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Hawaii Using Smart Grid Controls to Turn Lights Off When the Wind Stops Blowing
Hawaii is working on a pilot project using smart grid controls to balance out power loads during wind power fluctuations.
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South Korea's Smart Meter Plan Could Eliminate One Nuclear Power Plant
Half the households in South Korea will have smart meters by 2016. The savings could equal the output of one nuclear power plant.
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In Push for Smart Grid, a New Silicon Valley Emerges in North Carolina
Observers have long hyped the role that internet pioneers will play in revamping our electric grid. But Silicon Valley is not the only place to watch.
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Smart Meter Opt Out Requirements Spreading Through California
San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison now join PG&E and other utilities across the country in being required to let opponents opt out of smart meter installations
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The Week in Cleantech
A round up of cleantech stories that caught our eye this week, but we didn't have a chance to cover.
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How Smart Meters Transform Our Relationship to Energy
With monthly energy bills, it's hard to visualize how behavior impacts cost. But when we see the impact in real time, our behavior changes. A lot.
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The Week in Cleantech
Smart grid startups, ice-cooled data centers and bendable e-books: here is a round up of cleantech stories that caught our eye this week, but we didn't have a chance to cover.
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New Smart Meter Technology Can Tell Your Appliances Apart
A new smart meter technology is able to distinguish a TV from a refrigerator and all of the other power loads in a house so users can more fully understand their energy use habits and how to change them.
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Worldwide Smart Grid Spending to Hit $46 Billion in 2015
A new report says utilities around the world will ramp up smart grid spending, with worldwide projects hitting $46.4 billion in 2015.
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The Week in Cleantech
Nest Labs fires back, Munich gets smart and solar cells get greener and more efficient: here is a round up of cleantech stories that caught our eye this week, but we didn't have a chance to cover.
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The Week in Cleantech
Glowing solar cells, power-hungry gaming consoles and smart streetlights: here is a round up of cleantech stories that caught our eye this week, but we didn't have a chance to cover.
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How the Energy Grid Actually Works
Renewables advocate Robert Llewellyn visits the National Grid control center to ask some tough questions.
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Siemens Develops Modular Power Storage for Renewable Energy
Siemens has designed a lithium-ion battery storage system that backs up renewable energy projects by buffering power to the grid.
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Software Provides Minute by Minute Solar Power Forecasts
SolarAnywhere uses satellite imagery and solar installation data to predict solar power output for any given area, letting utilities plan ahead.
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1/3 of U.S. Homes Now Have Smart Meters
A new report highlights the quick roll-out of smart meters by utilities, stating that half of homes will have them by 2015.
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Smart Learning Software Predicts Renewable Energy Output with 90% Accuracy
Software based on the brain's neural networks can predict energy supply from renewable sources and energy demand to stabilize power grids.
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How Technology Can Help Us Beat the Heat Without Crippling the Grid
As the world keeps setting heat records, we'll need clean technology solutions to help us keep cool without seeing massive black outs.
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Smart Grid Technologies Could Cut Peak Power Demand by 20%
This means far fewer power plants would need to be built in the coming decades.
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Texans Using Guns to Resist Smart Meter Installations
The smart meter opposition in Texas, while a minority of the population, may be the rowdiest yet.
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Philadelphia Trains Using Smart Grid Technology to Store Braking Energy
The electricity generated from the transit authority's regenerative braking system will be stored and then fed to the grid during peak demand hours.
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Toshiba Unveils Home Battery System for Back-Up Power
Many companies have been working on grid-scale power storage, but Toshiba has developed battery systems that work at the residential level.
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SXSW Eco: How A Neighborhood Became A Smart Grid Laboratory
The site of a former municipal airport has been transformed into a living laboratory for the smart grid.
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Smart Grid Saves Chattanooga Utility $1.4 Million During Storm
Smart grid tools cut power outages in half and save EPB Chattanooga from many of the costs of diagnosing outages and restoring power.
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California Utility Offering Rebates to Customers for Energy Monitoring Devices
Southern California Edison is giving cash rebates to customers who buy devices that allow them to view their smart meter energy use information in real time.
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Scientists Urge Fossil Fuel Moratorium, Push for 100% Renewables
In a letter published in nature, clean energy experts claim a 100% renewable future is within our grasp. They urge an immediate stop to building fossil fuel infrastructure.
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Island Businesses Voluntarily Power Down When Energy Is Scarce
Intelligent demand response systems could save energy, make renewables more viable, and avoid the need for new power plants. Where better to demonstrate them than a remote island?
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Utilities to Spend $1.4 Billion a Year on Smart Grid Analytics Software by 2020
Utilites are starting to spend big on big data.
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The fight between dirty energy dinosaurs and clean-tech mammals
Grist and Bloomberg have good reports on what the future of clean energy looks like in the coming decade.
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UK grid-scale electricity storage project moves forward
A UK utility is installing a 6MW battery system at a substation in England. They hope it will be the first of many.
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How renewables can keep the lights on when the sun doesn't shine
Critics of green energy argue that intermittency is a fatal flaw. Advocates, however, are working on solutions.
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