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News Analysis Finally, Sophisticated Command and Control Comes to Smart Grid Jan 26, 2010 There’s still a long way to go, but the Smart Grid is finally getting the sophisticated ‘situational awareness’ it deserves. As utilities modernize their grids, they also need to modernize their control rooms. A while back Jesse did some consulting to Lockheed Martin. [...]

Jan 25, 2010 If Smart Grid renewable integration is causing problems or concerns, you’ve got FERC’s ear. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is asking for help as the agency works to be sure its policies are keeping up with the growth of new renewable energy sources. The agency is re-examining its policies to ensure [...]

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2010 Industry Leaders Converge at Parks Associates’ Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer Parks Associates will host over 150 executives from leading utilities and companies active in energy management and smart infrastructure at next week’s Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer. The executive conference, hosted in cooperation with Austin Energy, will take place [...]

Jan 15, 2010 By Jacob Grose The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced $620 million for Smart Grid demonstration and energy-storage projects. These include two grid storage projects, from AEP in Ohio and Detroit Edison in Michigan, which incorporate community-scale energy-storage (CES) pilots. These CES projects use lithium-ion battery packs similar in capacity to electric [...]

Increasing distributed sources of variable generation will introduce greater stress on electricity distribution systems. Voltage and Var Optimization (VVO) will help by optimizing reactive resources and voltage control capabilities continuously throughout the year. Differing from the traditional approach using uncoordinated local controls, VVO uses real-time information and online system modeling to provide optimized and coordinated control for unbalanced distribution networks with [...]

New York City, January 11, 2010 – Smart grid technology has gained notoriety as a solution to the electric power needs, but due to the daunting size and complexity of the current electrical grid, it will take utilities years to transform the grid into any semblance of a smart grid. A new market study from [...]

Jan 13, 2010 12:08 AM Business Wire SMART GRID/AUTOMATION IEEE Lays Groundwork for Adoption of DNP3 Protocol as New IEEE Standard Kentucky Seeking Smart Grid Proposals Alliant Energy Laying Foundation for Smart Grid GridCom Forum Feb. 2-3, 2010 Santa Clara, California, U.S. GE to Manufacture New Smart Washers and Dryers in Louisville »More from this [...]

2 pages – 101 KB – PDF File Title GE Bringing State-of-the-Art Smart Grid Efficiency, Reliability and Productivity Technologies to China Description The City of Yangzhou and GE (NYSE: GE) will be working together to help bring the benefits of smart grid technologies to China. GE is building an extensive smart grid demonstration center in the Yangzhou New [...]

January 8, 2010 by Jennifer Kho, Contributor California, United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com] Renewable energy has got buzz, growth and growing government support. But it’s no secret that it still makes up a small portion of the overall energy mix. As interest in renewables increases, the question has begun coming up more and more often: When will [...]