September 18th, 2009
The July/August 2009 edition of Intelligent Utility had several articles highlighting consumers’ thoughts on the smart grid and commercializing the intelligent utility, many of which echo our themes of the need for smart markets to motivate consumer engagement of a smart grid and smart meters. For example, an article entitled “Smart Selling and The Intelligent […]
Read more »Avoiding The Smart Grid “Bubble” Via Innovative Consumer-Oriented Applications
September 18th, 2009
Via Earth2Tech, an interesting article on the continued rise of the investment bubble around the smart grid and one area – innovative next generation consumer-oriented applications that will run on top of new infrastructure (such as smart markets?) – that still offers significant potential. As the report notes: “…While the idea of an investment bubble […]
Read more »September 5th, 2009
Via an interview on NPR’s Living On Earth radio program, mention of an independent project that this blog’s authors are working on: “…CURWOOD: So, how feasible is it to apply the Bushmen’s survival skills to developed countries? WORKMAN: Well we have technology that they don’t. And our greatest technology in the last few years developed […]
Read more »Energy Savings Certificates: A Useful Model For Energizing The Smart Grid?
August 27th, 2009
Courtesy of Environmental Finance, a report on an interesting Indian initiative to develop & deploy an energy efficiency trading system via which companies – if they beat certain targets – would be awarded energy savings certificates (ESCerts), which they could either sell or bank for future use. It would be interesting to see if a […]
Read more »August 25th, 2009
The Lexington Institute’s recently released report entitled “Moving Forward On Smart Grid” makes several important points in its chapter named “Conservation and the Grid for Tomorrow” that again affirm the critical need for a transactive grid with price signals that motivate consumers to act & conserve. In sum, consumers need more than information to conserve, […]
Read more »Giving (Eco) Credit, Where Credit Is Due…
August 9th, 2009
Courtesy of Toronto’s Globe & Mail newspaper, an interesting report on the efficacy of environmental incentives vs. costs & penalties, plus a look at an intriguing initiative to develop eco-credits. As the article notes: “…Most of us feel at least a twinge of an ethical obligation to take care of our natural environment. We know […]
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