Despite some setbacks, the U.S. smart meter push is moving on at a stimulus-fueled pace, with 57.9 million smart meters planned and on the way.
Article Context
Despite hurdles, smart meters still ramping up fast
Articles from 11.23.2010
Salazar moves to streamline offshore wind deployment
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced a broad-based initiative on Tuesday aimed at accelerating the development of offshore wind power projects on the Outer...
More Coverage: AP
A123’s CFO signs on with lighting start-up Digital Lumens
Michael Rubino, the CFO at battery maker A123 Systems, has seen the light. Rubino is joining Digital Lumens, which has developed a lighting management network as well as...
Massachusetts OKs National Grid to buy Cape Wind power
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Massachusetts utility regulators have approved National Grid Plc's agreement to buy power from the 420-megawatt Cape Wind project, which could be...
EPA says Nissan Leaf range is 73 miles
The EPA has come out with its fuel economy ratings for the Nissan Leaf electric sedan, which goes on sale in December in 5 states. EPA labeled the car the best in its...
China calls on US to take lead at climate talks
AFP - China called on the United States on Tuesday to step up and ensure climate change talks opening next week make progress, as the world's top two carbon emitters...
Natural gas, not a carbon price, spelling trouble for coal
In 2009, U.S. lawmakers hoping to pass comprehensive climate legislation added tens of billions of dollars in federal subsidies for “clean coal” in the hope of striking a...
Articles Related by Topic
Tendril raises $25M for utility-home energy software
Is Tendril ready to take its utility-to-home energy software to commercial scale? On Friday, the startup closed a $25 million round to boost its home energy report...
Siemens, ABB make major grid gear plays
Not all of the opportunities in the smart grid are about big data and analytics. Power gear giants Siemens and ABB unveiled separately that they plan to make large grid...
GE buys up Irish power line monitoring company
One benefit of GE launching its smart grid challenge last year is that it's created a decent potential shopping list. This morning GE said it has acquired one of its...
Pike: Market for smart grid data tools and services to hit $4.2 billion by 2015 (from $365 million today)
There’s gold in smart grid data — only about $356 million of it today, but potentially $4.2 billion of it by 2015. That’s Pike Research’s bold prediction for the global...
Sec. of Commerce Locke: Government 'moving fast' on smart grid technology
"Smart grid" technology can help homeowners cut up to 20 percent of the energy they consume. So what's the delay? Commerce Sec. Gary Locke says the industry...
Verizon follows AT&T into the smart grid game
All of the phone companies have show interest in selling space on their networks for utility smart grid deployments — but some have been more aggressive than others. This...
Smart-grid services to hit $4.3 billion by 2015
Utilities around the world may be eager to embrace smart grids, but they don't necessarily want to have to deal with them themselves. Pike Research released a report...
IBM CEO: The consumer is the key to the smart grid
The smart grid won't be a successful system until we engage the energy consumer, said IBM's CEO Sam Palmisano at the smart grid industry event the GridWise Forum...
More Coverage: cnet news
Cisco, Itron Team Up For Grid Communications
Cisco and Itron are joining to go after the smart grid together.The two companies announced a somewhat far-reaching agreement under which the two will work to develop...
Energy Dept. says nationwide ‘smart meter’ army hits 2 million
The Energy Department said Tuesday more than 2 million "smart" electric meters have been installed nationwide, sped along by funding in the big 2009 stimulus...
Xtreme Power to supply proposed unprecedented U.S. grid connector
"This project, which is the first of its kind, will allow customers to trade power across the interconnections and to take advantage of opportunities to buy lower...
How a Smarter Grid Can Prevent Blackouts—and Cut Your Energy Bills
Much of the electricity consumption in the U.S. is concentrated to a handful of hours during the year, primarily during hot summer days.
Stay connected.