Category: Smart Grid

Here’s a wonderful article that explains how smart grid and the adoption of electric vehicles really depend upon one another.  Like so many of the other things we cover here on a daily basis, the question isn’t “Are we going …

Smart Grid and Electric Vehicles Fit Together Hand In Glove Read More »

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Gary sent me this, and I thought I’d publish it for him, as I’ve always been so impressed with his insights: Just today, I was reading that China is half way through a program to install ultra high voltage grid …

A Post From One of Our Really Smart Friends in the UK: Gary Tulie, Writing on China's Investment in Upgrading Their Grid Read More »

Writing for Smart Grid News, Jesse Berst explains that the Obama administration’s call for a multi-billion-dollar grid upgrade could backfire, as his opponents are so aggressive with their attacks, and will be quick to label this more governmental waste.  That’s …

U.S. President Obama Calls for a More Reliable and Resilient Grid — But How Will His Nation Respond? Read More »

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There are many different ways that the future of energy provisioning can go in radical and exciting new directions.  One, as I often mention, is our standard utility model, but given a major shake-up so as to integrate an ever-greater …

Military and Commercial Microgrids Read More »

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In a piece I wrote yesterday on clean energy power density, I mentioned that renewable resources do, in fact, come with a number of limitations, owing mainly to the fact that the infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light we receive at ground level from …

High Voltage Direct Current Transmission Read More »

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Here’s an article that points to one of the many issues we face in our quest to integrate large amounts of solar energy into our grid-mix: all this distributed generation is making it tough for the utilities.  In 43 of …

Rethinking the Regulation of Our Electric Utilities Read More »

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Khosla Ventures recently led a round of $5 million in financing for Bidgely, a smart grid start-up that “disaggregates” data from a customer’s  smart meter.  Now, for instance, household members can be told, “That old refrigerator is costing you $148 …

Clever Smart Grid Start-up Read More »

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Here’s a bit of pessimism on the prospect of building out the grid in the U.S. to foster the massive integration of renewables.  “It’s not going to happen, anytime soon, at least,” reports a FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) spokesperson.  …

How Feasible Is Smart Grid? Read More »

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Here’s July’s webinar, which I conducted the other day with Jesse Berst, internationally known technology and business analyst, founder and chief analyst of  Smart Grid News.com, and founder and Chairman of the  Smart Cities Council. I hope readers will check …

2GreenEnergy's Latest Webinar: Smart Grids, Smart Cities Read More »

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Here’s an article that got my attention: How To Get Rich In Smart Grid.  This has always impressed me as an important challenge, as a) I’m very bullish on the sector, and b) the large cap stocks that constitute most …

Getting Rich In Smart Grid Read More »

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