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watts the hold up? mississippi adopts smart grids

sun, 09 dec 2012 09:57:25 +0000

austin jones and randall haley interview anne mccauley, assistant director of campus sustainability at ole miss, on their new smart grid technology.

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the i3 market intelligence platform

tue, 01 may 2012 11:49:44 +0000

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pecan street smart grid demonstration project

mon, 30 jan 2012 07:39:41 +0000

headquartered at the university of texas at austin, pecan street inc. is a research and development organization focused on developing and testing advanced technology, business model and customer behavior surrounding advanced energy management systems. simply put, we’re helping reinvent america’s electric system.

our flagship effort is the pecan street demonstration, a smart grid research project in austin’s mueller community.

the initiative began in 2008 as a community collaboration to spark the nascent “smart grid” market in austin the way that the mcc and sematech consortia sparked the region’s semiconductor and information technology sectors a generation ago.

representatives of the founding members – the city of austin, austin energy, the university of texas, the austin technology incubator, the greater austin chamber of commerce and environmental defense fund – enlisted the participation of nearly a dozen private companies to explore the technical, economic and policy implications of an energy system that relies on better energy efficiency, locally generated renewable energy and a new economic model for electricity utilities.

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growing energy labs, inc: creating the internet of energy

thu, 19 jan 2012 11:37:03 +0000

everyone would like to run the world on electricity generated from renewable sources; however, these sources are often unreliable because they are absent when conditions change, such as when the sun goes down or the wind isn’t blowing. as a solution, we propose building an internet of energy in which everyone can operate a personal micro utility at their home or business.

a micro utility is a networked energy system that enables the storage of electricity from any source (renewable or otherwise) in your own home or business. it is connected to a network that tracks its economic value and the exchange of peer-to-peer energy through the electrical grid. all of this is possible with the convergence of internet communications and lower-cost, longer-lived storage devices.

growing energy labs, inc is a participant in the clean tech open.

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the future of smart communities: public/private partnerships

thu, 27 oct 2011 12:13:02 +0000

tim greeff, policy director at the clean economy network, talks to planet forward about the future of energy technology. learn about a new smart grid idea and why tim thinks energystar’s model that gets the public and private sectors working together, is the way of the future.

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ku plots energy model makeover

wed, 18 may 2011 09:00:38 +0000

our idea is to create a smart grid system to enhance and improve the energy infrastructure.

watch the video and learn all about the smart grid technology!
also check out the ku ecohawks website to learn about all the great work happening at the university of kansas.

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duke alumnus david brewster on a sustainable grid

mon, 25 apr 2011 13:49:40 +0000

one major problem with the electric power utility industry is that it builds peaking (or backup) power plants that account for 10% of the built infrastructure but stand idle 99% of the time, awaiting peak demand events. during those rare events, utilities bring those peaking plants online to help provide power to an overburdened system, like in summer months when ac units are in overdrive and thus over-stressing the grid. some companies, including the boston-based enernoc, are seeing that de-stressing the over-stressed can also be accomplished without building wasteful peaking power plants that sit idle for the greater part of the year.

their idea is to take non-essential electricity use off the grid to de-stress the system. and so they are building a network of large power users (businesses, schools, institutions, hospitals, governments, etc.), installing smart energy-management meters and monitors, and working with them to assess how much energy they can curtail on demand during those rare demand response events. in effect they are building virtual plants and in the process preventing blackouts and brownouts in regions all across the country. more info here: http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/main/dukenvironment/sp11/brewster

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the key to our energy future is smart and advanced energy storage technology.

fri, 25 feb 2011 11:00:30 +0000

president scott sklar of the stella group ltd discusses what he thinks will be the key to our energy future. he discusses various energy storage technologies including thermal salt, advanced batteries, fly wheels, and pumped storage. he comments on the importance of web enabled, standardized, and modular technologies, that he believes will revolutionize our energy future.

recorded at the business response to climate change at the george washington university, february 10th 2011

atthecenterofitall.business.gwu.edu/2011/02/10/business-response-to-climate-change/

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sgcc: consumers and industry must work together to modernize electrical infrastructure

tue, 08 feb 2011 14:16:48 +0000

the smart grid consumer collaborative (sgcc) is a consumer focused non-profit organization aiming to promote the understanding and benefits of modernized electrical systems among all stakeholders in the united states. in less than a year they have grown to 50 memers including consumer and environmental advocates, technology vendors, research scientists, and electric utilities. the group listens through research, educates through best practices, and collaborates with all stakeholders.

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electric transmission 203: planning to expand and upgrade the grid

wed, 07 jul 2010 15:31:54 +0000

electric transmission experts speaking at a capitol hill event on june 28, 2010. what is the current planning process for upgrading and expanding our electric grid? how can it be improved? more information is available at www.eesi.org/062810_transmission.

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