Sentences with phrase «smart grid company»

Also worked within a start - up company for a wireless smart grid company.

And smart grid companies want federal grants for projects to modernize the nation's electricity grid, as well as tax credits for companies that use so - called smart meters or devices and software to reduce power use (see Smart Grid Coalition Seeks Tax Breaks for Negawatts).

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Under her leadership, the company invested $ 15 billion in modernizing its electricity infrastructure, including spending on «smart» meters (which allow companies to monitor use remotely), auto - switching devices that allow employees to monitor usage and outages from a distance, and technology that helps the grid «self - heal» by rerouting electricity around a damaged power line.

The power company has also become a leader in renewables integration, grid modernization, and smart - grid technologies, while also achieving the best electric reliability in company history.

Smart Energy Instruments (SEI), a Toronto - based cleantech company with a unique solution to improve electric grid reliability, and Hitachi High - Technologies Corporation of Japan, today unveiled the first component of SEI's planned chipset product line for smart grid applications in an event at MaRS Discovery DistSmart Energy Instruments (SEI), a Toronto - based cleantech company with a unique solution to improve electric grid reliability, and Hitachi High - Technologies Corporation of Japan, today unveiled the first component of SEI's planned chipset product line for smart grid applications in an event at MaRS Discovery Distsmart grid applications in an event at MaRS Discovery District.

He is an active angel investor focusing on early stage companies in the smart grid, retail automation, data security, Internet platforms, and medical technology markets.

The IDC Study features ten emerging companies that are innovating and excelling with a variety of mobile and wireless technology solutions including: mobile marketing, couponing, analytics, smart grid enablement, TV and video on demand — even for traditional phones, mobile money services, mobile enterprise Apps and product life - cycle management.

Several start - up companies aim to help people cut costs, flex their muscles as consumers to promote green energy, and usher in a more efficient energy grid — all by unleashing smart software on everyday electricity usage.

Webber and co-author Robert Fares, a Cockrell School alumnus who is now an American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy, analyzed the impact of home energy storage using electricity data from almost 100 Texas households that are part of a smart grid test bed managed by Pecan Street Inc., a renewable energy and smart technology company housed at UT Austin.

The company plans to invest nearly $ 900 million to deploy the smart - meter infrastructure in Ohio and Indiana and apply for federal stimulus funding to cover part of the project cost, said Todd Arnold, Duke's senior vice president for smart grid and customer systems.

The idea of a smart grid that can handle power flows not just from the power company to our homes, but also back from our homes to the power company has been around for years.

At the very least, the smart grid may finally allow utility companies to know when the power is out — without receiving a phone call.

The EPRI project to design a prototype smart grid, called the Complex Interactive Networks / Systems Initiative, was conducted from 1998 to 2002 and involved six university research consortia, two power companies and the U.S. Department of Defense.

With dynamic pricing, provided from the power market and smart meters, installed by utility companies it is now possible for consumers to sell electricity back to the grid and trade it like a typical commodity.

(We understand that Musk also talked with Trump about other issues, including the need for a smart grid — the kind of infrastructure that would give a boost to the solar energy business, in which Musk is a leader via his investments in the company Solar City.)

BMW is committed to fostering the adoption of EVs in the U. S. Immediately prior to press days at the Los Angeles Auto Show, the company will announce updates for its BMW ChargeForward pilot program in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area, which will explore new smart charging functionality and renewable energy integration, to determine which features provide the greatest benefits to both EV drivers and to the grid.

The company also believes that 5G will be the foundation for creating more internet - connected devices, making cities smarter, energy grids more efficient, and transportation safer.

This post was originally published on this siteEnphase Energy and ImagineSolar, a solar and smart - grid education and advisory services company, announced a new training collaboration for smart - grid - ready, software - defined solar technology based on the Enphase IQ -LSB-...]

The search giant recently joined the Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition, and in September, teamed up with GE on an energy policy and technology partnership that the companies said would include pushing for a smarter electricity grid.

Spirae is an innovative technology company that delivers scalable smart grid solutions to global partners and customers.

About Spirae Spirae is an innovative technology company that delivers scalable smart grid solutions to global partners and customers.

Half of the 100 German energy company «decision - makers» polled said they aren't planning smart grid spending in the next two years.

-- The Secretary of Energy is authorized to provide grants to organizations to conduct business competitions that provide incentives, training, and mentorship to entrepreneurs, including minority - owned and woman - owned, and early stage start - up companies throughout the United States to meet high priority economic, environmental, and energy security goals in areas to include energy efficiency, renewable energy, air quality, water quality and conservation, transportation, smart grid, green building, and waste management.

The only exception to this is that I think in order to create this «level playing field» environment, the government, as a representative of the people and the interests of «the commons» should provide for the building and maintenance of the smart - grid, such that no company can control it.

Turkey's $ 390 million, multi-phased CTF investment plan is supporting wind power expansion, smart grid upgrades, and complementary programs with local banks and leasing companies to address market barriers and drive investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Silver Spring Networks, a smart - grid company, and biofuels maker Mascoma have yet to follow through on mid-2011 plans to go public.

The statement also said that the company will promote an industrial strategy focused on boosting investment in renewable sources, energy efficiency, smart grids and storage systems, as well as «gradually phasing out further investment in coal».

About 45 companies and organizations have united in an effort to push for greater national integration of the smart grid, especially as it pertains to business and consumer energy monitoring, pointing to a potential $ 46 billion in nationwide energy savings.

First, their list of future - leaning companies yielded up an intriguing census of the exotic segments and niches that look ready to create the next low - carbon economy: concentrated solar systems, smart grid applications, cellulosic ethanol production, synthetic genomics, algae biodiesel, carbon - negative cement.

The smart money is on SunFunder, and the hundreds of off - grid solar companies it seeks to bankroll, to do just that.

John Morgan is Chief Scientist at Pooled Energy, a startup electricity company building smart grid technology.

Indian Discom (distribution company) Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (Tata Power - DDL) and German government - owned entity GIZ have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work jointly on promoting rooftop solar, energy storage systems, EVs and smart grid initiatives.

Cisco has made the smart grid a primary focus for the company, and has determined that they want to be the leader when it comes to technology used for managing electricity.

The biggest problem facing tech - oriented companies looking to make a mint off the smart grid might be convincing utilities that they need, want, and have to implement the technologies being developed.

The installation serves as a foundation for future smart grid actions like real - time pricing «The potential benefits of advanced metering to ratepayers and the company are too great to delay,» said the Idaho Public Utilities Commission in a released statement.

Algae companies, smart grid start - ups, and thin film firms were the big players.

Turner notes that there could be a push - back from utilities to other companies that provide the products and services used within the smart grid that it is their responsibility to ensure security.

The company is essentially using smart grid technologies and a proprietary «swarm algorithm» to make sure that energy use stays at a steady, and cheap, rate when things like air conditioners and heaters need to kick on.

And companies like GE and Cisco, who are investing major money in the smart grid and transitioning significant portions of their business to focus on grid technology, have a lot at stake when it comes to consumer trust and national adoption of the smart grid.

The company is one of the biggest load control device manufacturers in the US, and so can play a big role in working with utilities on smart grid conversion.

It's no secret that there are vast concerns in major utility companies operating a large smart grid connected to household smart meters that charge consumers a variable rate based on area usage.

«Cleantech may be the only category that is left relatively unscathed and [venture capitalists] are looking to put new money into traditional IT type of companies and smart grid is exactly that.»

But the thing is, the smart grid is so new that most all the companies in the industry are fairly small start - ups.

With consumers only just starting to hear the term «smart grid,» let alone trust utilities as they install millions of smart meters in homes nationwide, we're used to hearing stories about how consumers are pushing back against companies like PG&E; during smart meter installation, reporting higher bills thanks to the new meters, or fretting about potential security or privacy breeches.

According to the report, these companies are increasing society's dependance on dirty energy even as the concept of the cloud itself promises a greener world by enabling smart grids, telecommuting and other services and new ways of doing so many things.

[10] Critics suggested requiring Duke / Progress to generate more renewable energy, to provide more protection for the poor against future rate increases, to commit to investments in energy conservation and smart - grid technologies, to allow solar - panel owners to sell electricity directly to consumers rather than only to utilities, and to unlink electric company profits from the amount of power sold.

In the meantime, every state in the country has the power to force our power companies to invest in energy efficiency programs, renewable energy, and smart grid technologies that will power us more safely, and also more cheaply, into the next century.

Interestingly, Honda also showed a concept last year, for something called a «Honda power manager» - this device, a kind of fully connected and integrated charger - would potentially integrate into your smart home and allow vehicle - to - grid power flow, which electricity companies and power grids have great interest in, as if they can occasionally use your car to balance the grid demand, it could negate the need to build new power stations to meet the extra demand electric cars have the potential to create.

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Architected cyber security solutions for [company name]'s smart grid deployments including integrating AMI infrastructure, Silver Spring Network, HP ArcSight, SourceFire and Oracle Utilities technologies.