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If you’ve been following ItsYourSmartGrid.com on Twitter and Facebook then you know that we’ve been reporting all week from GridWeek. Today we’re providing a list of stories from other sources to get their take on news and events from this important industry conference.
"GridWeek: Chu Lays Out DOE’s Smart Grid Vision, Standards to Come": Energy
Secretary Steven Chu briefed an international audience on America’s broad-ranging
smart grid goals. From: GreenTech.
"Electricity Experts at GridWeek Emphasize Smart Microgrid Advantages, Urge
Action to Eliminate Barriers to Development": Small, localized versions of the
centralized electricity system known as smart microgrids are indispensable to
the development of a power grid that can meet our country's energy needs today
and in the future. From: PR
Newswire.
"Close to 80 Smart Grid Standards Revealed": On Thursday, U.S. Commerce Secretary
Gary Locke released the smart grid standards road map — which contains 77 standards
that will dictate pieces of the smart grid. From: Earth2Tech.
"Gridweek Conference Advances Smart Grid Vision, Funding, Networking": Energy
Secretary Steven Chu told energy industry executives that stimulus funding includes
$44 million in awards to state public utility commissions and $100 million for
smart grid workforce training programs. From: Environment
News Service.
"Will the 'Smart Grid' Be Safe Enough?" While some fear hacker attacks, the
government is moving forward on improving security for the U.S. power grid.
From: Fox
News.
"GridWeek 2009: GE’s Solutions for Transmission and Distribution":
An estimated 50% of the transformers currently in use in the U.S. are at the
end of their lifecycle. GE has launched the Smart Grid Asset Optimization program
, which can apparently
reduce the risk of unplanned outages and unexpected failure by up to 80% for
a full range of transformers simply by monitoring existing equipment. From:
GetSolar.com.
"Grid Week: AT&T eyeing smart grid services": AT&T had a tiny presence (albeit
bigger than other telcos) at GridWeek this week in DC and, according to Rita
Mix, "People are now reaching out to us, and it’s not just smaller companies
anymore. It is big name brands." From: Telephony
Online.
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