Posts tagged “smart grid”
Wake Forest-based PowerSecure lands $15M in LED light orders
Three retailers place orders for a variety of light-emitting diode products to replace fluorescent fixtures and bulbs.
Sensus CEO can tout smart grid from comforts of home
The Wake Forest residence of Peter Mainz, the chief executive at the global provider of technology and services for utility firms, is the latest to be added to Wake Electric Membership Corporation's growing smart grid.
Sensus CEO Peter Mainz now has a smart meter.
Clean energy investment hits record $260B in 2011
U.S. leads the way with solar power investments surging 36 percent. Spending in the U.S. rose by a third to $55.9 billion, surpassing the 1 percent gain in China to $47.4 billion.
GSK exec: Respiratory drug results were not disappointing
Chief Financial Officer says Relovair is part of a pipeline, "not just one product in isolation."
Raleigh firm's technology to power I-40/85 recharging station
Praxis Technologies is providing two electric vehicle recharging stations at interstate rest areas with funding from a state grant.
A Praxis charging station
Smart metering firm Sensus up for sale?
According to a Reuters report, Raleigh-based Sensus has asked Credit Suisse to find a buyer. Price could be $1 billion.
Need to charge your electric vehicle? IBM has an app for that
Big Blue blog: IBM is teaming with EKZ in Switzerland for an app that enables customers to power up their electric vehicles remotely through mobile devices. Plus: IBM picks cloud partner. And: IBM joins smart grid trial.
Big Blue blog: Can smart meters encourage energy savings? Most consumers don't understand energy issues; an analyst's view of IBM's hybrid cloud
Test driving Chevy's hybrid Volt - It's a real car, but ...
Opinion: The Volt seems to work well, but with a $40,000 price tag, it still feels more like a proof of concept than a practical choice for most people, writes WRAL's Brian Shrader.
The Chevrolet Volt
Chevy Volt delivers a charge to electric vehicle show in Raleigh
Plug-In 2011 event in Raleigh showcases advances in electric vehicle technology, including Chevy's gas-battery powered vehicle.
Chevy Volt
Raleigh hosts electric, hybrid vehicle conference through Thursday
Plug-In 2011 conference to showcase the future of plug-in hybrid and electric transportation.
Sensus selects IBM to enhance smart grid security
Sensus plans to integrate IBM technologies into its FlexNet communications system for electric, gas and water utility smart endpoints, including meters and distribution automation devices, the company said this week.
Power grid experiment could disrupt clocks, even appliances
"A lot of people are going to have things break and they're not going to know why," said Demetrios Matsakis, head of the time service department at the U.S. Naval Observatory, one of two official timekeeping agencies in the federal government.
Smartgrid startup PlotWatt lands $1M in funding, GE Challenge
The three-year-old venture in Durham helps turn smartgrid and smart meter information into data consumers can use to cut their energy bills.
NC 'clean energy' firms jump by 700 to 1,800 in less than year
According to a new report from the NC Sustainable Energy Association, the state also is the site of more than 1,800 renewable energy system projects with nearly 3 megawatts of generating capacity. That's enough for more than 561,000 homes.
Clean energy
