November 18, 2010 – 11:16 am
3rd Annual Northwest Industrial Energy Efficiency Summit Bringing industries and partners together to support and advance industrial energy efficiency Find out how your industry peers use energy efficiency as a competitive advantage. Hear real-life energy savings success stories (and challenges) from industry personnel. Case study examples include: Strategic Energy Management; Quick Starts to Energy Efficiency; [...]
September 8, 2010 – 5:27 am
A key state economic agency says Oregon should plug $2.45 million into its growing electric vehicle sector and that support for the fledgling industry could spur significant gains. Though there are still several steps before the industry receives funding, the news is good for dozens of organizations that either provide research and design to the [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 10, 2010 OREV Steps Up with Proposal to Make Oregon a Leader in Electric Vehicles Group gains momentum along with Oregon’s EV market, technology, and policy strength PORTLAND, Oregon – The Oregon Roundtable for the Electric Vehicle Industry (OREV) submitted a proposal last week with a $2.45 million plan to establish [...]
Here’s an event by the Japanese External Trade Organization (JETRO) on comparisons of smart grid trends in the U.S. and Japan I’ve been helping with: Global companies are closely eyeing the opportunity in the now-developing and popular smart grid market. Currently, the U.S. is the hot spot for smart grid development and is also attracting [...]
Conference Announcement Planning the Smart Grid for Sustainable Communities Interactive Conference on June 15th, 2010 / 8:00 am – 3:30 pm Join faculty and students of Portland State University and government, business, and community leaders as we learn, discuss and collaborate on how the technologies of the Smart Grid can support sustainable communities at Two [...]
Energy storage is increasingly perceived as a necessary and vital component of any future smart grid, yet meaningful energy storage is still a scarce and missing component. The discussion on April 21st will focus on: Value chain elements of the energy storage industry Who are local champions of energy storage What are the interests of [...]
I’m sharing the announcement for the second term of “Planning the Smart Grid for Sustainable Communities (Version 2.0)” as I also did for the first term in this sequence. If you have an interest in developing a deeper understanding of the Smart Grid, relating technologies and applications, policies and regulations, and challenges then this is [...]
February 28, 2010 – 9:54 pm
A recent report from McKinsey suggests automakers should design electric vehicles (EV) for specific driving missions, rather than an everything-for-everybody approach as per typical car design. Most liquid-fueled cars (whether gasoline or diesel) are intended for multiple driving missions of varying lengths and speeds. Car buyers usually purchase a vehicle with much greater capacity and capability [...]
February 24, 2010 – 6:36 am
In his article “Linking Green Buildings and the Smart Grid will Spawn a Green Energy Ecosystem,” Patrick Mazza offers insights about the relationships and opportunities between smart grid and smart, green buildings: A new energy ecosystem is emerging that connects smart, green buildings with a smart, green grid to optimize energy flows. Since commercial and [...]
January 25, 2010 – 10:11 pm
Accenture identifies Transportation Electrification as a game change, further acknowledging the potential of Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G), via demonstration projects to date “have proven that V2G has the potential to significantly disrupt supply and demand relationships — with end electricity consumers potentially becoming an essential grid storage resource — and to change the landscapes for electric power and transport fuels.”
By John Thornton
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