Renewable Energy
Internet Giants go Green and get Data Center Smart
February 23rd, 2015Microgrid Growth Potential Stimulates the Energy Storage Industry
January 12th, 2015Rampant Energy Consumption Sparks Smart Building Revolution in the Middle East
Energy consumption per capita in the oil rich Arabian Gulf nations is among the highest in the world. World Bank energy consumption data shows 4 Gulf countries in the top 6 consumers (per capita) globally. These progressive Arab nations are keen to address such statistics by tackling their root causes, namely inefficiency. The World Bank […]
Why Even Google’s Best Climate Change Efforts were Not Enough
In 2011, Google discontinued its RE<C program which pledged to tackle the issue of climate change facing our planet. The RE<C initiative aimed to promote promising technologies and specifically to find sustainable form of generating electricity, cheaper than coal. While stopping the program has been a knock to climate change efforts, the subsequent report from […]
Analysts are Slashing Their Forecasts; But Smart Grid Will Weather The Economic Storm Better Than Most
This is a very scary time for the world economy as it makes little progress to overcome the aftershock from the 2008 financial meltdown.The future for just about everything is being heavily marked down, so it’s hardly surprising that analysts are giving the thumbs down to the market valuation of Smart Grid players. They are […]
Trouble with Nuclear Power Reinforces the Need for Smart Grid
In early 1980 I managed a project on behalf of a major European Power Generation Equipment Manufacturer to sell its coal fired technology know-how into the USA. This was some 9 months after Unit 1 Nuclear Reactor at Three Mile Island suffered a partial meltdown which rated 5 on the INES scale. Of the 104 […]
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