Tag: smart grid

UW Clean Energy Institute Research Update For nearly a century, the electrical grid remained essentially the same. Yet, as electricity consumers we keep asking it to do more for us. Chill or heat our homes. Help keep our drinks cold, freeze our food and dry our laundry. Charge our phones, computers and cars. Deliver us […]

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OutBack Power Technologies, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of advanced power electronics for renewable energy, backup power and mobile applications, today announced that three newly available additions to its Radian family of inverters will include GridZero energy balancing technology to ensure users get the most out of their solar power and energy storage investments, regardless of how […]

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Originally published on Clean Technica. Energy storage fans are rejoicing all across the country on the heels of a new ruling by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which opens the floodgates to connecting more solar arrays and wind farms to the power grid. FERC adopted the new ruling, Order 792, in order to bring […]

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“$15,000,000 … is provided solely for grants to advance renewable energy technologies by public and private electrical utilities…The department shall work with utilities to offer matching grants for projects that demonstrate new smart grid technologies.” Funding will provide grants to competitively selected utilities. Utility vendors, researchers, and other organizations may partner with those utilities. The selected utility […]

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Optimum Energy announced that it has raised a follow-on investment from Edison Energy, a subsidiary of Edison International. This investment expands the financing round announced in June, which included Columbia Pacific Advisors, Navitas Capital, and Johnson Controls.

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Outback Power has opened a brand new, expanded facility in Arlington, WA.  In addition to dignitaries from the company and its parent, Alpha Group, Washington Governor Jay Inslee toured the new facility. Outback Power designs and makes renewable energy electronics.  It has 70 employees that were referred to as “highly skilled, green collar” jobs.  The […]

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Ecova, a total energy and sustainability management company,has announced that it has been selected by value-priced footwear and accessories retailer, Shoe Carnival, to provide utility expense and data management services.  Ecova will assist Shoe Carnival in monitoring, understanding and reducing energy use at approximately 370 locations nationwide. Ecova’s utility expense and data management solution will […]

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Itron announced that it is helping address water conservation and efficiency efforts in India by delivering advanced automation technology.  Itron has been selected by Larsen & Turbo, the largest construction company in India, to provide 120,000 advanced automated meters, 40,000 standard meters, mobile collection equipment, and software, which will be used to collect, measure and […]

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Optimum Energy, developer of software that intelligently adjusts a building’s temperature in order to reduce energy consumption, raised $12.2 million from Navitas Capital and Columbia Pacific Capital Management.  The company is based in Seattle.  The company has been experiencing “torrid” growth. Source:  John Cook, Geekwire, June 7, 2013.

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Itron has completed the installation of 25,000 smart water, heat, and gas meters and communication modules and its fixed network for Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City in Tianjin, China. The system measures, collects, and analyzes data from water, heat and gas meters.  The system is expected to enable Tianjin to make smart decisions about city services. Read […]

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