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Siemens sponsors Grid-Interop 2009
Siemens Energy, Inc. - Grid-Interop 2009 is an annual three-day gathering of thought leaders from around the world who will focus on the successful interconnection of transmission and distribution devices to enable the Smart Grid. more...
ABB and Fortum to develop large-scale smart grid for sustainable city project
ABB Inc. - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, will work on a joint development project with the Nordic utility Fortum to design and install a large-scale smart grid in a new district of the city of Stockholm. more...
LG Electronics, Electrolux, Control4, HomeGrid Forum, Midas Medici Group Holdings and CABA Join Smart Grid Association
Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition (DRSG) - The Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition (DRSG) announced today that six companies have joined the trade association and will contribute to its efforts aimed at developing markets for smart grid technologies and smart grid practices like demand response. more...
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Lockheed Martin IS&GS Opens New NexGen Cyber Innovation And Technology Center
Lockheed Martin Corporation - Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) today announced the opening of its NexGen Cyber Innovation and Technology Center, a world-class research and development center for customer and partner collaboration located in Gaithersburg, Maryland. more...
EnerNex and NIST Invite Industry Leaders and Innovators to Join New Smart Grid Interoperability Panel
EnerNex Corporation - EnerNex® Corporation continues to assist in the pioneering task of establishing the nation’s first Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP), per its $8.5M contract with the U.S. more...
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Intelligence for the Utility as Well as the Grid

Blogger Photo By Bart Thielbar - What comes first – the smart meter or the ability to capture and effectively utilize the information available from the more...

Gems from Silicon Valley and GreenBeat 2009

Blogger Photo By Kate Rowland - Today’s GreenBeat 2009 conference in San Mateo, California, brought together venture capitalists, analysts, electric utility executives and smart grid solutions more...

Interim airport report: Grid-Interop

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Visionary Power Cell Array Technologies?

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Terrorism ! Bossa Nova!

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Providing Cyber Security: Industry Steps Up

By David Batz
Today's natural gas transmission and distribution systems depend on computer technology and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems to operate safely and efficiently. In the United States alone, there are nearly 300,000 miles of more...
Filed Under Grid Security

EMP: A Poorly Understood Threat

By Alan Roth
Grid security managers are experiencing growing concern over cyber security while another serious threat, electromagnetic pulse (EMP), has received very little attention. An electromagnetic pulse attack can have a devastating impact on the grid, rendering more...
Filed Under Grid Security

A Proactive Approach to Detecting Energy Theft, Now

By Michael Madrazo
Automatic Meter Infrastructure (AMI) promises to assist utilities in the identification of energy theft cases when it is deployed in the coming years. In fact, most AMI business cases take advantage of this potential by more...
Filed Under Grid Security

Building the Smart Grid: Proven Methods to Secure the Future

By Joshua Pennell
The push for greener, more efficient energy distribution is driving the rapid development and deployment of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) technology, or smart meters. Smart meters are considered to be just one technology platform within more...
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Assessing Cyber-Physical System Security

By Kate Rowland
The electric power grid is a highly automated network, with a variety of communication networks interconnected to it in order to sense, monitor and control the electricity flowing through it. With that high level of more...
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