Google PowerMeter

Hello,

It has been clear that Google has been up to something in the power grid space since their partnership with GE. What does Google bring to the table? Now Google.org announces Google's PowerMeter.

The announcement is a bit sketchy on the technical details. They are collecting, organizing and making electric usage information useful to people.




Smart Grid News evaluates the initial announcement.

-jk

Solar Power - Scaling up @ PARC

Hello,

The PARC forum talk next week will be on solar energy from a marketing perspective. Eric Wesoff, Greentech Media, will share his analysis of the solar market with us.

-jk

policy databases at IEA

Hello,

The International Energy Agency has policy databases for climate change, Renewable Energy and energy efficiency. Pros: it is international. Cons: it doesn't drill down to the state level.

-jk

Energy Seminar @ the Woods Institute

Hello,

This week at the Woods Institute for the Environment's Energy Seminar, Lee Schipper will be presenting. He is affiliated with Precourt Institute for Energy Efficiency at Stanford University, UC Berkeley's Transportation Center and founder (and now Fellow Emeritus) at EMBARQ. The talk is entitled When the Rubber Hits the Road: The Real Story on Fuel Economy in the US and other Developed Countries, with Implications for Developing Asia.

Update: Here is an article which summarizes his talk. Dr. Schipper focusing on the fuels for transportation and policies to improve efficiency.

-jk

Fueling the Future panel @ stanford

Hello,

I just learned about Stanford's Earth Sciences Energy & Environment Public Lecture Series.

Each year, the School of Earth Sciences, along with the Woods Institute for the Environment, offers a series of evening lectures centered around a current, relevant topic from an Earth Science perspective.

On Jan 20th, a panel will be discussing Fueling the Future. Often we hear about these technologies from a C-level exec at a company who have already placed their bets. This panel gives us an engineer perspective.

-John

two groups advocating energy policy

Hello,

Here are two groups advocating on energy policy.

• Energy Future Coalition is a broad-based, non-partisan alliance that seeks to bridge the differences among business, labor, and environmental groups and identify energy policy options with broad political support.
  
• 25 by 25 Agriculture’s Role in Ensuring U.S. Energy Independence
  

-jk

California clean tech open

Hello,

California Clean Tech Open is an organization of leading entrepreneurs, academics, investors and companies, working together to accelerate the development of clean technology startups.  They are based out of Palo Alto, CA. Each year they sponsor a contest for clean tech startups.

-jk