teridian Semiconductor's new system-on-a-chip is an energy information powerhouse, integrating a processor, firmware and data about the electricity use of power strips, data centers, and appliances. Teridian claims it's the first ...READ»
In what is purportedly the world's largest smart meter roll-out , the U.K announced a plan today to put a smart meter in every home by 2020. It won't be cheap. The replacement scheme is estimated to cost over $10 billion, and ...READ»
Want to manage your energy consumption by playing a video game? The OpenShaspa Home Energy Kit aims to do just that, by letting you oversee energy management in a virtual world. Shaspa's kit, which is constructed from ...READ»
You know instant messaging has reached a tipping point when appliances get it on the action. Smart grid software company EnerNOC is bringing instant messaging to air conditioners with PowerTalk, a system that uses the XMPP protocol ...READ»
One of the biggest issues facing utilities that switch to a smart grid is how to deploy these technologies on a large scale while still leaving room for upgrades.
SmartSynch's Universal Communications Model (UCM) makes that ...READ»
Cellphone carriers like Verizon and AT&T have already staked claims in the digital smart-grid industry with their wireless networks. Now T-Mobile is playing catch-up by partnering with smart meter maker Echelon and developing ...READ»
Silver Spring Networks, a flush smart metering company, is one of Google's first investments in its newly-created venture fund. The company develops networking boards for power meters that monitor and curb electricity consumption. ...READ»
Green energy is still a lightning-fast growth area in venture capital--VC investment in green energy technologies in 2008 exceeded $7.7 billion in more than 350 deals, more than double last year’s dollar totals, according to ...READ»
