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Routers of the Energy Web
A new tech developed by EPRI called FACTS (Flexible Alternative Current Transmission System) gives transmission companies the capacity to deliver measured quantities of power to specific areas of the grid. FACTS controllers could be the routers of the energy web
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Trends in Eco-friendly Computing
Cloud computing, zero carbon data centers powered by renewable sources, solid state disks and storage class memories, deduplication and data optimization for conserving storage space - Read More
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Climate Savers Computing Group
Ah, here's a group that in the intersection of alt energy / environment and computing - Read More
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Topics : Climate
Most alt energy investments are of the material science variety
Most alternative energy investments are of the material science variety since that is where the greatest amount of invention is needed. But there will be software ideas. Many of them.
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Topics : Finance
Sentilla, Energy monitor co sees $7.5 million in funding round
Sentilla makes energy management technology for industrial and commercial facilities. It has secured $7.5 million in Series B funding from Onset Ventures and Claremont Creek Ventures. The energy-management tech company has patented technology that allows people to use microcomputers to remotely monitor the energy consumption of industrial machines, and allow those machines to exchange data with one another, to collaboratively direct energy supplies to facilities as needed. www.sentilla.com - Read More
Tags : energy monitoring
Topics : Finance
British comms companies running to implement smart meters
Communications companies are poised to enter the energy sector under government proposals for the £6bn roll out of "smart" electricity meters to all households by 2020 in the UK - Read More
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Topics : Electrical
UK to have 3000 smart fridges
The UK is about to test drive 3,000 smart refrigerators that will know when to adjust their power use to match the needs of the grid. The fridges could mean both a massive cost savings and a boost to alternative energy use. The fridges, supplied by RLtec, are going to be given away by the UK government next year for a trial run...(www.rltec.com )...Dynamic demand technology could help the grid ease off fossil fuels and onto renewable energy sources that typically are not as reliable... - Read More
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Topics : Electrical
Smart grid industry worth 65 billion by 2013
The move to a smart grid is inevitable and experts estimate that the current $42 billion market for smart grid technologies, from software to hardware, from energy generation to energy storage, will grow to $65 billion by 2013. (208 data) - Read More
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Topics : Energy Efficiency
GridPoint - load management tech for smart grids
The company Gridpoint hopes to sell load management tech for smart grids - Read More
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GridPoint buys V2Green to charge electric cars
Smart-grid outfit GridPoint, flush with an additional $120 million in equity funding, said it has acquired V2Green, a start-up with software to charge electric cars en masse. The company makes software for utilities to better integrate distributed generation units, such as solar panels, and home devices, such as Internet-connected thermostats, into the power grid. It also makes a home energy storage unit and software for consumers to track their energy usage - Read More
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