Green from the roots up, Sustainable from the top down
eMeter provide software for utilities who are rolling out Smart Grids to help with Meter Data Management and real-time pricing visibility. Chris King is their Chief Regulatory Officer and he and I had a great chat recently about Smart Grids.
We talked about:
EDSA are an interesting company. They are 25 years old, they are privately held and they focus on power analytics. I had an opportunity to have EDSA’s CTO, Kevin Meagher, on the show so I jumped at it to find out more about their smart grid solutions for micro-grid integration.
Kevin and I had a great chat, we talked about:
We had a couple of snafu’s on the show today. At the beginning of the show we had some calendaring confusion and a couple of people watching last week’s show thinking it was the live one!
Then I had a close call at the end of the show when I thought I had stopped broadcasting but left the camera and mic on inadvertently! While it is true I uttered an expletive, at least I didn’t do a Nellgate on it!!!
Here is the chatstream from the show:
Tom Raftery :
Hi everyone
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monkchips :
have i been watching last week’s show?
nice
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yellowpark :
hahaha
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monkchips :
well change the recurring calendar entry then …
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Tom Raftery :
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/313715,11-siberian-tigers-starve-to-death-at-chinese-zoo.html
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/chile-earthquake-moved-entire-city-10-feet-to-the-west
http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2010/03/the_challenges.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62E14Z20100315
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/10/spain-barcelona-snow
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/11/juanita-goggins-dead-once_n_495498.html
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/03/nokia-moving-into-kinetically-charged-cell-phones-files-new-patent.php
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20000430-54.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GreenTech
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Joe :
some sense from the auto industry at last…
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MikeTheBee :
Hi Tom, oh, no date display today?
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Tom Raftery :
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/03/new-charging-method-could-mean-exponentially-faster-battery-recharge-times.php
http://www.nytimes.com//2010/03/12/opinion/12chase.html
http://www.grist.org/article/death-of-a-thousand-cuts
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monkchips :
Smith Electric Vehicles Eyes Road to an IPO http://bit.ly/b76p5F #logistics #WAYmoreinterestingthantesla
never mind Tesla, a logistics EV IPO!
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Tom Raftery :
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/03/cisco-saves-over-24-million-with-packaging-diet.php
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/03/dell-launches-most-efficient-desktop-computer-to-date.php
http://www.viridity.com/blog/bid/36035/Top-7-Reasons-to-Remove-Orphan-Servers-from-the-Data-Center-Floor
http://www.ceres.org/ceresroadmap
http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/news/pn10_042/pn10_042.aspx
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/mar/15/rbs-blinded-by-spin
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Ian B :
UK still has lead in wave and tide development – but for how long?
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MikeTheBee :
Ireland are working hard to take the lead.
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Tom Raftery :
http://blogs.msdn.com/mspowerutilities/archive/2010/03/11/let-s-call-the-smart-grid-what-it-is-disruptive.aspx
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Ian B :
Yeah should have said UK and Ireland
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Tom Raftery :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/mar/15/bp-shell-tar-sands-green-energy
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monkchips :
this is the same company claims 70% of its employees are workin on cloud…?
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Tom Raftery :
http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tech-transport/trash-wifi-afghanistan.html
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monkchips :
superb!
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Tom Raftery :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hereford/worcs/8562434.stm
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Ian B :
Too right
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Tom Raftery :
http://www.fastcompany.com/1575650/cleveland-mall-gets-a-new-life-as-a-giant-greenhouse
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MikeTheBee :
But all his family keep the money
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Tom Raftery :
http://www.avaaz.org/en/protect_the_elephants/
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MikeTheBee :
No date stamp today?, Tom
np
He made 45mill
Thx Tom.
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Tom Raftery :
Thanks everyone for your comments and interest
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Ian B :
Thanks Tom
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monkchips :
nice close! “oh fuck!”#
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MikeTheBee :
I still find it strange that when I am *not* logged into Zoho chat the links are clickable, but after I log in they are not. Wierd or what.
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monkchips :
dont have a hand shandy there tom, you’re still broadcasting…
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MikeTheBee :
You are still *LIVE* Tom
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monkchips :
how long are you over for? which show is it?
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MikeTheBee :
THE END!
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Tom Raftery :
LOL!!!
Thanks guys
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 I had a great chat, we talked about:
We had a great Energy and Sustainability show yesterday. In case you missed it, here is the recording and the chatstream is below:
Tom Raftery :
Ok, kicking off the show this Mon 8th March in 1 minute
And we’re live – hope you can all see and hear me
Mon, 8 Mar, 16:32
paul savage :
good afternoon Tom[sound is good]
Mon, 8 Mar, 16:33
Tom Raftery :
http://blogs.msdn.com/see/archive/2010/03/02/microsoft-s-position-on-the-u-s-chamber-of-commerce-climate-related-activities.aspx
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8550504.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/mar/07/edf-nuclear-reactor-chernobyl-risk
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100304142240.htm
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2010/03/arctic-methane-on-the-move/
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/04/states-sue-epa-global-warming-ruling/
http://www.ceres.org/Page.aspx?pid=1221
http://www.climatebiz.com/news/2010/03/04/tesco-nestle-uk-packaging-cuts
http://greenopolis.com/goblog/joe-laur/team-shambhala-nike-s-journey-wasted-reputation-corporate-responsibility-icon
http://solveclimate.com/blog/20100304/veterans-launch-powerful-clean-energy-ad-tying-foreign-oil-troop-deaths
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/05/setting-wind-power-records-in-texas/
http://greenmonk.net/spain-gets-53-of-its-energy-from-wind/
Mon, 8 Mar, 16:52
Ian B :
Perhaps TX should expend less suing EPA?
Mon, 8 Mar, 16:53
Tom Raftery :
http://cleantech.com/news/5661/paper-battery-co-hints-about-tech
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/december7/nanotubes-ink-paper-120709.html
http://www.ecofriend.org/entry/mit-researchers-produce-electricity-from-carbon-nanotubes/
http://www.greenfudge.org/2010/03/07/australian-police-search-sea-shepherd-vessels/
http://environment.change.org/blog/view/head_of_the_epa_speaks_to_changeorg_lets_change_the_face_of_environmentalism
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/film/2880779/Oscars-week-The-real-life-story-like-that-in-Avatar.html
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2010/100302a.html?mtxs=rss-corp-gcnews
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/29595.wss
http://greatindiansale.blogspot.com/2010/03/google-guerillas.html
Mon, 8 Mar, 17:00
paul savage :
don’t forget your call…
Mon, 8 Mar, 17:01
mikethebee :
Thx Tom, good one as usual.
Mon, 8 Mar, 17:02
Ian B :
Thanks Tom
Mon, 8 Mar, 17:02
paul savage :
All the best Tom.
Mon, 8 Mar, 17:02
Tom Raftery :
Thanks everyone
Mon, 8 Mar, 17:04
Ian B :
BTW – couldn’t get chat working in IE8 – must have objected to your MS story!
This is the fourth of my Smart Grid Heavy Hitters’ interviews, and in it I talked to the President and COO of Landis+Gyr, Andreas Umbach. Landis+Gyr have been in the meter business for decades now so I was very interested to hear what Andreas had to say.
It was a great chat, we talked about:
We had a great Energy and Sustainability show today – in case you were unable to make it, I recorded the video (above) and the chatstream (below):
16 : 27 MikeTheBee :
Hello Tom, It would be handy to have a date in the video to distinguish the ep being replayed. Leo Laporte on Twit.tv just has a Calender/Clock on a shelf behind him, it works well.
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16?:?27 MikeTheBee :
Maybe up on the filing cabinet?
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16?:?28 Tom Raftery :
Cool idea
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16?:?28 MikeTheBee :
Just a though
Hello Video/Audio oK
Good stuff
less than 30 slides now?
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16?:?33 Tom Raftery :
http://www.grist.org/article/2010-02-25-attack-on-climate-change-science-is-oj-simpson-moment/
http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2010/02/pat-michaels-climate-skeptic?utm_source=twitterfeed
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16?:?36 MikeTheBee :
It is the Climate fundamentalists on the other side. Aimed at confusing the middle-ground
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16?:?36 Tom Raftery :
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gHO-eYtWhElo-tDutOelFgr8KnGQ
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16?:?37 MikeTheBee :
The article requested is not available.
AFP seem to have taken that one down
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16?:?38 Tom Raftery :
It has been the economic heartbeat of the world’s fourth most populous country for almost 500 years, but Jakarta’s days as Indonesia’s capital could be numbered
Indonesia mulls new capital as Jakarta sinks
http://www.energybulletin.net/node/33164
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16?:?39 MikeTheBee :
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gHO-eYtWhElo-tDutOelFgr8KnGQ
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16?:?40 Tom Raftery :
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/02/12/peak_tuna
http://www.care2.com/causes/environment/blog/japan-says-it-will-ignore-a-ban-on-bluefin-tuna/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8534052.stm
http://www.physorg.com/news186418664.html
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16?:?44 MikeTheBee :
Tells us a lot about sea currents
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16?:?46 Tom Raftery :
http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100301/hl_hsn/globalwarmingkicksupallergystorm
http://www.pej.org/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=8041&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/apple-admits-using-child-labour-20100301-pbzz.html
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16?:?51 MikeTheBee :
The fanboys said it was not Apples problem.
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16?:?52 Tom Raftery :
http://stardustglobalventures.com/2010/02/27/twitter-as-powerful-as-an-earthquake/16?:?52 marilynpratt :
Apple having a bad week as its shareholders say no to environmental measures: http://localtechwire.com/business/local_tech_wire/news/blogpost/7118816/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
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16?:?53 MikeTheBee :
Tom, most of these links are not coming though in a clickable format. The Apple one did though.
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16?:?54 Tom Raftery :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbxrYAU6l_0
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/25/mitsubishi-wind-turbine-factory
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100225140908.htm
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16?:?56 marilynpratt :
@MikeTheBee maybe if you repost them with a copy and paste they will be clickable. I’ll try: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbxrYAU6l_0
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/25/mitsubishi-wind-turbine-factory
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100225140908.htm
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16?:?57 MikeTheBee :
We could do with that info in a more visual form.
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16?:?57 Tom Raftery :
waterfootprint.org
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoKYStFy4GY
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/11/sf-green-festival-09-silo-ink-reduces-printer-waste-saves-80-on-ink-expenses.php
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16?:?59 MikeTheBee :
@marilynpratt : I can see those, strange, is it me or Zoho chat?
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17?:?00 marilynpratt :
@mikethebee
waterfootprint.org
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoKYStFy4GY
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/11/sf-green-festival-09-silo-ink-reduces-printer-waste-saves-80-on-ink-expenses.php
http:waterfootprint.org same problem
need to run thanks
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17?:?01 Tom Raftery :
http://greenenergyreporter.com/2010/02/india-to-tax-coal-to-fund-national-renewable-energy-fund/
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17?:?02 MikeTheBee :
HP argue that they must be ‘remade’ for quality
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17?:?03 Tom Raftery :
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/29520.wss
http://blogs.msdn.com/see/archive/2010/02/25/johnson-controls-uses-microsoft-surface-to-improve-visibility-into-energy-efficiency-in-buildings.aspx
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/29482.wss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm7MeZlS5fo
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2f1a836e-24d3-11df-8be0-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1
http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2258673/google-touts-solar-thermal
http://www.flickr.com/photos/traftery/4340528718/
http://davidcoethica.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/3bl-tv-new-csr-sustainability-video-channel/
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17?:?09 MikeTheBee :
I built a heilostat in the garden using old cd’s
The real issue on inkjet carts is the price, if we could return them and buy new ones they would be like milkbottles.
UK councils to stop collection of recycling to save budget
Coffee bean production starts in the UK and Ireland, joining the vineyards established in 2009. (newsflash from 2013)
Well done Tom gr8 show.
@marilynpratt Thx for reposting, it is not a problem for me to cut&paste, but I wondered why Tom’s links didn’t work like your this week.
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17?:?11 Tom Raftery :
Thanks Mike and everyone for all your comments, interest and enthusiasm
This is the third of my Smart Grid Heavy Hitters’ interviews, and in it I talked to the CTO of Silver Springs Networks, Raj Vaswani.
It was a great interview – in it we talked about:
I wanted to go on for longer but unfortunately we ran out of time!
We had a great Energy and Sustainability show today – in case you were unable to make it, I recorded the video (above) and the chatstream (below):
Tom Raftery :
Kicking off the show in a sechttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100219123517.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/18/worlds-top-firms-environmental-damage
http://greenmonk.net/do-risk-and-compliance-have-a-part-to-play-in-reducing-pollution/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/17/amazon-hydrocarbon-boom
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61L2ZT20100222
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/22/jonathan-safran-foer-cows-beef
http://www.ted.com/talks/jamie_oliver.html?awesm=on.ted.com_886s
http://www.triplepundit.com/2010/02/seriously-where-does-our-food-come-from/
http://www.smallbusinesseurope.org/en/news1610.html
http://www.smartmeters.com/the-news/823-meters-and-more-looks-to-create-global-standards.html
http://www.greenenergyscheme.org/index.php?page=suppliers/tariffs
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100219/NEWS02/2190351/1006/NEWS
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100222/sc_afp/uncitesspeciestunajapan
http://www.marcgunther.com/2010/02/21/nukes-why-small-is-beautiful/
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61L1WB20100222
http://www.avaaz.org/en/robin_hood/
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cgarvey :
Cheers Tom .. I’m still stuck back at the smart meters link .. loads of links to digest. Ta!?17?:?10
raphael :
thanks tom?17?:?10
Tom Raftery :
Thanks everyone, as always, Tom
In this, the second of my Smart Grid Heavy Hitters’ interviews, I talk to SAP’s Head of Industry Business Unit for Utilities, Stefan Engelhardt.
It was a great interview – in it we talked about: