Commentary
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Nov 11, 2010 |
Microgrids may be a hot topic among those forecasting key future trends shaping the world's energy infrastructure, but few significant state-of-the-art commercial microgrids are actually up and running in North America, the world's leading market for microgrids. -
Nov 09, 2010 |
Understanding the characteristics of a business provides valuable insight into the account's use of energy. With this insight, a utility account's energy usage can be compared to a group of peers with similar characteristics, and outliers can be flagged for further analysis -
Nov 03, 2010 |
Many utilities don't realize that the smart grid's promise of ubiquitous, real-time information isn't feasible without satellite broadband in the networking technologies mix. -
Nov 02, 2010 |
The increased prevalence of distributed generation resources, incentives and the need to provide a reliable, secure and clean supply of power to consumers has led to the emergence of a new type -
Oct 26, 2010 |
The mystery is solved: the contact center can be one of the most vulnerable areas for data breaches in most utility companies. In Part 1 of this two-part article, we discussed some commonly -
Oct 21, 2010 |
Most of the companies developing photovoltaics have been obsessed with reaching grid parity meaning competitiveness with conventional grid electricity generation which is often highly subsidized. -
Oct 14, 2010 |
Want to hear a statistic that will make your lights flicker? Electric power outages and blackouts cost America around $80 billion annually. Of this, $57 billion (73 percent) is from losses -
Oct 06, 2010 |
Boiled down to its essence, the Smart Grid concept is all about coordination. Smart Grid proponents note that it will spur the development of microgrids, distributed -
Oct 05, 2010 |
The Quality and Reliability of electric power delivered to the consumer not has been the object of attention in the area of Smart Grid. This is a subject of difficult visibility for the consumer -
Standards are Important!Sep 21, 2010 |
Electrical equipment users request that the equipment they buy have a test certificate or report issued by a recognized laboratory. This is a regular practice in developed countries but only in the last 25
