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Joint U.S.-Israel R.E. and efficiency projects to have fund access
(Type: Article | Section: Business | Category: United States, Venture Capital, Latest News, News Briefs, News Briefs Finance)
Date Created: Monday, 06 February 2012A joint United States-Israel organization is looking for potential renewable energy projects co-developed by companies from the two countries that could get as much as $1 million in technological funding. ...
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International Energy Leaders to Gather at 4th Annual Global New Energy Summit
(Type: Article | Section: EcoSeed Exclusive | Category: Press Releases)
Date Created: Sunday, 05 February 2012Colorado Springs, CO – January 24, 2012 – The 4th annual Global New Energy Summit will again be held at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 9th-11th. The Summit brings together internationally ...
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PG&E customers who don’t want ‘smart meters’ can now ‘opt out’
(Type: Article | Section: Business | Category: United States, Laws & Regulations, Smart Grid Infrastructure, Smart Metering, Latest News)
Date Created: Wednesday, 01 February 2012The California Public Utilities Commission has approved modifications to Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s “smart metering” program which provides for an option for customers who do not want to have wireless ...
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10 awards were up for grabs at this year's European Smart Metering Awards 2012. Seven for industry Solution Providers and three for Utilities.
(Type: Article | Section: EcoSeed Exclusive | Category: Press Releases)
Date Created: Wednesday, 01 February 2012On the the 26th of January 2012 Utilities, Solution Providers & industry experts came together for the annual Smart Metering UK & Europe Summit, and the European Smart Metering Awards ceremony. The summit ...
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Hitachi and Mitsubishi Corporation to Begin Smart Community System Demonstration Project in Spain
(Type: Article | Section: EcoSeed Exclusive | Category: Press Releases)
Date Created: Sunday, 29 January 2012... been jointly selected as contractors for the Smart Community System Demonstration Project in Spain, by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) as the result of a feasibility ...
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Sustainability-savvy businesses get more profit, competitive edge – M.I.T.
(Type: Article | Section: Business, Low-Carbon Biz, Energy Efficiency, Latest News)
Date Created: Wednesday, 25 January 2012Corporations that are regularly practicing sustainability measures stand to gain more, a recent report from business journal MIT Sloan Management Review and The Boston Consulting Group showed. The study, ...
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U.K.’s £11.7-bn smart meter plan boon for utilities – not consumers
(Type: Article | Section: Business, Europe, Laws & Regulations, Smart Grid Infrastructure, Smart Metering, Latest News)
Date Created: Wednesday, 18 January 2012Britain’s Public Accounts Committee is doubtful that utilities will pass on the benefits gained from a government plan to install smart meters in every home and building in the country by the end of the ...
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Nissan looking into second-life use of EV lithium-ion batteries
(Type: Article | Section: Business | Category: United States, Energy Storage and Delivery, Latest News, News Briefs, News Briefs Business)
Date Created: Wednesday, 18 January 2012What happens to all those used-up batteries in electric cars? As it turns out, after 10 years of use in an electric vehicle, a lithium-ion battery pack has up to 70 percent remaining capacity. Nissan North ...
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Industry leaders convene for the first time to address cyber security threats faced by SCADA and Smart Grid
(Type: Article | Section: EcoSeed Exclusive | Category: Press Releases)
Date Created: Tuesday, 17 January 2012London - On the 26th and 27th of April 2012 representatives from Europe’s leading energy and utility companies will convene in London at the SCADA & Smart Grid Cyber Security Summit 2012. This gathering ...
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SCADA & Smart Grid Cyber Security Summit 2012
(Type: Article | Section: Events, Events Smart Grid)
Date Created: Tuesday, 17 January 2012On the 26th and 27th of April 2012 representatives from Europe’s leading energy and utility companies will convene in London at the SCADA & Smart Grid Cyber Security Summit 2012. This gathering of industry ...
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Latin America, Caribbean get $30 million for renewable energy
(Type: Article | Section: Business | Category: Emerging Markets, Funding & Incentives, Latest News, News Briefs, News Briefs Politics)
Date Created: Monday, 16 January 2012Renewable energy projects including wind, solar, small hydropower and geothermal in Latin America and the Caribbean will get a boost in the form of loans worth around $30 million from the Inter-American ...
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Global clean energy investment up by 5% in 2011 at $260 billion
(Type: Article | Section: Business, United States, Latest News)
Date Created: Thursday, 12 January 2012Global investment in clean energy reached $260 billion in 2011, 5 percent higher than in 2010 and almost five times the $53.6-billion investment in 2004 despite a sluggish economy, new data from London-based ...
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Global Smart Grid Market to Invest $2 Trillion by 2030, peaking at $155bn in 2018, Predicts Memoori Research
(Type: Article | Section: EcoSeed Exclusive | Category: Press Releases)
Date Created: Thursday, 12 January 2012By 2018 the world pure Smart Grid business will need to be running at $155 billion, some 50% larger than the current annual expenditure for all electrical transmission and distribution equipment. This ...
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Landis+Gyr acquires Ecologic Analytics
(Type: Article | Section: Business | Category: Europe, Smart Grid Software, Latest News, News Briefs, News Briefs Business, News Briefs Smart Grid)
Date Created: Tuesday, 10 January 2012Landis+Gyr A.G. has acquired Ecologic Analytics after buying all of the remaining stocks of the smart meter data management company for an undisclosed sum. Ecologic has been operating for 10 years in Minnesota ...
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ComEd files 10-year, $2.6-billion smart grid program for Illinois
(Type: Article | Section: Business, United States, Smart Grid Infrastructure, Smart Metering, Smart Grid, Latest News)
Date Created: Sunday, 08 January 2012... includes a $233-million plan dedicated for system upgrades and smart grid technologies in 2012. ...
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ABB wins $50 million order to improve Texas lines for wind power
(Type: Article | Section: Business | Category: United States, Latest News, News Briefs, News Briefs Business, News Briefs Wind)
Date Created: Thursday, 05 January 2012Swiss power and automation technologies group ABB got a $50 million order from Electric Transmission Texas L.L.C. to provide electrical equipment for strengthening the transmission company’s power grid ...
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Smart meters for water utilities valued at $29.9 million by 2017
(Type: Article | Section: Business | Category: United States, Other Smart Grid Technologies, Latest News, News Briefs, News Briefs Business, News Briefs Smart Grid)
Date Created: Thursday, 05 January 2012Increased use of “smart” meters, this time for the water utilities, will lead to $29.9 million in sales by 2017 compared with $10.3 million in 2011, a study from market analyst Pike Research showed. ...
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Light+Building
(Type: Article | Section: Events, Others)
Date Created: Wednesday, 04 January 2012... stations' and their role in the 'smart grid' that springs from it. ...
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Global smart meter shipments hit 19.2 million 3Q 2011
(Type: Article | Section: Business | Category: Asia, Europe, United States, Smart Metering, Latest News, News Briefs, News Briefs Business, News Briefs Smart Grid)
Date Created: Tuesday, 03 January 2012Global smart meter shipments reached 19.2 million in the third quarter of 2011, a 5.3 percent increase over the second quarter of 2011 with North America’s Landis+Gyr maintaining a leadership position ...
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D.O.I. approves Iberdrola’s Tule Wind Power Project
(Type: Article | Section: Business | Category: United States, Politics, Laws & Regulations, Wind Energy, Onshore Wind, Offshore Wind, Biomass, Latest News)
Date Created: Tuesday, 20 December 2011The United States Department of the Interior approved the construction of Iberdrola Renewables’ 186-megawatt Tule Wind Power Project in the In-Ko-Pah Mountains of San Diego County, California, making it ...
