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Autoblog May 21st 2015 Tesla Unveils New Battery SystemLOS ANGELES, CA – APRIL 30: Guests pose with the Powerwall unit after Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla unveiled suit of batteries for homes, businesses, and utilities at Tesla Design Studio April 30, 2015 in Hawthorne, California. Musk unveiled the home battery named Powerwall with a selling … Read more
Wall Street Journal CASSANDRA SWEET June 12, 2015 $2.2 billion California project generates 40% of expected electricity The Ivanpah solar-thermal plant in California uses thousands of mirrors to reflect sunlight and generate steam. PHOTO: CHRIS CARLSON/ASSOCIATED PRESS Some costly high-tech solar power projects aren’t living up to promises their backers made about how much electricity … Read more
Breitbart by CHRISS W. STREET, 31 May 2015 The Sierra Club is upset because the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) built a sophisticated and unbiased computer model to analyze the cost-effectiveness of new solar policy proposals. But despite all the Sierra Club’s political clout, the computer model determined is that none of the solar policy … Read more
Metering & Smart Energy June 1, 2015 In the US, semiconductor chip maker Intel has this week announced the completion of a smart energy laboratory built in conjunction with China’s Smart Energy Industry Technology Innovation Strategy Union in a bid to promote ‘internet-connected energy’ in China and evaluate solutions in critical energy sectors. IT investment … Read more
Metering International May 4, 2015 A note from the editor A story broke this past week that must make smart meter manufacturers want to drum their fists on their circuit boards in frustration. Of a group of 20,000 utility employees surveyed in the US, the majority said they still rely on customer calls and SCADA … Read more
9to5Mac Jordan Kahn January 22, 2015 Apple will allow its upcoming Siri-controlled HomeKit platform to work with certain existing, non-HomeKit home automation products, including ones using competing protocols such as ZigBee or Z-Wave, but there are many limitations. According to sources briefed on the new specs, the latest Made for iPhone (MFi) licensing program specifications … Read more
Metering.com April 23, 2015 In Canada, a subsidiary of BlackBerry has unveiled a new certificate service that will apply the same security level it offers on smartphones to other Internet of Things (IoT) devices including smart meters. Blackberry subsidiary Certicom has issued nearly 60 million ZigBee device certificates Security technology company Certicom yesterday launched a … Read more
metering.com Amy Ryan April 17, 2015 In the US, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission has approved a settlement allowing state utility Public Service Company to collect US$133 million from customers in rate increases to support smart meter installation. The Public Service Company of Oklahoma serving 540,000 customers expects to save customers US$ 11 million in the … Read more
Metering.com Amy Ryan April 13, 2015 The global smart meter market will grow 10.2% a year up to 2019, predicts MarketsandMarkets The global smart meter market will be worth US$18.2 billion by 2019, encompassing smart electric, water and gas meters for industrial, commercial and residential applications, according to a new report by US market research … Read more
CBS News BySTEVE TOBAK MONEYWATCH November 15, 2012 CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson identifies 11 green-energy companies, besides Solyndra, that got billions of tax dollars, then declared bankruptcy. ISTOCKPHOTO (MoneyWatch) COMMENTARY In the business world, when you combine bad management, faulty science and fanatical ideology, it’s a recipe for disaster. Strangely enough, when the … Read more