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Energy Efficiency Could Cut Wireless Power Demand 90 Percent By 2020
The GreenTouch consortium outlines energy efficiency measures that could reduce the net energy consumption of global data and communications networks up to 90% by 2020, compared to 2010 levels.
Stasis Stifles Innovation, Holds Back Answers to Sustainability
In my February column I talked about the opportunity for America’s response to climate change to become our next “Moon Mission” moment. (It did not occur to me until this very moment that most people under 30 have no idea what this moment was like. Check with someone older.) This past month I engaged in [...]
Transforming Buildings into Prosumers with the Smart Grid
The Smart Grid will transform roles from consumption to prosumption – producing electricity as well as consuming it. One of the most prominent enablers to engage as prosumers are the buildings where we live and work.
TODAY’S STUDY: WHAT UTILITIES THINK
2012 Strategic Directions in the U.S. Electric Utility Industry Mark Gabriel, May 2013 (Black & Veatch) Executive Summary Everything Changes While Staying Relatively the Same In the 12 months since the last Black &Veatch electric utility...Show More Summary
QUICK NEWS, May 21: U.S. EMISSIONS DROP AS ELECTRICITY OUTPUT RISES; THE SPACES BETWEEN THE WINDS; WTO RULES FOR IMPORTED SUN
U.S. EMISSIONS DROP AS ELECTRICITY OUTPUT RISES Groups credit natural gas, renewables with steep emissions cuts in power sector Dan Lowry, May 15, 2013 (SNL) “U.S. power plant emissions from the nation's largest generators continuedShow More Summary
Electricity meter suppliers in contract goldrush across Africa
Egypt’s Iskraemeco hopes Elsewedy’s contacts will help it face the charge as utilities prepare to roll out new meter technologies. Sub-Saharan Africa lags far behind developed regions in access to electricity, but the market for electricity meters is growing fast as national utility companies seek to deploy prepayment and smart meters. Show More Summary
Launch of Wigton as a Smart Energy Community
The town of Wigton in Cumbria is proud to announce it has completed the first stage of an initiative to become a ‘Smart Energy Community’. The initiative was launched by the town’s Member of Parliament, Rory Stewart, as part of a town celebration day on 11th May, 2013. Wigton has a vision to trial and Continue reading ?
Adidas Sustainability Report: Misses Goal to Verify Supplier Data
Adidas missed its goal to verify supplier data last year, according to the company’s 2012 Sustainability Progress Report. The verification is a necessary step towards Adidas’s targeted 10-15 percent cut in relative energy consumption at core suppliers by 2015. The sportswear maker says it could not fully verify the data in 2012, meaning it could not [...]
Nuclear Energy Industry Re-Energizing after Fukushima
Reconstructing nuclear confidence in a post-Fukushima world is a long and painful process. Russian experience in this field can offer some interesting solutions to decision-makers.
IT industry urged to use expertise to save energy
The information-technology industry should take the lead in adopting and promoting efficient energy use for the benefit of future generations, said Eddie Desouza, head of business operations for power distribution unit (PDU) vendor Enlogic. Desouza said he believed the IT industry had a role to play, on the basis that it touched every area of Continue reading ?
New mapping tool shows best spots to develop renewables
The free online mapping tool enables users to identify potential clean energy resource areas within the Eastern Transmission Interconnection. It covers eight energy resources: biomass, clean coal, geothermal, nuclear, solar, storage, waterand wind. via Smart Grid: New mapping tool shows best spots to develop renewables.
Simulating the Smart Grid
In our PowerTech2013 paper Simulating the Smart Grid we propose a meta-model for a complete view onto the Smart Grid. Power systems face increased complexitiy because of developments leading to more interdependencies between the power system components. via The Smart Grid: Simulating the Smart Grid.
Comverge SmartPrice Named Smart Grid Product of the Year
Comverge, Inc., the leading provider of Intelligent Energy Management solutions for Residential and Commercial & Industrial (C&I) customers, today announced that its dynamic pricing solution, Comverge SmartPrice™, has been named a 2012 “Smart Grid Product of the Year” by Crossfire Media and TMC. Show More Summary
California Utility Expands Forecasting Capabilities with SAS
Southern California Edison (SCE) is using SAS® Analytics to improve its forecasting efficiency by integrating and analyzing data as part of an effort to strengthen its energy operations and address smart grid challenges and opportunities. SCE reports, “With the increase of wind and solar resources and a high penetration of smart meters in the California Continue reading ?
Funds to Boost Rural Electric Grid Efficiency and Reliability
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced funding for four rural electric projects in eight states to provide reliable, affordable electricity for rural residents, according to a recent press release. Vilsack made...Show More Summary
10,000 Posts and Counting!
Just a post today to say “Thank You” to all of our followers. This week, NTS-AT Smart Grid Blog & News will pass a milestone - 10,000 blog posts since our inception in May 2009. Almost simultaneously we’re about to pass 5,000 followers on Twitter, and just a few months ago we passed a quarter million Continue reading ?
The ripple effect of Smarter Energy: IBM’s Chale success story steps into Be The Start spotlight
IBM is set to showcase its involvement in energy conservation and community-building projects in Chale, Isle of Wight, as part of the Be The Start sustainability campaign. The month-long environmental awareness drive is jointly organised...Show More Summary
Energy Efficiency: In Praise of Waste
It’s time we stopped wasting time with brain dead energy saving mantras and got on with the real task of building a clean energy infrastructure so we can use far, far more electricity.
Grossly Incomplete: Redefining GDP for Climate Change
It isn’t about “Green GDP” or “green accounting.” It’s honest accounting. Every ton of coal, every barrel of oil causes more in external damages than it adds value to GDP. Properly measured GDP ought to reflect that fact.
Rising U.S. Oil Supply and the Impact on Global Markets
The recent growth in U.S. production has helped reduce the price of Brent crude, a leading global benchmark, by about $25 a barrel. That’s big, because the cost of crude oil is the single biggest factor in the price of gasoline.
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