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12/19/2011

Featured Articles » The Consumer Case for Smart Grid » Smart Grid Predictions for 2012 » Advanced Metering, Home Networking Drives IEEE 802.15.4 Chip Market to Over $1.1 Billion by 2016   Sponsored By: IBM Guardium   Top Stories » Alvarion Earns IBM SAFE Certification to Support Organizations' Smart Grid Goals » Town Measures the Cost of 'Getting Lit' on Christmas » Itron Signs Partnership Agreement with Panasonic   From The Expert Corner December 19, 2011 Smart Grid to Go International By Monica Gleberman Contributing Writer UCLA’s highly regarded Smart Grid Energy Research Center (SMERC) has partnered with the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) to collaborate on research and development of new technologies with the goal of developing a strong smart grid at the international level. SMERC performs research, creates innovation, and demonstrates advanced wireless/communications, Internet and sense-and-control technologies to enable the development of the next generation of the electric utility grid, the smart grid. The smart grid of the future would allow integration of renewable energy sources, reduce losses, improve efficiencies, increase grid flexibility, reduce power outages, allow for competitive electricity pricing and allow for integration of electric vehicles. SMERC and KIER, whose mission is to contribute to national economic growth by developing industrial core energy technology and deploying outcomes, have begun working together to get the smart grid available at the international level... Read More    Featured Videos Interview with FluidMesh Networks    Featured Resources » Don't get stuck in the cloud: Develop new high-margin offerings, pricing and service levels to get ahead. » Competing in the information era: A smarter approach to smart grids.   TMCnet's Blogs » 11 Top Stories in Telecom in 2011 » Ignoring Increased Accident Evidence, NTSB Pushes Gadget While Driving Ban   Featured Channels » Renewable Energy » Smarter Utility - ATT » Solar 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 technology 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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