The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) has decided to aggressively accelerate the deployment of smart grid technologies in the state. In July, 2013, the grid modernization Working Group submitted a report to the Department […]
Massachusetts has not been among the states that have led the smart grid revolution in the United States. In September 2012 National Grid began a small smart grid pilot involving 5,000 meters in Worcester, Massachusetts. […]
Recent technology trends indicate that there will be a greater reliance on demand response (DR) and enengy efficeincy (EE) as well as other forms of distributed energy resources (DER) such as microgrids, rooftop solar, electric […]
Conservation voltage reduction (CVR) or Volt/VAR is an approach to demand response (DR) and energy efficiency (EE) that can provide major benefits without significant alterations to the power distribution system, unlike other DR/EE approaches. CVR […]
At the Latin America Geospatial Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Volney Zanardi Junior, president of the Brazilian Institute of Envrionment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) presented an overview of IBAMA and some of its initiatives […]
A new study by Cisco of the Internet of Things (Cisco calls it the Internet of Everything) estimated that it represenst a $19 trillion global opportunity over the next decade. Of that $4.6 trillion is […]
According to a new report from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), all new electricity generation through 2020 in Australia will come from renewable energy through 2020. Most of the new power will be generated […]
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2013 are expected to be 2% above the 2012 level. The EIA ascribes this to a small increase in coal consumption […]