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Smart Grid Interoperability Panel: Who to Call

2009-11-20T19:15:00+00:00

The federal smart grid standards-setting effort has a new advisory board. Google’s Vint Cerf shares honors with industry giants in leading the group.

India Wants 20GW of Solar by 2020

2009-11-20T18:10:07+00:00

The government approves a $19 billion program to boost manufacturing and generation, but getting to that goal might not be so easy.

PG&E’s Bakersfield Problem: Getting the Customer on Board

2009-11-20T17:00:05+00:00

Pacific Gas & Electric could offer early lessons over how to prevent customer backlash against smart grid spending.

Swapping CIGS for Silicon

2009-11-20T13:00:17+00:00

AQT plans to launch production of its thin-film cells that will look like conventional silicon cells but at much cheaper price, its CEO says.

Vinod Khosla: Smart Grid Hard to Invest In and Win

2009-11-19T23:24:57+00:00

Green VC Vinod Khosla doesn’t see most smart grid investments paying out, unless they can get ahead of the ‘me-too’ solutions to the grid’s problems.

Greentech for Social Good

2009-11-19T23:08:06+00:00

A group of entrepreneurs have developed portable power generators and irrigation systems to serve some of the poorest communities in the world.

Data Centers That Feed Power to the Grid?

2009-11-19T21:10:58+00:00

Locust Storage, which came out of stealth at the GreenBeat Conference, says it has a data storage system that can deliver power to the grid, and cut down IT power.

Duke Energy Wants to Own Every Piece of the Smart Grid

2009-11-19T16:00:00+00:00

Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers sees the utility owning and controlling solar panels and energy management systems in customers’ homes.

Giants vs. Startups: SAP Stakes Carbon Accounting Claim

2009-11-19T13:00:43+00:00

SAP says its huge existing customer base will give its carbon accounting software huge advantages over startups. But with the carbon-counting game in its infancy, there’s still room for startups to excel.

California Adopts Energy Standards for TVs, Will Other States Follow?

2009-11-18T22:43:26+00:00

California says TV makers have to curb power consumption, which has riled up TV makers. The big question is whether it will go nationwide?