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Two national laboratories, the state of New Mexico and a Japanese agency are developing smart grid technology to give homeowners and businesses more access to renewable energy sources by controlling the supply and demand of electric power.

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( European Commission Joint Research Centre ) A new JRC lead-authored report on transmission network planning highlights that a radical change in coordinated network planning and operation is needed to accommodate market liberalization and the increasing integration of renewable power sources. The key issues to obtain a reliable and effective European grid are integrated strategic planning and …

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ILMENAU, Germany—-Cuculus GmbH today announces the completion of a €2.6 million financing round to fund the continued deployment of its smart technologies in the utility and telecom markets.

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ARLINGTON, Va.—-The Telecommunications Industry Association’s newly launched Smart Device Communications Engineering Committee met here last week, electing Dr. Jeff Smith, Chief Technology Officer at Numerex Corp as Committee Chairman, and Jim Wert, Product Manager of deviceWISE Products at ILS Technology, as Vice-Chairman.

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Terrace Park residents will begin to see a new addition on their electric meters.

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Seeing an opportunity to unburden utilities from building specialized networks for their smart grid needs, Verizon has launched a joint initiative with electric sensor vendor CURRENT to offer utilities an IP-based smart grid service. This joint service will enable electric utilities to gain real-time power consumption and analysis communications between electric companies and sensors deployed on …

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KUALA LUMPUR: CIRED Malaysia, an affiliate to the Paris-based CIGRE, today organised an inaugural workshop on Smart Grid, a modernised electricity network promoted by many governments, to create aware…

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Boston – Danvers, MA has selected NorthStar Utilities Solutions’ MeterSense meter data management software as part of their Smart Grid Investment Grant.

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Xcel Energy has begun charging customers across the state to recoup some of the skyrocketing costs the company has incurred building its smart grid project in Boulder.

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The report, published yesterday (4 February), argues that with the right political framework, existing grid infrastructure can be upgraded to handle a green energy supply system where 90% of electricity comes from renewable sources by 2050. The EU could be powered almost entirely by renewable energies in 2050 without power disruptions by adding intelligence to its existing grids and building new …

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