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Last month, both Google and Microsoft announced the retirement of their home energy management applications.
The loss of Google’s PowerMeter and Microsoft’s Hohm has led to commentary about the difficulty of engaging energy consumers, and specifically about the fact that simply presenting energy use data seems to have little effect on consumer behavior. Google in particular has been faulted for devoting too much real estate in PowerMeter to displaying customers’ energy use throughout the day. Keep reading →
Powering the green energy revolution will take more than technology and renewable energy sources – it will require a new generation of engineers with diverse skills and fresh thinking.
These skilled engineers are in high demand as the world’s energy needs rise. Global demand for electricity is estimated to surge 50% by 2030. Policymakers are mandating that that this need be met partially from green sources. In the US, 33 states plus the District of Columbia have ordered their utilities to produce a growing percentage of power from renewable sources within the next couple of decades. More states are expected to follow suit. Keep reading →
When talking with Governor Pataki, it isn’t necessary to clarify which position you are talking about when you ask him if he’ll “run.”
The looming presidential election of November 2011 has begun to exert a kind of gravitational pull on everything the former New York governor does with his days, which since leaving elected office a little more than four years ago includes working at the New York office of law firm Chadbourne & Parke LLP, running a consulting firm Pataki-Cahill and lending his support to the deficit and debt-reduction effort No American Debt. Keep reading →
Building privacy into the smart grid from the beginning is key to its success.
As consumers and citizens, we are leading increasingly digitized lives. Whether we’re purchasing a product, visiting a doctor or keeping up with friends and family on Twitter or Facebook, we’re sending potentially sensitive data over networks, to be stored in far-away databases. Meanwhile, a week doesn’t pass that we don’t hear about the newest phishing scheme, network infiltration or laptop theft. Keep reading →
A combination of pricing transparency and concern for the environment will drive steady uptake of smart meters both among large-scale and domestic customers even in the absence of a federal US electricity policy, technology firm eMeter says.
Although larger facilities represent the “low-hanging fruit” for gains in energy efficiency among electric utility customers, domestic customers share the same concerns about pricing and their environmental footprint, eMeter Chief Regulatory Officer Chris King told Breaking Energy. Keep reading →
After a decade of sluggish and piecemeal progress on crafting a new electricity market, the US federal government is finally showing its hand in the growing debate over how to ease new infrastructure investment in the sector.
IBM’s smart grid project in Malta seemed unique because the island’s tiny size allowed for easy installation a national energy communications system. Though exponentially larger than Malta, a national and federally-mandated energy system may be nearer in the United States than ever before. Keep reading →
It was a Town Hall meeting like no other.
Answering real-time questions from Twitter users around the country, submitted via the twitter-verse hashtag #AskObama, President Obama spent an hour today discussing the state of the American economy. He repeatedly mentioned the positive impact a focused energy policy could make on job creation and economic growth. Keep reading →
Electric companies installing smart meters that are not designed with data privacy issues as part of their core technology architecture are risking information breaches, dinged brands and even potential class action lawsuits.
It is much cheaper and safer to treat customers’ electricity use data as under the custody and control of an electricity provider rather than “owned” by the company, Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner Dr. Ann Cavoukian told Breaking Energy. Keep reading →
The White House‘s recent announcement of several American smart grid initiatives may have been more of a jump onto a rapidly moving train than an original idea.
Smart grid technology is in fact becoming increasingly popular around the world. IBM’s announcement of two new smart grid initiatives, in Brazil and Korea, points to a tremendous change that may be imminent in global electrical grids. Keep reading →
