M2M technology is still ahead of us in terms of complete installation into our communities and nation. But companies and businesses are making an effort to push the technology because of its potential for efficiency and financial and power conservation. Berkeley Varitronics Systems (BVS), the leading manufacturer and distributor of advanced wireless solutions and security products to [...]
The Ecomagination Challenge is a business initiative sponsored by GE to help develop more eco-friendly energy solutions and meet customers’ demands for more energy-efficient products. Energy is becoming more and more expensive. As such, efforts have to be made not only to save energy but also find more eco-friendly sources. People’s perception of environmentally friendly [...]
Technology is an amazing thing. It makes our lives more convenient in hundreds of ways and it is ever growing. It also has paramount applications in the field of energy conservation. The government is investing in top of the line energy conservation technology which will ultimately create more jobs, stimulate the economy, and save money. [...]
Today, the Obama Administration unveiled a new plan entitled, “A Policy Framework for the 21st Century Grid: Enabling Our Secure Energy Future”. Its main objective is to require an upgrading of the existing electrical grid and the acceleration of the deployment of smart grid technologies across the US. A $250 million loan, funded by the Recovery [...]
The limitless potential of smart grids has brought about the emergence of many energy saving ideas and hypothetical systems that have yet to be developed. The SuperSmart Grid (SSG) is a hypothetical wide area electricity network that has garnered much support because it would unify smart grid and super grid capabilities while connecting Europe with [...]
Smart grids are the 21st century way to distribute energy. With the advent of digital technology, inter-device communication has developed tremendously. Traditionally, power plants and other energy producers fed electricity into the various networks they serviced. That energy flowed into the network in a constant stream; available, yet also wasteful. Unused electricity just fizzled out [...]
