Google’s Atlantic Wind Connection subsea power cable project to connect offshore wind farms will be allowed to generate a return of up to 12.59%, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said.
The project, featuring two parallel power cables extending out some 250 miles off the US east coast, is expected to harness wind energy from offshore turbines [...]
Asian Smart Grid investments will dominate the industry over the next 10 years, as Asian economies are turning to smart grid technologies to update outdated infrastructure and meet unique power distribution challenges.
Mar 23, 2011 – China, Japan, Korea, and India have emerged as leaders in terms of Smart Grid spend according [...]
via: timesofmalta.com – Iceland eyeing giant cable to sell power to Europe.
Iceland is considering building the world’s longest sub-sea electric cable to allow it to sell its geothermal and volcanic energy to Europe, the country’s largest energy company said.
“This project started last year and the current phase of research should be finished [...]
via: U.S. Military Links Alternative Energy Research to Lives–and Dollars–Saved: Scientific American.
Inventing the future of energy may be key to improving U.S. national security, economic prosperity and health
By David Biello
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Flexible solar cells now power communications equipment used by U.S. Marines fighting in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, enabling them to shed 315 [...]
via: Green energy to drive tower cos’ biz-Telecom-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times on Mobile. @the Economic Times of India
NEW DELHI: Telecom tower companies are beginning to use green and efficient alternatives in renewable energy, especially in rural areas where electricity is scarce, opening up new business avenues worth over $1 billion for clean energy equipment [...]
via: Smart Grid: Smart grid fastest growing sustainable business in Canada.
Canada’s sustainable business market spending should grow from a 2010 level of US $2.3 billion to an impressive $3.7 billion by 2014. And the leading sector in spending? The smart grid, which is predicted to experience a compound annual growth rate of [...]
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON) announced today that after completing a rigorous public tender process, the fourth largest utility in Denmark, NRGi, has selected Echelon’s Networked Energy Services (NES) smart grid control system throughout its services territory. The system includes the award-winning Echelon software for sensing, [...]
via: American Chronicle | Deploying Advanced Energy Storage Makes Sense.
By Campbell, Chris
As the industry continues to move toward a smarter, more efficient power infrastructure, advanced energy storage has shown potential to facilitate a cleaner means of producing and delivering electricity by addressing existing and long-term challenges. In the near term, utilities [...]
Los Angeles-based Energy Cache, a new startup backed by Idealab, is eyeing the energy storage and smart grid market with its technology. The firm, which is headed by Aaron Fyke, recently scored one of the top prizes at the recent Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch in Los Angeles. The firm beat [...]
A set of standards know as G.hnem, which address smart grid applications such as distribution automation, smart metres, smart appliances and advanced recharging systems for electric vehicles, has entered the final stage of approval at the International Telecommunications Union.
According to the ITU, the new standards address the critical link between electricity and communications networks, enabling [...]
Nokia Siemens Networks is looking to revolutionise the mobile network with is Liquid Radio architecture, which not only promises to re-architect today’s base station infrastructure, but also to ultimately bridge the gap between highly specialise (and expensive) telecoms equipment and commoditise (cost competitive) computer components. Green Telecom Live talks to Mike Murphy, head of Technology [...]
Interview with Telenor Connexion: Inside the world of M2M
Telenor Connexion, the unit of the Telenor Group focused on the machine-to-machine market, has been developing and deploying M2M applications for customers for the past decade. Green Telecom Live speaks with Gwenn Larsson, head of marketing at Telenor Connexion, about what makes M2M different from the rest of the mobile industry and the kinds of [...]
Verne Global outlines Iceland data centre plans
Two years after we first published the Icelandic government’s plans to promote the building of data centres on its shores, a venture capital-backed start tup, Verne Global, is looking to make it a reality.
Verne Global, backed by General Catalysts from Boston, Novator in London and the Wellcome Trust, is now constructing a wholesale data centre [...]
Next gen data centre architecture Part 2: Cisco’s Unified Computing
Cisco this month unveiled what some company executives dubbed one of the biggest announcements for the network equipment maker – ever. With the announcement of its Unified Computing, Cisco officially enters the computing space, although not quite as previous speculation in the industry had outlined. Instead of just producing its own blade server, Cisco unveiled [...]
Next gen data centre architecture Part 1: Juniper’s single switching fabric
In the past couple of weeks, cloud computing has really taken off, with both service providers, server makers, and switching vendors all making big announcements on service deployments and new gear designed for cloud operating environments.
Specifically, both Juniper and Cisco made significant announcements in their vision of a next generation data centre environment that can [...]