Smart Grid

Smart Grid: Classic Struggle of Reward vs. Risk

Leslie Harris | Posted 12.10.2009 | Technology

Read More: Security, Efficient Energy Use, Smart Meter, Law, Smart Grid, Technology, Privacy, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Technology News
Leslie Harris

The transition to the "Smart Grid" holds great promise for consumers, such as lowered energy costs, increased use of "green" technology and improved security from malicious hacking and outages.

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Renewables and Grid Depend on Consumers

Mike Smith | Posted 12.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Doe, Copenhagen 2009, Smart Grid, Climate Change, Obama Copenhagen, Renewable Energy, China Energy Policy, Green News
Mike Smith

When consumers make reductions at home, at work, at school, the actions become more endemic and natural. GEO believes we must move away from the engineering factoids to give energy a human face.

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Drive Like a Jetson

Mike Signer | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Chevy Volt, The Jetsons, Green Energy, Smart Grid, Barack Obama, Electric Cars, Green News
Mike Signer

This week, a new organization threatened to convert Jetson-esque schemes for powering electric cars from futurism into reality through a network of charging stations and affordable electric cars.

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Growing Green Jobs

Paul McRandle | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Green Jobs, Smart Grid, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Barack Obama, Solar Power, Green News
Paul McRandle

With hopes pinned on green jobs being among the first sparks to help kindle a rise in the economy, it's worth taking a look at actual green jobs in U.S. cities.

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Obama Smart Grid Push: Putting $3.4 Billion Towards New System

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Smart Grid Technology, Smart Electric Grid, Solar Energy, Obama Power Grid, Obama Smart Electric Grid, Smart Grid, Stimulus Smart Grid, Obama Smart Grid, Politics News

ARCADIA, Fla. — President Barack Obama made a pitch for renewable energy Tuesday, announcing $3.4 billion in government support for 100 projects...

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Smart Grid: Obama To Give $3.4 Billion To Upgrade Electric Grid

Yahoo! News | Tom Doggett | Posted 10.27.2009 | Technology

Read More: Smart Electric Grid, Green Tech, Barack Obama Stimulus Spending, Green Technology, Smart Grid, Electric Grid, US Smart Grid, Upgrade Electric Grid, Obama, Barack Obama Stimulus, Stimulus, Barack Obama, Obama Smart Grid, Obama to Announce $3.4 Billion in Electric ‘Smart-Grid’, Obama to Give $3.4 Billion in Grants for Smart Grid, Obama Stimulus Utlitiy Grid, Obama to Give $3 Billion for Smart Grid, Technology News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- President Barack Obama on Tuesday will announce $3.4 billion in government grants to help build a "smart" electric grid that w...

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Clean Energy Advocates at GridWeek

Mike Smith | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Doe, Clean Energy, Smart Grid, Presdient Obama, Department of Energy, Climate Change, Aneesh Chopra, Politics News
Mike Smith

Consumer education is critical. Whether we as Americans will adopt smart grid and pay small surcharges, knowing the impact we have on carbon footprint, seems the biggest challenge.

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Energy Department To Award $3.3B For Smart Power Grids

Business First of Louisville: | Vandana Sinha | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Power Grid, Electricity, Energy Department, Evolving Energy Tech, Smart Grid, Environment, Green, Power-Grid, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Smart-Grid, Global Warming, Green News

The Department of Energy said it plans to unlock $3.3 billion in federal stimulus grants, of up to $200 million apiece, to companies and utilities to ...

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Putting the Green in Green Shoots

Michael Moynihan | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Infrastructure, Grid Modernization, Electricity, Smart Grid, Climate Change, Economy, Green News
Michael Moynihan

To ignite not only the immediate economy but also the economy of the next ten years, the Administration and Congress need to move forcefully to remove barriers to the clean economy.

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Smart Grid May Be 1,000 Times Bigger Than The Internet: Cisco

greenercomputing.com | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Internet, Electricity, Climate Change, Smart Grid, Cisco, Environment, Smart-Grid, Green News

There's been plenty of hype about the Smart Grid --- some justified and some not. But the gold award for Smart Grid hype has to go to Cisco, whose spo...

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Smart Grid: 5 Cities Leading The Way

Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Electricitiy, Green News, Smart Grid, Climate Change, Environment, Power, Green Energy, Stimulus Package, Green News

The nation's electricity industry is in for an overhaul. Power lines spread across the country are finally moving into the digital age with smart grid...

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SMART GRID: US Energy System Poised To Make Digital Leap

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Steven Chu, Energy, Smart Grid, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Green Technology, Green News

WASHINGTON — Thomas Alva Edison, meet the Internet. More than a century after Edison invented a reliable light bulb, the nation's electricity di...

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Smart Energy Meters In Every UK Home By 2020

treehugger.com | Posted 06.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Uk, Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid, Smart Energy Meter, Energy Consumption, Green Living, Smart Meter, Green News

UK Government Reveals Ambitious Smart Meter Plans The European Union has already made moves to mandate smart meters, but now the Guardian tells us tha...

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Ford's Giant Green Leap

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 06.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Walletpop, Southern California Edison, Andrea-Chalupa, Who Killed the Electric Car, The Jetsons, Smart Grid, Ford, Susan Cischke, The Electric Car, WalletPop.Com, Neil Young, All in the Family, Ford Motor Company, Southern Cal Edison, 2012, Andrea Chalupa, Green News
Andrea Chalupa

Given the crisis we face, we should all be driving around in zero-emission vehicles. Forget the flying car and living like the Jetsons! We need cars that don't emit C02, now.

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100 Days In Obama Tech Policy -- A Solid B With Strong Upside

Art Brodsky | Posted 05.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Internet, Technology, Julius Genachowski, Smart Grid, FCC Chairman, 100 Days, Obama 100 Days, Media News
Art Brodsky

The Obama Internet and tech agenda came roaring out of the transition under a full head of steam. Now it's more or less creeping along, bogged down largely by circumstances beyond its control.

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Open Architecture: The Devil in The Policy Details

Christopher Meyer | Posted 05.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Energy, Internet, Digital Medical Records, Robin Chase, Health Care, Smart Grid, Online Medical Records, Business News
Christopher Meyer

Open standards are an essential enabler in the development of any shared infrastructure, but the habits of mind that lead to open platforms are not yet widespread with respect to software.

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Reid Offers Power Grid Plan, Starts States' Rights Debate

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 04.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Smart Grid, Harry Reid, Green Politics, Green Technology, Green News

WASHINGTON — The Senate's top Democrat on Thursday proposed new federal authority to build special power lines that carry renewable energy _ lik...

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Eric Schmidt: "Green Energy Done Right Is More Profitable Than Old Energy"

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 04.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Smart Grid, Eric Schmidt, Green Stimulus, Green Business, Green Energy, Green Technology, Google Smart Grid, Google, Green News

Green vs. greenbacks. It's a balance we've been told we have to accept. But somebody who knows a lot more about making greenbacks than the vast major...

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Smart Grid Spending: "More Than A Game Of Catchup"

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 04.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Economic Stimulus Package, Green Stimulus, Smart Grid, Barack Obama, Green News

President Obama's economic stimulus bill places emphasis on green spending, including catapulting the country's energy grid into its next generation -...

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Will Obama Put Real Money on the Table for Clean Energy?

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 03.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama Energy Policy, Energy, Economic Stimulus Package, Alternative Energy, Smart Grid, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Innovation, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Public Investment, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Green News
Jesse Jenkins

For those paying close attention, there was a nugget of critical energy and climate policy news buried at the tail end of a Saturday New York Times story focused on President Obama's budget plans.

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Fed May Take Control Of Smart Grid Plans

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 03.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Technology, Green Politics, Ken Salazar, Smart Grid, Energy Grid, Harry Reid, Energy, Green News

WASHINGTON — Across the Great Plains the wind blows incessantly, while in the remote Nevada desert the sun bears down without relief. Each holds...

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Economic Stimulus, Clean Energy and the Scale of Our Challenge: Grading the Stimulus Energy Investments

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 04.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama Energy Policy, Energy, Electricity, Economic Stimulus Package, Smart Grid, Stimulus Package, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Clean Energy, New Energy Economy, Plug-in Hybrids, Energy Policy, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Oregon, High Speed Rail, Green News
Jesse Jenkins

What does $80 billion really mean in the context of the 21st century United States energy system?

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Colorado "Smart Home" Cuts 30 Percent Of Energy Use (VIDEO)

NBC | Posted 03.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Smart Home, Video, Smartgridcity, Smart Grid, Green Technology, Green News

"Smart grids" and "smart homes" are new discussions nationally -- and exciting ones, at that -- but some towns have been speaking that language for a ...

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