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No, energy is not too cheap!

No, energy is not too cheap!

By Tom Raftery on November 4, 2010

Is energy too cheap to motivate consumers to change their habits and use less?

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged cheap energy, communications, electrical utility, Energy, energy responsive, power utilities, smart grid, utilities, utility | 1 Response

Hacker Disables Cars via the Web - Our Remote Controlled Life

Hacker Disables Cars via the Web – Our Remote Controlled Life

By Zoli Erdos on March 17, 2010

This is what remote controlled toy cars looked like when I was a kid.  Yes, the control box was connected to the car with a 3-4feet cable… not exactly the level of freedom you get with today’s wireless models. But it was fun, nevertheless.  I wonder if 20-year-old Omar Ramos-Lopez had a toy car when […]

Posted in Business, Trends & Concepts | Tagged big brother, hackers, hacking, remote, remote sensors, sensors, smart meters, spy cam, sxsw, utility

Smart Grid Heavy Hitter series – Tropos Networks CEO, Tom Ayers

Smart Grid Heavy Hitter series – Tropos Networks CEO, Tom Ayers

By Tom Raftery on March 11, 2010

In this, the fifth of my Smart Grid Heavy Hitters’ interviews, I talk to the CEO of Tropos Networks, Tom Ayers. Tropos develop wireless broadband networks for Smart Grid applications and offer complete network management, as well as enhanced security features. Tropos is the only wireless broadband network provider with FIPS 140-2 certification. Tom and […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged public utility commission, Smart Grid Heavy Hitters, smart grid security, smart growth policies, standards, tom ayers, tropos networks, utility, Video | 1 Response

Klaus Heimann espouses SAP’s smart utility of 2020 at International SAP for Utilities conference

Klaus Heimann espouses SAP’s smart utility of 2020 at International SAP for Utilities conference

By Tom Raftery on October 20, 2009

I attended the 7th International SAP for Utilities event in Munich last week.
Having attended the SAP for Utilities event in San Antonio last year, I had reasonably high expectations from this conference and I wasn’t disappointed. At the San Antonio event SAP talked very much about the ‘State of the Now’ talking up their, […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged demand response, electricity, emobility, klaus heimann, microgeneration, sap, smart grid, smart utility, utility

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