Tag: smart grid
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No, energy is not too cheap!
Is energy too cheap to motivate consumers to change their habits and use less?
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Smart Grid Technology conference
I attended the Smart Grid Technology conference in London last week and there were a number of interesting themes which became apparent. The main theme to emerge was the question of how utilities could engage the residential customer. This is good news – the first step on the road to recovery is […]
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Utilities developing more of a customer focus
I attended the SAP for Utilities conference earlier this week in Huntington Beach and I have to say I am impressed by the progress American utility companies are making towards being more customer centric! The event was titled Sustainability for the New Energy Era and there was a full track dedicated to Smart Grids (obviously…
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Friday Green Numbers round-up 09/03/2010
And here is this week’s Green numbers: 1.25 Gigawatts of Solar Thermal Power Approved in California in Past Two Days Will Double US Capacity “There’ve been multiple gigawatts of solar thermal power plants planned for various places in the California desert for some time, but finally some more of them are getting the approvals need…
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The zero-emissions Nissan Leaf test drive
I love the idea of electric cars and have done for a long time. Recently, one of my best friends Ray Flynn, proprietor of Flynns Garage (a Nissan Dealership in Carlow, Ireland), contacted me to let me know he is one of only 15 Nissan dealerships in Ireland who have been approved to sell the…
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Can Arqiva provide the Smart Grid communications infrastructure for Britain?
Photo credit Lee Jordan We had a really interesting Smart Grid related conversation with a company called Arqiva the other day. I hadn’t heard of Arqiva before but they are quite a significant player in communications infrastructure. They own or have exclusive marketing rights for 16,000 communication masts in UK – what they call vertical…
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Understanding the Smart Grid – my TreeHugger interview
Jaymi Heimbuch contacted me recently to ask if I’d agree to be interviewed for a TreeHugger article she was planning to write on Smart Grids. “Love to”, I said. Jaymi sent on the questions, I replied and today she posted the interview on TreeHugger. Here are the questions and my answers: TH: What’s the biggest…
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“The face of the Smart Grid will be paper!”
Photo credit Tom Raftery We had a briefing from a company called Opower the other day. We take lots of briefings but this one struck a different chord straight away when Ogi Kavazovic, Opower’s Sr. Director of Marketing and Strategy who was giving the briefing, said Opower is “one of the few new companies in…