This architecture provides the guidelines, standards and processes for the applications, the data, and the integration associated with Smart Grid while overlaying comprehensive security architecture.

Duke Energy has selected California-based Echelon Corp. and Massachusetts-based Ambient Corp. to further develop its grid-based communications architecture that connects various digital devices such ...

Likened to "a designer’s first detailed drawing of a complex structure," smart grid development plans have emerged. A new document by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) ...

Itron, Inc., in partnership with Cisco, has brought to market their combined next-generation smart grid platform, delivering on the companies’ vision to create a secure, scalable and multi-service ...

Generally, cars are categorized among the contributors to the world’s dwindling energy supply. But, using a $10,000 grant from the federal Environmental Protection Agency, Kansas University students ...

Over the last decade, smart grid innovators have recognized the importance of an intelligent grid architecture while, over the same period, the electric power industry has been experiencing dramatic ...

Networking giant Cisco and energy management solutions maker Itron announced a jointly developed smart grid architecture that fuses together technologies from both companies. The solution is comprised ...

NIST has updated its smart grid framework, adding a number of standards tied to smart meters. (Credit: iStock) Over the past few years, the federal government has devoted billions of dollars to help ...

The U.S. Department of Commerce released Thursday, Sept. 24, the first 77 interoperability standards for the smart grid-- the next-generation digital system that industry and government officials say ...

"Our goal is to become the leading provider of universal smart-grid operating systems for any device and any broadband technology." -- GridNet Founder and CEO Ray Bell (pictured). Google the words ...

The electric grid is a network formed of power plants, transmission lines, and consumers. In the future, the expectation is that the consumers will increase significantly their consumption of energy.