News tagged with smart energy
Argonne helps the grid get smart
President Barack Obama has called for one million plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) to hit the road by 2015. If the demand for PHEVs skyrockets, a flood of new electric cars could strain America’s power ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 25, 2010 |
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CeBIT 2010: Intelligent energy management for the home
(PhysOrg.com) -- In order to save energy, consumers need to be able to obtain up-to-date information at any time about the energy consumption of their appliances, and be able to control them while away from ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 24, 2010 |
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Neighbourhood grids promise energy gains
(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers are creating technology that will treat neighbourhoods like a miniature power grid, sharing energy generated at each house according to need. Allied to a host of other ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 24, 2010 |
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Smart Grid could re-energize an aging system
At 5 p.m. after a long day's work, you drive your plug-in electric car to your garage. The car's battery is fairly full because you drove little today. You plug your car into a charging station, but rather than recharge, ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 18, 2010 |
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Silicon Valley makes big push into solar and smart-grid technologies
Cleantech's vast ecosystem includes a dizzying array of emerging technologies, from green building materials to electric vehicles, lighting and wind power. But as Silicon Valley reinvents itself as a global center of clean ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 12, 2010 |
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Smart grid could reduce emissions by 12 percent
(PhysOrg.com) -- A smart electrical power grid could decrease annual electric energy use and utility sector carbon emissions at least 12 percent by 2030, according to a new report from the Department of Energy's ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 29, 2010 |
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NASA Technology to Enhance 'Green' Building's Efficiency
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA today announced that it is collaborating with Integrated Building Solutions (IBS), Inc. to develop a next-generation intelligent, automated, and integrated environmental monitoring and management capability ...
Jan 14, 2010 |
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Google-Fujitsu join 'smart objects' alliance
Internet powerhouse Google and Japanese electronics giant Fujitsu have joined an alliance to promote the ability of objects from appliances to cars to communicate with one another online.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Dec 18, 2009 |
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Cisco going from Internet plumber to platform
Cisco chief executive John Chambers said Tuesday that the computer switching colossus is changing from the Internet's "plumber" to a platform and provider of products for online work and leisure.
Dec 08, 2009 |
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New 'smart' electrical meters raise privacy issues
The new "smart meters" utilities are installing in homes around the world to reduce energy use raise fresh privacy issues because of the wealth of information about consumer habits they reveal, experts said ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Funding A Greener Grid: How Obama plans to spend billions on modernizing the U.S. electrical network
President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday that his administration plans to spend $3.4 billion on producing a safer, more efficient electrical grid. Obama underscored the need to find clean forms of energ ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Obama unveils historic power grid reform
President Barack Obama Tuesday announced the largest modernization of the US electricity grid in history, in a 3.4-billion-dollar bid to launch a new era of renewable energy consumption.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Microsoft launches home energy monitoring tool
US software giant Microsoft launched a free online home energy monitoring tool on Wednesday that allows consumers to gauge their usage and reduce consumption.
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Cisco outlines strategy for Smart Grid infrastructure
Continuing its expansion into lucrative business niches, Cisco Systems on Monday will announce its entrance into the smart grid infrastructure market, which the company estimates will grow to $20 billion a year within the ...
May 18, 2009 |
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US economic stimulus money fuels 'smart' power grid surge
Electric grids are getting smarter in an IBM lab in Texas as the promise of billions of US economic stimulus dollars fuels a drive to make power delivery more efficient and greener.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 22, 2009 |
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