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Why the Smart Grid Is Taking So Long

September 6, 2011 by Marc Gunther
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The smart grid is coming. It…is…just…coming…very…slowly. That’s the way I began a column published a week ago by The Network, Cisco’s technology news site. The column looked at Energy Smart Florida. one of the most aggressive efforts in the U.S. to roll out smart electricity meters and a smart grid. It’s being run by Florida Power and... [read more]

The smart grid’s killer app? Electric cars

December 8, 2010 by Marc Gunther
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Let me clue you in to a little journalistic secret: few topics on the business/sustainability beat as inherently uninteresting (ok, boring) than the smart grid. Have you ever struck up a conversation with anyone, outside of work, about the smart grid? I didn’t think so. I mean, this diagram of the smart grid (double-click to enlarge it)... [read more]

Cisco "Smart grid is like the old, old west with pioneers:" GridWeek interview with Marie Hattar, Cisco VP for Smart Grid and Marketing

September 27, 2009 by Rebecca Lutzy
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 Between GridWeek sessions last week, I sat down with Marie Hattar, VP Network Systems and Security Solutions Marketing at Cisco, and talked with her about upcoming breakthroughs in smart grid data solutions, standards and interoperability of platforms, and Cisco's smart grid plans.  Marie and other Cisco team members were... [read more]

Smart Microgrids: Discussing Efficient Energy Management Solutions with Valence Energy

July 12, 2009 by Jesse Jenkins
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Valence Energy is a fresh new technology company working to develop and deploy a package of energy management solutions for institutional campuses, universities or entire neighborhoods known as “smart microgrids.”  A potential stepping-stone to a modern nationwide smart energy grid, smart microgrids combine a local energy system... [read more]

Smart grid device update

June 30, 2009 by Lynne Kiesling
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Here’s a roundup of some developments in smart grid end user devices (in other words, I had a bunch of cool articles open about nifty innovations, so let’s round ‘em up so I can clear tabs in my browser!) that I hope you will find as interesting as I do:From the NYT Gadgetwise blog, how to keep a green home, remotely. This post focuses... [read more]

Cisco EnergyWise - turns networks into an Energy Efficiency platforms

January 28, 2009 by Tom Raftery
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As mentioned previously, buildings account for 38% of CO2 emissions in the United States, buildings consume 70% of the electricity load in the U.S and CO2 emissions from buildings are projected to grow faster than any other sector over the next 25 years. Cisco has decided to tackle this problem, by turning its networking infrastructure... [read more]