Week Ending May 1st

Lockheed Martin has opened a solar energy testing facility in Southern New Jersey in order to enable the design, development, and integration of renewable power solutions more…

Wal-Mart in collaboration with BP Solar is increasing the number of solar arrays in their  California facilities more…

One interpretation of the DOE stimulus package explains incentives for smaller organizations due to smaller grant amounts as well for exploratory testing vs. production level deployment of an infrastructure. Smart meters are not favored and we could end up with a lack of scalability and interoperability more…

KRAFT Elektronikai Zrt. of Budapest, Hungary, a subsidiary of Solar Thin Films, has completed a 2nd in a total of 3 shipments of its silicon PV manufacturing equipment. They are in the process of transitioning to be a full turn-key equipment supplier more…

Week Ending April 24th

Smart Grid product evaluation scorecards, Ireland targets green tech, universal plug for EVs, Cisco networks smart grids, direct tie solar arrays delivery directly into power lines

Week Ending April 17th

A large scale live/work community is in the works for a Southwest Florida development that claims Babcock Ranch will be 100% powered by PV solar cell and Smart Grid technologies. Businesses working in the sustainable living industry are encouraged to innovate within this large scale environmentally friendly campus more…

Planetary Skin, a global warming monitoring system, is a result of the collaboration between Cisco CEO John Chambers and NASA, and is launching in San Francisco, CA on Earth Day, April 22nd.  Apparently, we’ll be able to determine what parts of the city are effecting the environment more…

Skyline Solar CEO Bob MacDonald is pushing ahead for another round of funding. The company’s silicon solar photovoltaic gain module uses optical mirrors to focus light into a receiver which then delivers 10x the amount of output more…

Arch Rock has completed a pilot phase testing a total technical solution that measures a facility’s real-time energy utility. The Energy Optimizer is a feedback control system deployed as a router, 6 sensors, and a year subscription to a web-based dashboard that monitors energy consumption  more…

Week Ending April 10th

Information technology standards don’t exist yet for digital communications within energy smart grids according to a panel at Green:Net conference last month held in SF, CA. There is a need for protocols that define the connections between smart meters and smart home appliances more…

A $20 million refurbishment plan to make the iconic Empire State Building more energy efficient could earn the project Gold status in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. Energy usage is estimated to be reduced by 38%  more…

Satcom will provide their solar PV inverter product to Ecostream, a global sustainable energy system provider. Solar inverters transform the direct current from photovoltaic cells into alternating current which is then used for things in the home such as appliances more…

The term ‘Smart Grid’ could evolve into another catch phrase like the all prevalent Web 2.0 – we knew it was coming  but what did it really mean? Smart Grid architects will require a multidisciplinary approach employing systems engineers, electrical engineers, software engineers, network and telecommunications engineers to create scalable systems that are capable of meeting future requirements more…