Singapore's Energy Market Authority (EMA) is launching a 3-year pilot project aimed at helping households and businesses save more on electricity bills. The initiative comes on the back of higher consumption patterns and more diversified energy sources. Due to [...]
Cumulative sales of hybrid vehicles in the fleet sector will total nearly 4 million worldwide between 2009 and 2015, according to a recent report from Pike Research. The cleantech market intelligence firm forecasts that hybrid fleet sales will increase from 300,000 in 2009 to more than 830,000 in 2015, [...]
Stimulus funds, consumer backlash, and intelligent thermostats
by Adam Stein
Lotsa smart grid news these days:
Barack Obama announced $3.4 billion in stimulus funding for smart grid projects. A good chunk of that goes to smart meter deployment and demand response programs. Another huge chunk goes to grid [...]
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) will issue an RFP before the end of the year for contractor assistance in development of a deployment plan that will implement AASHTO’s IntelliDrive Strategic Plan.
The IntelliDrive system—formerly known as Vehicle Infrastructure Integration or VII—will combine technology solutions [...]
Government doesn't innovate. There is no reason for it to do so and every reason not to. Bureaucrats are promoted not because they can trim their overhead, but because they increase it. The more projects you can garner, no matter how ill-conceived, and the more' [...]
U.S. defense and intelligence agencies, [...]
