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'Silicon Valley of smart grid' RTP plays host to international grid event

A crowd of some 225 people including attendees from around the world are attending the 'Networked Grid' conference in Durham to discuss the future of smart grid, smart meter and network technology.

Networked Grid

In $8M deal, Sensus takes smart grid down to your toaster

Under a licensing deal with a U.K. firm, Raleigh-based Sensus will be able to offer its utility customers the ability for individuals to monitor power use in their homes by device. They can do it with a mobile app or from PC.

In the news: Axial Exchange, SciQuest, Cree, Sensus, lupus survey

Axial Exchange goes 'cloud;' Los Angeles picks SciQuest; Cree adds more LEDs; Sensus in smart grid deal; lupus impact understated, survey finds.

PowerSecure revenues surge in 'transformational year'

With revenues growing across the business, the Wake Forest-based power and technology firm delivers record revenues. "Net, net," its CEO says, "we are very pleased ..."

Energy boon means 'millions' in new contract for PowerSecure

The Wake Forest-based energy technology company lands a contract for new electrical transmission infrastructure.

Lenovo using new Intel chip?; Google's smart glasses; Red Hat's cloud formula; new Sensus grid deal; Cree share target up; Comcast goes streaming.

Inside the Bulldog Blog: Lenovo reportedly putting Intel's new chip in smart phones; Google to offer glasses with heads-up data display; Red Hat's "open cloud" plans; Sensus wins Grand Cayman project; analysts boost Cree stock; Comcast to offer streaming.

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