9 posts and columns on smart grid

IBM Offers Its Cloud To Watch The UK's Electrical Grid

in Enterprise on March 21, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Big Blue teams up with the British telecom giant Cable & Wireless to join the race to provide UK homes and businesses with smart electrical meters.

The Not-Marc-and-Ben GP–aka John O'Farrell–at Andreessen Horowitz Speaks!

in News on November 4, 2010 at 10:04 am PT

He’s not Andreessen and he’s not Horowitz, the pair of brand names of the high-profile Silicon Valley venture firm that just announced a new $650 million fund to add to their $300 million already at work. But as quiet as John O’Farrell has been, he is the third general partner–and there are only three for now–of what seems to have turned into the hottest VC outfit of late.

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Foreigners Vie to Upgrade China Grid

in News on May 24, 2010 at 9:00 am PT

China’s plan to upgrade its electricity network has sparked intense competition among General Electric Co., Siemens AG and other foreign companies seeking a foothold in what will soon be one of the world’s biggest markets for advanced power transmission and distribution systems.

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Cisco Diversifies Again as Chambers Discusses Rivals

in News on May 19, 2009 at 4:49 am PT

Cisco on Monday announced an initiative to sell high-tech gear to utilities, a market the company says could be a $20 billion-a-year market by 2014. Political junkies may have heard the term “smart grid,” which is one of the areas that the Obama administration has targeted with its stimulus package. The government is committing billions to facilitate building a next-generation electrical grid that’s more energy efficient.

The Winklevoss Variations

in News on February 10, 2009 at 4:57 pm PT

Google: We're Gonna Turn It On. We're Gonna Bring You the Power.

in News on February 10, 2009 at 8:20 am PT

When Google CEO Eric Schmidt said in 2005, “We are moving to a Google that knows more about you,” he wasn’t kidding. Just four years later and the company is learning about us from a host of online services that extend far beyond the simple search application at the center of Google’s business: email, chat, video, news, books, calendaring, location and now personal energy usage patterns as well. This morning, the company announced Google PowerMeter, an application that will let consumers track their electricity consumption.