West Vancouver smart meter fight taken to new level
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | Filed under Smart GridA West Vancouver man has taken the fight over smart meters to a new level by welding, bolting and chaining up his old meter in an effort to prevent it from being swapped out. Peter Ferlow, 43, said the extreme measures are his way of resisting the …
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The Opportunities And Pitfalls Of Managing Smart Grid Data The
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | Filed under Smart GridBy JosephRomm At the advent of the Internet 30 years ago, having large amounts of personal information accessible on a shared network would have been unthinkable — even if that network would make our lives easier. But we found a way to navigate this … The Energy Collective – The world's…
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PG&E installs 9 millionth smart meter
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | Filed under Smart GridSan Francisco, May 16, 2012 — Pacific Gas and Electric Co. achieved a milestone, having recently upgraded more than 9 million meters to smart meter technology. With 93 percent of the smart meter installations complete across Northern and Central …
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10 things you should know about smart meter radio waves
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | Filed under Smart Grid“This means that the typical smart meter in this initial (AMR) use would not transmit any RF signal at least 96 – 98 percent of the time,” notes a 2011 report by the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) on the health impacts of smart …
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Smart Grid security could benefit from Microsoft's SDL framework
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | Filed under Smart GridBy William Jackson A major vendor of energy system control and smart metering systems is adopting Microsoft's Security Development Lifecycle framework to help ensure the security of the emerging Smart Grid. Itron Inc., of Liberty Lake, Wash., …
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DC Meets Silicon Valley ConnectivityWeek 2012 to Stimulate and Define Energy
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | Filed under Smart GridSANTA CLARA, Calif., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Smart Grid needs Silicon Valley, and key market-shaping forces are gathering to address issues and opportunities of the emerging Energy 2.0 market in Santa Clara, May 22-24, …
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The Danish Intelligent Energy Alliance joins smart grid federation
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | Filed under Smart GridThe Danish Intelligent Energy Alliance (DIEA) has joined the Global Smart Grid Federation (GSGF), collaboration among national and regional smart grid associations from around the world. DIEA was created by the Danish Energy Association (DEA) to …
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Delta Products Awarded 1 9 Million DOE to Streamline EV Charging Smart Grid
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | Filed under Smart GridDelta Products, a Delta Group company headquartered in Fremont, has been awarded a $1.9 million grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE), for the development and demonstration of a residential electric vehicle charging system with smart grid …
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5 Dutch smart grid demos hot on the trail of sustainable power
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | Filed under Smart GridThe Smart Energy Collective, a collaborative group of 26 companies that share a common view for the future of energy, plans to design and implement five smart grid demo projects in the Netherlands – and they cover a lot of ground. In the first phase, …
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Ambient Corporation Participates in United Kingdom Low Carbon Networks Fund
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | Filed under Smart GridNEWTON, Mass., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Ambient Corporation (NASDAQ:AMBT) , a leading provider of flexible and scalable smart grid communications platforms and technologies, announced today that it has taken its first step into the …
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