Courtesy of Earth2Tech, an interesting forecast of the top 10 trends for the Smart Grid in 2010. Several caught our eye since they tie in – to a certain extent – to our belief that smart grids need to be transactive. We also believe that the Grand Slam (#9 below) is an emerging trend, but […]
Read more »Via Venture Chronicles and The Energy Collective, two further musings on the deployment of smart meters in California and reasons why these early initiatives have not gone well. While most of the observations revolve around lack of communication or transparency, we find a nugget buried in one of the pieces, namely: “…the data they are […]
Read more »Courtesy of The New York Times, another article on how smart meters – intended to create savings – have instead prompted customer dissatisfaction. Since we’ve covered a few such instances earlier, we want to be clear that we are not wholly pessimistic on the long-term utility of smart meters, although we believe that solutions such […]
Read more »Courtesy of The New York Times, an interesting report on some studies that Stanford University – in conjunction with utilities, tech companies and state and federal agencies – is conducting to see how psychology affects people’s energy consumption. As frequent visitors to this blog know, we believe that smart meters and smart consumers will only […]
Read more »Courtesy of The San Francisco Chronicle, an interesting article that again emphasizes the importance and relevance of smart consumers over smart meters. As the report notes: “…California has become an international leader in fighting global warming, with a commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, increasing our use of renewable energy and using energy more efficiently. […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Energy Collective, two posts on smart grids and the consumer. First, a look at the segmentation of consumers in smart grids and concludes that fully 90% of small consumers (residential and small retail) are not interested in participating in smart grid technologies (the other 10% divide into groups interested in saving the […]
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