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India Smart Grid Task Force Website Launched

Sam Pitroda, the Chairman of India Smart Grid Task Force and adviser to  Prime Minister on Public Information Infrastructure & Innovaiton recently launched India Smart Grid Task ForceWebsite. The website will provide information about ISGTF functions, tasks of the working group, methodology for selecting Smart Grid Pilots, Power to rural areas and reliability & loss reduction […]

HCL Partners with eMeter and Tridium, Expands Smart Grid Partner Ecosystems

HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global IT services provider, today announced a significant expansion of its smart grid partner ecosystem by forging strategic alliances with two leading data management software firms focused on the smart grid market: eMeter and Tridium. The creation of smart grids includes the modernization and digitization of aging power grids. These […]

Weather Data – The next Smart Grid opportunity and other stories….

1) Weather Data Is the Next Smart Grid Opportunity It is well known fact that increase in temperature in summer increases energy consumption. Weather and energy has an obvious relationship, An interesting article how weather data can and will play important role in Smart Grid and thus presenting an exciting business opportunity. 2) Demand Response, […]

Sensors to have 50% plus Smart Grid market share, and other stories

1) Smart Sensors and Devices to have 50% Smart Grid market share by 2014 The founder editor of SmartGridNews, Jesse Berst, reported that Smart Sensors and Devices will have 50% Smart Grid market share by 2014. According to the author, the Smart Sensor represents $89.6 billion opportunity and is set to eclipse all the other […]

10 interesting smart grid articles of this week

1)   Smart Grid – What it is and Why do we need, an informative video by Nova Science 2)  Smart Grid a Case of Haves and Have-Nots  3)  Interconnected Devices Integral to Smart Grid Success     4)  The distribution optimization gold rush (and who will strike it rich first) 5)  Building the smart grid: renewables, storage and partnerships 6)   One step […]

Smart Grid in rest of the Europe – Belgium, Portugal, Norway, Sweden…

SmartGridIndia covers rest of the Europe in the 5th part of its global Smart Grid profiling series. Austria: 100,000 Smart meters have been installed in the country. Active Smart Grid research going on since 2003 and in 2008 National Technology Platform for Smart Grid established. Norway: Norway has established Norwegian Smart Grid center and is […]