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3/14/2011

Featured Articles » Get the Picture? Renewable Energy and the Smart Grid » SECO Energy Selects Sensus as Smart Grid Technology Provider » PlugShare, a Mobile App Designed for Social Electric Car Charging » After Four Successful ITEXPOs, Smart Grid Summit Becomes Standalone Event Sponsored By: ITEXPO West - Sep. 13-15, 2011 - The Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas ITEXPO is the event with an educational program that teaches resellers, enterprises, SMBs, and Government Agencies how to select IP-based voice, video, fax, and unified communications to purchase or resell. It's where service providers learn how to profitably roll out services their subscribers are clamoring for. ITEXPO is where buyers, sellers, resellers, and manufacturers meet to forge relationships and close deals.   Top Stories » Microsoft Survey Shows Utilities Increase Smart Grid Adoption » Sensus to Promote Florida Cooperative with FlexiNet AMI » ABB Receives New Order in Power Smart Grid Network in Nebraska » NRTC Collaborates with Efacec ACS for PRISMTM SCADA Platform   From The Expert Corner March 14, 2011 U.S. Smart Grid Technology for Renewable Energy Integration to Reach $14B by 2015 By TMCnet Special Guest Jason S. Rodriguez, CEO and Directory of Research for Zpryme In our recently released report titled, “Renewable Energy and the Smart Grid,” jointly developed by Zpryme and Intelligent Communication Partners (ICP), we explore the challenges and opportunities for companies looking to understand how renewable energy fits into the larger picture of the Smart Grid. As U.S. renewable energy electricity generation is projected to grow from 462 billion kilowatt-hours in 2010 to 649 billion kilowatt-hours in 2015, renewable energy manufacturers, utilities, policy makers and Smart Grid integrators face a daunting challenge to meet federal and state renewable energy targets, and revamp the century old utility infrastructure in the U.S.   The report sets out to address the renewable energy landscape for wind, solar, biomass, hydro and geothermal power sources from 2010 to 2015.  Also, the report offers a strategic assessment of each segment, along with a macro level assessment of market trends, opportunities, new business models, and conclusions around paths to success. Collectively, Zpryme and ICP predict that the renewable energy manufacturing, equipment and technology market value for wind, solar, biomass, hydro and geothermal sources will more than double from 2010 to 2015, reaching $263.2 billion by 2015. Although these are staggering figures, companies operating in the renewable energy market face far more competitive pressures than..Read More>>   From The Blogs Gasbuddy.com A Winner As Oil Prices Rise March 8, 2011 11:36 AM By: Rich Tehrani So many products have their costs correlated to gas prices – in fact last night the company that pumps my septic tank told me they are seeing profits go down and will need to raise prices because diesel fuel has increased 25 cents a gallon in one week. But one sector of the market benefits greatly from increased gas prices and that is websites which help you find the lowest gas prices in your area. For example, gasbuddy.com has seen its traffic skyrocket as of late and a look at the company’s Alexa chart shows a massive spike correlated to much of the recent unrest in the middle east. In fact, the site has climbed over 30,000 locations in terms of web popularity in the last mo…Read More>>    Featured Videos The Environmental Protection Agency    Featured Resources » Key Strategies for IT Success in Today's Distribution Environment » Strategies to Run a Lean Supply Chain » Warehouse Management Solutions: Embedded or Best-of-Breed?   TMCnet's Blogs » TMC Launches HTML5 Event July 2011 in NYC » VoIP Hacker vs. VoIP Server Honeypots » No One Buys Without Trust   Featured Channels » Solar Power » Renewable energy » Wind Power   Visit smart-grid.tmcnet.com for the Latest Smart-Grid News and Information   Sign Up For FREE    |    Visit Smart-Grid Site    |    Free Magazine Subscription   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Contact Us   Company Directory    |    All Editors' Info   Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of IP Communications professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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