Energy Secretary creates cybersecurity council
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said he has created a cybersecurity council to bring together various Energy Department branches, a move that underscores increasing...
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Friday, June 14th, 2013
Tuesday, June 4th, 2013
Google buys output from Swedish wind farm for Finnish servers
Google Inc., which has invested more than $1 billion in wind- and solar-energy projects, said it will buy the entire output of a new wind farm in Pajala, northern Sweden,...
Verizon to buy Bloom Energy fuel cells for data center, switching centers in CA
Verizon is now the latest customer of Silicon Valley's buzzy fuel cell company Bloom Energy. The trend of telecom and Internet companies increasingly turning to clean...
Thursday, May 30th, 2013
Apple hires former EPA Chief Lisa Jackson for environmental efforts
Apple has hired former EPA Chief Lisa Jackson. Sounds like Apple's attention to clean power for its data centers, lowering its carbon emissions, and removing toxic...
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Some U.S. power companies say they face constant cyber attacks
BOSTON, May 21 (Reuters) - Several U.S. power utilities say they face constant cyber attacks on critical systems, according to a report by two Democratic lawmakers amid...
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
Nest Labs acquires home energy management startup MyEnergy
Nest Labs purchased fellow startup MyEnergy on Wednesday to enhance its partnerships in the utility sector and enhance residential demand response offerings.
Sunday, April 21st, 2013
Google calls on utilities to sell it clean energy for data centers, starting in North Carolina
Google is asking utilities to create programs that will sell companies clean power if they're willing to pay for it, starting with Duke Energy in North Carolina.
Monday, February 11th, 2013
Obama cybersecurity order would create program for power grid, other networks
President Obama is expected to issue an executive order Wednesday that would create a voluntary cybersecurity program for critical infrastructure networks, such as the...
Monday, February 4th, 2013
US Energy Dept hacked, says no classified data was compromised
WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy's electronics network was attacked by hackers in mid-January but no classified data was compromised, the...
EU to propose new cybersecurity rules
The European Union will propose new rules on Thursday for cybersecurity, requiring search engines, energy providers, banks and others to report disruptions to government...
Saturday, January 26th, 2013
Tendril, Hitachi eye set-top boxes as gateway to home energy management
Tendril announced this week that its firmware will be integrated into Hitachi’s SuperJ Applications Ecosystem, which operates on the OSGi framework, allowing for multiple...
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
A startup emerges to use wireless mesh and the cloud to fight energy theft
Awesense, a startup using wireless mesh tech and software, has launched to sell utilities energy theft-prevention.
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
Google in push to get utilities to change how they charge consumers for electricity
The Internet giant announced Monday that it awarded a $2.65 million grant to grantmaking group Energy Foundation.
Monday, January 14th, 2013
DHS: 40 percent of cyberattacks targeted energy sector
The energy sector was the target of more than 40 percent of all reported cyberattacks on critical infrastructure networks last year, according to the Department of...
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
Ford: Our EVs play well with smart appliances
Ford has orchestrated a demonstration at the Consumer Electronics Show to show how plug-in vehicles and smart appliances can save money by charging during sleeping hours.
Thursday, December 27th, 2012
Cloud-powered GPS chip slashes smartphone power consumption
A Microsoft Research project offloads data and calculations to save battery life.
Sunday, December 9th, 2012
Leaner, restructured Tendril raises $15M
Tendril, a vanguard startup in the hard-to-crack home energy management market, has completed restructuring and has raised an additional $15 million of growth capital.
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
Apple to double its already massive Bloom Energy fuel cell farm in North Carolina
Apple has decided to more than double the size of its fuel cell project at its data center in North Carolina, making it -- once again -- the largest out there that...
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
Markey urges Upton to pass GRID Act
Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) urged House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) in a letter Monday to pass a bill aimed at securing the nation's...
Monday, November 19th, 2012
Microsoft data center fueled by waste gases
Microsoft today said it has gotten approval to test a modular data center run from a biogas-powered fuel cell located at a wastewater treatment plant in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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