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The future of electric utilities – change and disruption ahead

The future of electric utilities – change and disruption ahead

By Tom Raftery on November 24, 2015

The utilities industry has typically been change averse, and often for good reasons, but with the technological advances of the past few years, the low carbon imperative, and pressure from customers, utilities are going to have to figure out how to disrupt their business, or they will themselves be disrupted. I gave the opening keynote […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged demand side management, disruption, electricity, Electricity 2.0, IoT, solar, utilities

IBM to increase the amount of renewable electricity it procures

IBM to increase the amount of renewable electricity it procures

By Tom Raftery on March 27, 2015

After returning from IBM’s InterConnect conference recently we chided IBM for their aping of Amazon’s radical opaqueness concerning their cloud emissions, and their lack of innovation concerning renewables. However, some better news emerged in the last few days. The Whitehouse last week hosted a roundtable of some of the largest Federal suppliers to discuss their […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud, electricity, Electricity generation, emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, ibm, Renewable energy, renewables

The coming together of the Internet of Things and Smart Grids

The coming together of the Internet of Things and Smart Grids

By Tom Raftery on November 21, 2014

I was asked to speak at the recent SAP TechEd && d-code (yes, two ampersands, that’s the branding, not a typo) on the topic of the Internet of Things and Energy. This is a curious space, because, while the Internet of Things is all the rage now in the consumer space, the New Black, as […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged demand response, electricity, Electricity 2.0, Internet of Things, IoT, renewables, smart grid, utilities

Japan's Tsunami Disaster Brings Commodity and Product Shortages

Japan’s Tsunami Disaster Brings Commodity and Product Shortages

By Jason Busch on March 14, 2011

Based on our survey of a wide range of secondary sources, it appears that commodity and product shortages have already hit Japan and will soon spread into Asia and potentially the rest of the world. For many commodities, suppliers…

Posted in Business | Tagged earthquake, electricity, Japan, supply chain, Tsunami | 1 Response

Understanding the Smart Grid – my TreeHugger interview

Understanding the Smart Grid – my TreeHugger interview

By Tom Raftery on June 15, 2010

Jaymi Heimbuch contacted me recently to ask if I’d agree to be interviewed for a TreeHugger article she was planning to write on Smart Grids. “Love to”, I said. Jaymi sent on the questions, I replied and today she posted the interview on TreeHugger. Here are the questions and my answers: TH: What’s the biggest […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Business, electricity, Energy, Fossil fuel, Kilowatt hour, smart grid, smart meters, utilities | 1 Response

EV Not-So-Quick Recharging

EV Not-So-Quick Recharging

By Jeff Nolan on May 31, 2010

EV proponents seriously underestimate the seriousness of the battery recharging time element and the obstacle it will become to establishing large fleets of EVs on American roads. The EV industry has established a reality distortion field in order to avoid the unpleasantness of a fact that impairs their marketplace agenda and the media has more […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Business, Chevrolet Volt, electricity, Energy, EV, Popular Mechanics, Rechargeable battery

It is surprisingly easy to leave yourself open to claims of Greenwashing!

It is surprisingly easy to leave yourself open to claims of Greenwashing!

By Tom Raftery on May 10, 2010

Companies need to take a lot of care when making Green claims. The whole Green energy space is massively complex and it is surprisingly easy to leave yourself open to claims of Greenwashing. What do I mean? Well, take the Irish energy sector, for example. Anyone who generates electricity in Ireland, which is to be […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged electricity, greenwashing, Ireland, renewables, sem, single electricity market, Sustainable energy, wind energy, Wind power

GigaOM’s GreenNet 2010

GigaOM’s GreenNet 2010

By Jeff Nolan on May 5, 2010

Last week I had the opportunity to attend GigaOM’s GreenNet 2010 event, which was looking at how energy solutions are powering a new wave of innovation in Silicon Valley.

I was pleased to see that Katie had focused a good amount of the agenda and speaker slots for talks given by regulators and public utility officials. […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged electric vehicle, electricity, Energy, Gigaom, GreenNet, Public utility, Silicon Valley

Friday Morning Green Numbers round-up 04/09/2010

Friday Morning Green Numbers round-up 04/09/2010

By Tom Raftery on April 9, 2010

Iowa, Texas tops [US] in wind power efforts Iowa and Texas lead the nation in wind energy efforts, according to the annual report released Thursday from the American Wind Energy Association. Iowa claims the title for the state with the largest percentage of electricity from wind energy. As of the end of 2009, over 14 […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged climate group, coal, doe, EcoFactor, electricity, exxon mobil, General Electric, google, GreenNumbers, massey energy, mining, smart thermostat, wind energy, Wind power

When will we have full Smart Grid deployments?

When will we have full Smart Grid deployments?

By Tom Raftery on April 1, 2010

Photo credit mckaysavage Despite a lot of talk and some high profile trials the day we have ubiquitous full Smart Grids is still a long way off. I attended the Smart Grids Europe conference in Amsterdam this week. It was a great conference, I met a ton of interesting people and had some fascinating conversations. […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged electricity, Energy, oracle, pacific gas and electric, pg&e, smart grid, Smart Grids Europe, smart meter, utilities, utility companies

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