smart grid

Clean-tech market research publisher SBI Energy will join an elite line-up of smart grid strategists on June 1st at the 2nd Annual Smart Grid Technology Conference in San Jose, California.  Robert Eckard, Sr. Analyst for SBI Energy, brings over a decade of energy and environmental sector experience with expertise ranging from global, regional, and local market analysis to economic assessments, environmental analysis, and energy reporting.

Trilliant, a Smart Grid communications leader in delivering solutions that enhance energy efficiency, utility operations and renewable resource integration, today announced that energy technology veteran Salim Khan joined the company as Chief Operating Officer.  

CalAmp, a leading provider of wireless products, services and solutions, announced today that Landis+Gyr has successfully verified compatibility of its Gridstream™ smart grid solution with private and public wide area network products from CalAmp.

For many each industries focus on their respective products, the home builder would concentrate on building the best homes, car manufacturers, home appliance manufacturers and energy providers would concentrate on what they do best. At some point the Car and home appliance manufacturers come together give us better sound systems in our cars and that is how the industry remains for sometime until now.

Beacon Power Corporation announced today that it has received approval from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the terms of its Smart Grid Stimulus Grant program to proceed to the second of three phases of funding for construction of the Company's next 20-megawatt (MW) flywheel energy storage plant, to be located in Hazle Township, Pennsylvania.

Green Energy Corp, a software technology company that enables traditional and emerging power providers to move to the Smart Grid, today announced that it has joined the MultiSpeak Initiative for software application integration and interoperability.

The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology issued the following news release: The governing board of the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) has voted in favor of a new standard and a set of guidelines important for making the long-planned "smart" electricity grid a reality. The two documents address the need for wireless communications among grid-connected devices as well as the ability to upgrade household electricity meters as the Smart Grid evolves.

Integrated Device Technology, the Analog and Digital Company delivering essential mixed-signal semiconductor solutions, today announced a new family of poly-phase power metering ICs that offer the widest dynamic range and lowest temperature coefficient in the industry. These new devices allow smart energy meter manufacturers to increase performance while consolidating functionality and lowering cost. The poly-phase power metering ICs expand on IDT’s award-winning 90E2x family of single-phase devices.

IEEE, the world's largest professional association advancing technology for humanity, recently announced the formation of three working groups to develop technology standards that will assure improved performance by key fiber-optic components in the Smart Grid.