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Maximizing Wind and Solar Energy: Live Webinar Nov. 5!

by Tom Raftery on November 3, 2008 · 0 comments

in demand response

This coming Wednesday, Nov 5th, sees the second installment in the Energy Collective’s Fall Webinar Series!
Up next:
Wind and Solar Come of Age: Making Renewables Full Partners in Our Energy Future – Wednesday, November 5 @ 1 PM Eastern / 10 AM Pacific, Featuring Scott Sklar of The Stella Group and Tom Raftery of GreenMonk [...]

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Google and GE joining forces on clean energy

by Tom Raftery on September 24, 2008 · 2 comments

in smart grid

In the above video Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO, Google interviews Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and CEO, GE.
The reason Google and GE were talking? Google and GE jointly announced the other day that they are coming together “to help develop tomorrow’s power generation, transmission and distribution — known as the “smart grid” — and its [...]

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Why don’t we already have a real time market for electricity?

by Tom Raftery on September 2, 2008 · 3 comments

in demand response

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If Demand Response is such a good idea and will help get more renewables onto the grid, why isn’t it being embraced by the grid management companies?
Most grid management companies have been in business for decades managing a grid in which the supply is manageable and the demand is variable but reasonably predictable [...]

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