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Central Hudson Gas & Electric's two-year plan includes building microgrids and increasing community solar.
by Elisa Wood
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Decentralization and resiliency are keys to stronger grids.
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How antiquated technology and increased demand may be a perfect storm of electricity risk.
by Massoud Amin
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As IT and facilities overlap, building management and energy show their similarities. Will they encounter the same challenges in the years ahead?
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How much can change in the six years leading up to 2020? Think about how much changed from 2007 to 2013.
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Solar energy shines brightly in strengthen aging grids through energy storage, giving a big boost to utility companies.
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A trial with Pacific Gas & Electric tests consumer acceptance of cloud-connected thermostats and demand response programs.
by Derek Top
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A legal settlement that brings more than $100 million in investment to California’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure has become a big mess, with Ecotality suing to prevent what it calls a monopoly by its rival NRG. Who will win -- and who stands to lose?
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With the U.S. as the global leader, a new report shows microgrids at universities, corporate headquarters, hospitals, and military bases will grow by 164 percent by 2017.
by Derek Top
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The CEO of San Diego-based On-Ramp Wireless talks about the company's unique technology and business model, the siloed nature of utilities, and future opportunities for VERGE technologies in building automation and logistics.
by Derek Top
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A new report from BSR and CTIA, the wireless industry lobbying group, touts the benefits of wireless technologies for saving billions of dollars on costs and emissions in the coming years, particularly in logistics, farming and smart grids.
by Derek Top
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General Electric and Inovateus Solar are working together to offer solar-powered carports equipped with charging stations for electric cars -- a concept that enables large-scale EV charging in commercial and corporate parking lots without a huge draw on the grid.
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Texas, like much of the country, is suffering through an extreme summer heat-wave. While utilities are hesitant to ask their customers to scale back the energy use, smart grid technologies offer a better way to keep the grid up.
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Never heard of this business? Expect to. It's already a $48-billion industry in the U.S. and is forecast to zoom to $67 billion by 2015.
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Sixteen years after the launch of GM's OnStar, the technology is being put to use to give electric vehicles a shortcut to connect to smart grids -- and possibly a shortcut for utilities to bring the smart grid up to scale.
by Adam Aston
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From cars to vending machines, movie rentals to building security, machine-to-machine technologies are a rapidly growing market, and Sprint's new Command Center positions the company to meet the demand from businesses that want to harvest value from their data.
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The automaker improved its fleet management software to give customers more information, in real-time, on how their fleets are performing and what's happening inside vehicles.
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Schneider Electric plans to buy Summit Energy in the second major deal announced this week involving power plays among companies working to make the built environment more energy efficient, smarter and better connected.
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Honeywell, Southern California Edison, Pacfic Gas & Electric and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are among the companies and organizations that have formed an alliance to spur development, adoption and compliance of the smart grid standard called Open Automated Demand Response.<br />
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The two companies will collaborate on developing the underlying technology needed to support widespread electric vehicle use, including the infrastructure needed between charging stations and the back-end systems that will process various utility transactions.
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General Electric Company plans to invest $432 million in the next four years to establish four design and manufacturing centers for energy efficient refrigerators in the U.S. and create 500 jobs in the process.
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The U.S. auto market is about to be inundated with electrified vehicle options, but without widespread initiatives to educate drivers, the new wave of electrification could crash and burn before these cars get off the lot.
by Anna Clark
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GE, four VC firms, the GSA, Wales and the city of Las Vegas might not seem to have a lot in common, but all are involved in efforts to advance green building and green building operations.
by Rob Watson