http://www.smartgridnetwork.us The New Smart Grid is sure to open doors to many business ventures. Electric utilities are underway installing automatic meters on their electrical distibution systems. en-us Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:52:23 CST Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:52:23 CST http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/ The New Smart Grid is sure to open doors to many business ventures. Electric utilities are underway installing automatic meters on their electrical distibution systems. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:52:23 CST http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/articles/151219/Google-Power-Meter-and-Home-Energy-Monitors... Google PowerMeter is a software application being developed by Google's philanthropic arm, Google.org to help consumers track their home electricity usage.The development of the software is part of an effort by Google to invest in renewable energy, electricity grid upgrades and other measures that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Google on Oc... 2011-12-29 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/articles/150214/Smart-Grid-Public-Relations... Smart Grid Public Relations: Raising Awareness Author: Kevin Waddel In 2011 there has been a strong focus on a greener world. It seems like a solution for cleaner technology and energy security is right around the corner. What most people don't know is that a solution has already arrived and it is called the Smart Grid. Statistics gathered by Ant... 2011-12-08 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/articles/143863/How-The-Smart-Grid-Will-Change-Your-Life... How Smart Grid Will Change Your Life Author: batteryfast The smart grid is a rapidly growing set of technologies, processes, devices and applications that affect and enhance the traditional electric grid. These advances are partially driven by exponentially growing demands worldwide for energy as expressed in a commonlyrepeated statistic that ... 2011-08-19 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/articles/136525/Smart-Homes-and-Smart-Meters... Smart Homes – The Future of Home Automation by George GauglitzWhen you hear the term “smart home” you may visualize a futuristic house or brand new mansion. However, with today’s new technologies and innovations, any homeowner can take advantage of either a few or multiple home automation services. Whether you are building a... 2011-04-13 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/articles/133107/Do-We-Truly-Need-a-Smart-Grid-In-the-United-States?... As more and more Utility companies finish their smart meter deployments, the question arises if the smart grid is really need in the United States and exactly how will customers and citizens benefit from a completed smart grid network. Already most electrical and gas meters are read via a mobile laptop unit but that only safes the Electric company ... 2011-03-04 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/articles/128885/Smart-Meter-Projects... Help Improve Energy Efficiency with Smart Grid Projects Technology Smart grid project will help improve energy efficiency within an energy grid and could help a lot in realizing savings on electricity and saving the environment. The retail sector, as well as other business enterprises and entities, are implementing smart grid projects in an effort... 2011-01-20 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/articles/65304/All-About-Smart-Grid-Technology... smart grid delivers electricity from suppliers to consumers using digital technology to save energy, reduce cost and increase reliability. Such a modernized electricity network is being promoted by many governments as a way of addressing energy independence or global warming issues. In 2009, SmartGrid companies may represent one of the biggest and... 2010-04-28 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/articles/53944/Smart-Grid-Cyber-Security-Applications... Smart Grid Cyber Security Applications Author: Bharat Book Bureau Smart Grid Cyber SecurityRisk Management, Equipment Protection, Monitoring and Incidence Response, Policy/Planning, and Access/AuditAs utilities around the world have initiated major smart grid infrastructure upgrades over the past several years, cyber security has become a critica... 2010-02-24 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/articles/54004/Fuji-Electric-Holdings-Co... Fuji Electric Holdings Co. (6504.TO) said Thursday that it will sign an agreement with General Electric Co. (GE) later in the day to create a joint venture to develop and produce smart power meters in Japan. We are finalizing the deal and are just about to sign the joint venture agreement, said a Fuji Electric spokesman. He said that the company... 2010-02-24 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/articles/52139/Energy-Consumption-with-Smart-Grid-Technology-... The Future of Energy Consumption with Smart Grid Technology by Daniel StoufferSmart meters can be a bit expensive but could help in making energy capacity distribution more efficient to help reduce energy consumption. In most situations, consumers never realize their high energy consumption until they receive their month's end utility bills.On a la... 2010-02-08 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/articles/51216/NorthStar-Utilities... NorthStar Utilities Solutions Continues MDM Innovation with the release of MeterSense 2.0 Author: Alberto Stellpflug (1888PressRelease) NorthStar Utilities Solutions continues to improve the efficiency of electric, gas and water utilities with the release of their meter data management solution - MeterSense 2.0. MeterSense helps utilities tie the... 2010-01-31 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/articles/49958/Chinas-Smart-Grid... Chinese utility companies plan to upgrade approximately 300 million standard meters (both commercial and residential), which will allow them to transmit data real-time back to an electrical Smart Grid, greatly enhancing the efficiency of power transmission. The Smart Meter upgrade and the country's conversion to a national Smart Grid system... 2010-01-20 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/articles/49433/Smart-Grid-Trouble... One key fundamental problem about the proposed smart grid network in the United States is fiscally. Exactly where is the money going to come from tobuild this vast new network? The smart grid is proposed to tie in the national electrical grid to each and every home. Hence the problem, the national grid is owned by many electrical utility comp... 2010-01-15 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/articles/48728/BPL-Global... BPL Global, Ltd. (BPLG) is a smart grid technology company dedicated to leading the transformation of energy efficiency and reliability. The company provides software solutions and services to electric utilities and energy service companies enabling an intelligent grid to more efficiently manage demand, integrate distributed energy resources, impro... 2010-01-06 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/articles/47666/Solar-Panel-Buying-Tips... Home Solar Panel Buying Tips to Get the Best Value For Your MoneyBy Lucinda Pryse Home solar panels are a great way to save on energy costs, while helping to save the environment at the same time. By adopting this environment-friendly technology you will be leading from the front, and setting an example for others to follow. If you are looking to ... 2009-12-28 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/articles/39700/Obama-Pledges-$3.4-Billion-Toward-New-Smart-Grid... Barack Obama made a pitch for renewable energy Tuesday, announcing $3.4 billion in government support for 100 projects aimed at modernizing the nation's power grid. President Barack Obama, left, and Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., walk off Air Force One as they arrive in ... Touring a field of solar energy panels in west-central Florida, t... 2009-10-27 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/articles/38694/Alternative-Energy-for-the-Home... Alternative Energy for the HomeThe trend toward homes that are powered by alternative energy sources, ranging from wind turbines and solar collection cells to hydrogen fuel cells and biomass gases, is one that needs to continue into the 21st century and beyond. We have great need of becoming more energy independent, and not having to rely on the su... 2009-10-21 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/articles/38189/Smart-Grid-Drawbacks... Drawbacks to Smart Grid IntegrationBy Ezra Drissman Smart grid technology is years, possibly decades away from being accepted nationally. Right now, it is being tested in several places so that the best business model can be uncovered and small foul ups can be caught early and fixed. There are many reasons that the smart grid integration is not go... 2009-10-17 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/articles/38190/What-is-A-Smart-Grid... The Plain Language Explanation of What a Smart Grid IsBy Ezra Drissman Currently utility systems use one source to create and disburse energy for the growing needs of their customers. The cost of the energy depends on the cost of the resource that is used to create the power. Cost depends on what the resource is and where it is coming from. The co... 2009-10-17 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/articles/34745/Smart-Grid-Ecosystem-... html> Smart Grid Ecosystem - Here Come the Tech GiantsBy James Brancheau The smart grid has been called the energy Internet so it makes sense that giant tech companies are rolling out products and services. The enterprise IT companies, in particular, are ramping up their investments. IBM has been focused on utilities consulting and software... 2009-09-22 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/articles/28945/Han... HAN or Home Area Network, is a new technology that is on the forefron of the smart grid. A HAN networkallows you to connect all your devices in your home and then the information is stored and programmed from a central control box mounted on the wall inside your home. This information is passed through to your smart meter and then from the sm... 2009-09-01 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/articles/28946/LAN... LAN or Local Area Network is the core communication path for any smart meters or smart grid technology. LAN is the communication technology that provides two way path from electric meters or smart meters to an endpoint collection device.... 2009-09-01 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/articles/28951/WAN... WAN or Wide Area Network is the super highway of todays smart grid technology. WAN is the networks that we and companies use daily to pass data back and forth. A Wan network is what will be used to carry all the communication from LAN and HAn networks on the smart grid back to data providers and electrical utility companies.... 2009-09-01 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/articles/28394/AMI... Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) integrating consumers based upon the development of openstandards. It provides consumers with the ability to use electricity is an approach to more efficiently and provides utilities with the ability to detect problems on their systems and operate them more efficiently. AMI enable... 2009-08-31 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/articles/28099/Going-Green---Smart-Grid... ... 2009-08-30 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/articles/22055/Automatic-Meters-Hackable?... The Smart Grid will use automated meters, two-way communications and advanced sensors to improve electricity efficiency and reliability. The nation's utilities have embraced the concept and are installing millions of automated meters on homes across the country, the first phase in Smart Grid's deployment. President Obama has championed Smart Grid, ... 2009-08-03 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/articles/12083/Smart-Grid-Technology... dvanced metering infrastructure (AMI), integrating two-way communications with energy measurement, is on the front lines of utility Smart Grid deployments, promising major energy savings by changing how and when customers use electricity. According to a new report from Pike Research, more than 250 million smart meters will be installed worldwide by... 2009-05-18 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/headlines/news/power grid power grid News Headline :The New Smart Grid is sure to open doors to many business ventures. Electric utilities are underway installing automatic meters on their electrical distibution systems. 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Their system is called flexnet and is touted as a total complete AMI solution for utility companies. Flexnet covers everything from automatic Meters that meet ANSI stand... 2009-08-31 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/exm/Itron/ Itrons Mobile amr system has encountered quite a fvew problems in field deployment. The basis of these problems are the laptop based software running on an older buggy version of windows 2000. Everyone,including microsoft acknowledges that windows,none the less Windows 2000, is not the most secure and desirable s... 2009-08-31 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/exm/Smart_Grid_Updates/ General Electric Co.'s (GE) energy financing unit announced venture capital investments Wednesday in solar-panel technology firm SolarEdge and smart-meter firm Tendril.GE Energy Financial Services said it was one of six venture capital investors that contributed a combined $23 million for SolarEdge t... 2009-10-17 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/exm/Solar_Panel_Maintenance/ How to Maintain Your Solar Panel SystemBy Jakob Jelling The exterior of your solar panel system consists of the solar panels, mounting hardware and wire connections. Exterior maintenance is all about cleanliness and fighting back against the ravages of the elements. Here'... 2009-12-16 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/news/1447518/-Luxoft-to-Demonstrate-Power-Grid-Management-Framework-Integrated-with-Space-Time-Insight-at-DistribuTECH-2012... Integration of Luxoft DMFusion and Space-Time Insight’s Geospatial Software accelerates the delivery of situational intelligence solutions for the Power Grid. (PRWeb January 23, 2012) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/1/prweb9128067.htm... Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:25:35 -0800 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/news/1447519/-State-Grid-of-China-Said-to-Bid-for-25%-of-Portugal’s-REN;-Oman-Oil-Offers... State Grid International of China offered to buy 25 percent of Portuguese power-grid operator REN- Redes Energeticas Nacionais (RENE) SA, said two people with knowledge of the potential deal. Oman Oil Co. separately made a bid for 15 percent of REN, one of the people said.... Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:25:00 -0800 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/news/1447520/-IBM-and-VELCO-to-Build-Next-Generation-Communications-Network-for-Vermont-Energy-Grid... SAN ANTONIO, Texas and RUTLAND, Vt., Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- At the 2012 DistribuTECH conference, IBM (NYSE: IBM - News ) and the Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO) today announced an agreement to build ...... Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:01:00 -0800 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/news/1447521/-ND's-Clark-nominated-for-federal-regulatory-board... President Barack Obama on Monday nominated North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Tony Clark for an opening on a federal regulatory board that oversees natural gas pipelines, electric transmission lines and the reliability of the nation's power grid.... Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:53:41 -0800 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/news/1447522/-Largest-solar-storm-in-7-years-could-disrupt-GPS-signals,-power-grid... Storm also could bring Northern Lights to parts of the lower 48.... Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:59:06 -0800 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/news/1447523/-Cheap-zinc-air-battery-promises-beefier-power-grid... Startup Eos Energy Storage promises its big batteries will be cheap enough to put in city centers to clear up bottlenecks on the grid and extend the range of EVs. But can they last 30 years?... Sat, 14 Jan 2012 04:15:42 -0800 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/news/1447524/-CMP-clears-another-municipal-hurdle-for-power-grid... Central Maine Power Co. has received approval from Kennebunk to upgrade the power grid, the last major hurdle in municipal permitting for the massive project.... Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:57:53 -0800 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/news/1447525/-Grid-manager:-Cape-Wind-unlikely-done-by-mid-2015... The long-planned Cape Wind offshore wind project is unlikely to be producing electricity by mid-2015, New England's power grid manager says in a new report that raises the prospect of more delays in a ...... Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:53:10 -0800 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/news/1447526/-A-push-for-decentralized-energy-production... Officially known as “distributed generation,” the practice consists of businesses and homeowners producing electricity primarily via wind or solar power, using what they need and selling the rest to their local utility for distribution through the power grid.... Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:40:17 -0800 http://www.smartgridnetwork.us/news/1447527/-California-ISO-Maps-Out-New-Long-Term-Strategy... The California Independent System Operator Corporation is revealing a modernized approach to power grid operations with the release of its new five-year strategic plan. Between now and 2020, wind and solar generation will quadruple within the ISO transmission grid at the same time electric vehicle charging increases dramatically.... Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:46:00 -0800