Mar 29 2010
China outstrips U.S. in clean energy investment
Can the U.S. be competitive if it doesn't pick up the pace?
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Archive for March, 2010
Mar 26 2010
Oops. Audit points up vulnerabilities in Energy Star label approval process
There’s a great story out today by the New York Times that suggests that the Energy Star label approval process might be vulnerable to fraudulent applications. The story reports that a nine-month-long secret government audit created four fictitious companies, which applied for Energy Star labels by submitting data sheets for, among other things, fake dehumidifiers [...]
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Mar 26 2010
Surveys: Utility execs still taking it slow when it comes to smart grid
Given all the smart grid news that has been floating around, it seems relevant to end this week with some more data, this time from two surveys of utility executives—one by Oracle and one by Microsoft.
The Oracle data, which was collected in January 2010, represents the views of roughly 150 utility industry executives from the [...]
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Mar 25 2010
More e-cycling stats to digest: Less about green, more about secure
There’s a new report out about trends in IT asset disposition (aka e-cycling, refurbishment and other related topics). The study, conducted by Converge and Osterman Research, found that smaller and midsize companies are greatly increasing their programs related to aging computer hardware that is being take out of service.
According to the 2010 Converge ITAD Trends [...]
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Mar 25 2010
EnerNOC pushes demand response downstream with acquisition
Smaller commercial sites could benefit greatly from addition of wireless technology
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Mar 25 2010
E-cycling alert: Maine adopts first producer responsibility “framework”
Similar legislation is now being considered in 20 other states, including Minnesota and California.
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Mar 25 2010
Cisco invests in smart grid networking player
We’re used to hearing about Cisco acquisitions fairly often, so it may not surprise you to hear that the company has invested an undisclosed amount in one of the smart grid network infrastructure players, GridNet. The company plans to use the money to “accelerate cooperative” efforts around product development and regulatory smart grid initiatives, among [...]
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Mar 24 2010
Itron hedges smart grid network bets with two new partnerships
Itron, which just shipped its 30 millionth module for automated metering/advance metering infrastructure, has inked two new alliances that are intended to give it even more options when it comes to collecting and communicating data.
A new arrangement with SmartSynch will now enable utility companies to use Itron’s OpenWay smart grid platform over public wireless networks, [...]
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Mar 24 2010
Should smart meters provide real-time pricing info? Google thinks yes, but utilities say ‘not so fast’
Interesting analysis over at Earth2Tech blog about whether or not the onus should be on utility companies to provide near real-time pricing info to consumers via smart meters. Seems Google supports a proposal by the California Public Utilities Commission suggesting that the state should require real-time pricing information for anyone with smart meters by the [...]
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