Tag: Utilities - Page 2
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Tour Facebook's New Energy Efficient Data Center (Video)
Facebook just opened their newest data center, which they've pushed to make as energy efficient as possible. In fact, it even inspired the Open Compute project in which they open source every last detail about the data
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Feed-In Tariffs for Apartment Solar Rooftops Light Up LA's Energy Plan
At a Sustainability Summit in LA last week, a group of academic, business and political leaders gathered to unveil plans for "Integrating our Energy Housing
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6 Trends Shaping The Smart Grid
The smart grid is a complicated beast. While the concept is simple enough -- make the energy grid intelligent so that we use electricity in the most efficient manner possible -- the implementation is mind-numbingly
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Google Earth Maps Out At-Risk Populations Around Nuclear Power Plants
If a nuclear power plant in the US were to have issues, who would be affected? In a partnership between Nature News and Columbia University, we now have a Google map that tells us the population sizes
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California On Starting the First U.S. Carbon Market
"Across the world, all eyes are on California," was stated several times during North
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Top Ten Smart Grid Projects Globally
Curious to know who is leading the way to the smart grid of the future? CleanTechies has a great roundup of the top ten projects happening across the globe. It's a great 5 minute read for a fast catch-up on what is happening where. Check it out! Follow
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Utilities Worry About Smart Meter Cyber Security, Investments In Solutions to Hit $1.6 Billion
Cyber security for the smart grid is no small matter. Experts have been warning for years about the many ways in which hackers could shut down an integrated grid, and smart meters are are one of the weakest
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Assaf Biderman on Creating SENSEable Cities (Podcast)
Assaf Biderman and his team at MIT's SENSEable City Lab are pushing the boundaries of how we organize and visualize the metropolis. They've embedded GPS sensors into household trash and tracked it through the waste stream, conceived aquatic robots that
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"Gasland's" Oscar in Jeopardy?
Of the worthy films up for Best Documentary at the Academy Awards this year, two focus on environmental issues. Though much interest involves British guerilla street
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Interactive Country Comparisons on Electricity, Oil, and More Is An Eye Opener
Last year during the oil spill, If It Were My Home showed us what the oil spill would look like if it were covering where we live. Superimposing the area of the oil spill over my home in San Francisco was a real eye opener
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GE Contest Seeks Best Ideas for Home Energy Efficiency & Using Renewable Electricity
GE has announced a new competition, called Powering Your Home. For anyone with a solid concept about home energy creation, management and use, it's your chance to partner up with GE to make turn that idea into reality. Check out the contest rules and
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China Takes Smart Grid Lead With Projected $61.4 Billion Market
The trend of China taking the lead on smart grid spending isn't new. Zpryme showed that the country would outspend the US in this sector during 2010. However, the numbers projected by the research firm
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Robots to Replace People for Patrolling Power Lines
Robots are becoming a more important tool for keeping our infrastructure working properly. From scurrying through underground water pipes to search for leaks, to now swinging from power lines to inspect
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CES 2011: Pinpointing Problems With Smart Grid Security
As the smart grid rolls forward, we're seeing an upswing in wariness from consumers, utilities and other organizations who have serious questions about the security of our grid. Indeed, security has
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CES 2011: Connected Homes and Energy Management Take Center Stage
Okay, so it's not as big a theme at CES as 3D TV or tablet devices, but relatively speaking, the connected home is getting far more attention this year than in years past. And this is great news. From the usually crowded home
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CES 2011: GE Unveils Our Smart Home of the Future
General Electric has been working on smart appliances for years now, and more importantly, it has been pouring resources into getting those appliances connected within a smart home and the smart grid. The company showed plans
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CES 2011: Smart Plugs and Energy Monitors from Intelligy, Current Cots, Modlet and More
The connected home is a big theme at this year's CES, and part of that is the use of smart plugs and monitors for managing home energy consumption. There are no small number of adapters and equipment for both at the plug and
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Smart Meter Protest Blocks Road, Forces PG&E; Trucks To Retreat (Video)
California residents are ramping up their efforts to stop, or at least slow down, the installation of smart meters. The state has already seen consumers incensed over smart meters, from central valley to the bay area, and
