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Cisco’s IP-Everywhere, Substation-Plus-Security Smart Grid Suite

Cisco’s IP-Everywhere, Substation-Plus-Security Smart Grid Suite

Jeff St. John: May 7, 2013

How the networking giant plans to secure its MPLS-based, super-fast substation automation offering

The Expedia.com of Solar?

The Expedia.com of Solar?

Stephen Lacey: February 15, 2013

EnergySage wants to make shopping for solar as easy as booking your travel.

Cisco, Japan, Wi-SUN and the Global Smart Grid Standards Race

Cisco, Japan, Wi-SUN and the Global Smart Grid Standards Race

Jeff St. John: December 11, 2012

Cisco joins a Japanese group working on setting communications standards across the tangled global smart grid landscape.

Elster Joins Cisco’s IPv6 Smart Grid Train

Elster Joins Cisco’s IPv6 Smart Grid Train

Jeff St. John: September 19, 2012

It’s the second big smart meter maker to join Cisco’s IP-everywhere smart grid vision.

Yes, the Smart Grid Can Be End-to-End IP

Yes, the Smart Grid Can Be End-to-End IP

Jeff St. John: April 19, 2012

Interoperability tests show that “smart objects” like smart meters and grid gear can talk IP to one another.

Will Recargo’s iPhone App Relieve EV Range Anxiety?

Will Recargo’s iPhone App Relieve EV Range Anxiety?

Herman K. Trabish: July 5, 2011

Battery-powered cars’ marketplace success may depend on a solution.

From Oil and Gas to Offshore Renewables

From Oil and Gas to Offshore Renewables

Herman K. Trabish: June 10, 2011

An entrepreneur has a boat to do the research—but will Congress put the policies in place?

How Real Can U.S. Offshore Wind Get?

How Real Can U.S. Offshore Wind Get?

Herman K. Trabish: April 4, 2011

The Google-backed Atlantic Wind Connection is making it very real by moving ahead on transmission for offshore wind’s first 7,000 megawatts.

A ‘Sputnik Moment’ for Renewable Energy

A ‘Sputnik Moment’ for Renewable Energy

Herman K. Trabish: November 30, 2010

Secretary of Energy Chu calls for long-term policies and R&D support to win the clean tech race.

How Should We Pay for Renewables?

How Should We Pay for Renewables?

Eric Wesoff: September 8, 2010

Stimulus or market? Arguments can be made for both approaches.

Video: How Microsoft Will Make Energy Like the Internet

Video: How Microsoft Will Make Energy Like the Internet

Michael Kanellos: February 24, 2010

Forget smart meters. Think Bayesian analysis and social networking for saving power.

Solar by Satellite: Who Has the Best System?

Solar by Satellite: Who Has the Best System?

Michael Kanellos: July 27, 2009

Three companies offer solar estimates online. Which works? I am your guinea pig.

Intersolar: Will Oerlikon’s Silicon Rival First Solar? And More!

Intersolar: Will Oerlikon’s Silicon Rival First Solar? And More!

Ucilia Wang: May 27, 2009

Solar companies gathered in Munich this week to launch new products and announce breakthroughs. Companies developing devices for monitoring and boosting solar panel performances are making noise. 

Hacking the Grid: Is Smarter Less Secure?

Hacking the Grid: Is Smarter Less Secure?

Jeff St. John: April 8, 2009

Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electricity grid and left malicious software to disrupt it, the Wall Street Journal reports, raising questions about whether "smart grid" efforts are opening the grid up to more hacking.

Tendril Moves to Link Up Old-School Meters

Jeff St. John: February 11, 2009

The maker of in-home energy monitoring equipment and software is in five utility trials to bring data from a previous generation of AMR meters – ones that can send but not receive information – into its ZigBee-enabled home networks.