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Old 09-22-2009, 09:36 PM   #21
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Coulomb and GridPoint unveil smart grid enabled charging station for electric vehicles
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Smart Grid Data About to Swamp Utilities - earth2tech.com

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The buildout of smart grid infrastructure is about to drown utilities in a sea of information. So points out Jack Danahy in an interesting article in Smart Grid News recently, in which he presents data that shows how much information a typical smart meter will produce. If 140 million smart meters are installed over the next ten years they could produce a massive 100 petabytes (1 PB is 1 quadrillion bytes) of information, according to FERC data he cites. Info from utility trials suggests that a smart meter that updates energy info every 15 minutes can deliver 400 MB per smart meter per year. ...
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Massive funding to lift Smart Grid companies. Look for it next month | VentureBeat
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Old 11-02-2009, 10:32 PM   #25
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Utilities to deploy 250M smart meters by 2015 | VentureBeat
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BBC News - UK energy smart meter roll-out to be outlined
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Anyone within range of London on February 11th might be interested in this:

Clerk Maxwell lecture | IET Prestige Lecture Series

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Our Energy Future: What does it look like and how do we get there?

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Thursday, 11 February 2010 | IET London: Savoy Place

This presentation from Steve Holliday, the Chief Executive from National Grid will provide a high level discussion which examines the necessary framework required to ensure we meet the triad challenges of climate change, security of supply and affordable energy.

New technology such as smart grids, plug-in electric hybrid vehicles, carbon capture and storage, offshore/onshore wind, nuclear and more will be required to meet the challenges.
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PG&E smart meter communication failure – lessons for the rest of us — GreenMonk: the blog



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All-electric plug-in project seeks to make the family car a cash cow | Grist
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U.S. researchers unveiled a vehicle Thursday that could earn money for its driver instead of guzzling it up in gasoline and maintenance costs.

The converted Toyota Scion xB, shown at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, is the first all-electric car to be linked to a power grid and serve as a cash cow.

“This is the first vehicle that’s ever been paid to participate in the grid—the first proof-of-concept vehicle,” Ken Huber, who oversees technological development at wholesale electricity coordinator PJM Interconnection, told AFP.


(Is it worth splitting out V2G to it's own thread? Vehicle To Grid V2G)
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