Smart Grid News has reported frequently on stepped up cyber attacks against U.S. energy infrastructure. According to a Pentagon report, China's military has been behind a number of attacks for several years – and is back at it after a three-month lull.

The U.S. military has been a leading force in renewables for some time as it has embraced and invested heavily in smart grid technologies. Now the U.S. Army and Lockheed Martin have launched the DOD's first grid-connected microgrid, incorporating renewables and energy storage.

National Grid plans to add a Sustainability Hub to its smart grid pilot in Worcester, MA to help educate customers and the community about energy efficiency and emerging technologies. National Grid has gone a long way to get and keep customers involved in the project from the very beginning.

May 21, 2013Dr. Ernest Moniz Sworn in as 13th Secretary of Energy

Dr. Ernest Moniz was sworn in as the nation’s 13th Secretary of Energy by Deputy Energy Secretary Daniel Poneman in a ceremony for the Department’s employees.

...including market leaders, RWE, E.ON and Kyocera.' 'We are partnering strategically with Sustainable Energy because it has the best 'smart grid' energy storage inverter in the market and because of Sustainable Energy's commitment to innovation and quality, which are ...

...energy company, has chosen Ericsson to provide a hosted solution including consulting and systems integration services, harnessing big data and smart grid solutions for its customers. According to a release, Powel ELIN software is included as part of the solution for ...

...testing, certification and acts as a catalyst to advance and tie together technologies, standards, security and interoperability in vertical industries - smart grid, automotive, health care, financial services, government, petroleum, pharmaceutical and retail. As a trusted, experienced and accredited interoperability test lab ...

...panels, and fiber jumper cables to deliver custom engineered site solutions. The company's vertical markets include SCADA, Health Care, Smart Grid, Positive Train Control, Precision Agriculture, Indoor Wireless, Telemetry, Off-loading, and Wireless Backhaul. PCTEL's products are sold worldwide ...

As of May 14, about 64% ($5.1 billion) of the $8 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Smart Grid Investment Grant (SGIG) funds [...]

Favorable attitudes toward the concept of the smart grid - and smart meters, in particular - increased noticeably in 2012, according to a consumer survey [...]

May 20, 2013Energy Department Announces New Technical Assistance for Tribal Clean Energy Projects

The Energy Department announced that five Tribes will receive technical assistance through the Strategic Technical Assistance Response Team (START) Program for renewable energy project development and installation.

May 20, 2013Energy Department Completes Salt Coolant Material Transfer to Czech Republic for Advanced Reactor Research

The U.S. Department of Energy recently joined with the U.S. Embassy in Prague and the Czech Republic’s Ministry of Industry and Trade to complete the transfer of 75 kilograms of fluoride salt from the Department’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory to the Czech Nuclear Research Institute Řež.

Despite the U.K. government's directive that businesses must have an advanced or smart meter installed by 2020, local business owners are not making the most [...]

...AT&T Becomes Duck River Electric's Central Technology Provider with Comprehensive Smart Grid Package TMCNet: AT&T Becomes Duck River Electric's Central Technology Provider with Comprehensive Smart Grid Package [May 20 ...

Washington, D.C.'s Department of General Services has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to renewable energy companies interested in developing a new wind and/or solar [...]

...and credentialing, open-sourced standards, professional leadership. GPC works at the intersection of parking, green building, clean technology, renewable energy, smart grid infrastructure, urban planning and sustainable mobility. About TransCore TransCore's 75-year heritage supporting the transportation industry dates back ...

...in the USA, Encore's BANDIT™ family of routers are manufactured for banking, Point of Sale, ATM, M2M, SCADA, Smart Grid, AMR/AMI telemedicine, oil and gas, industrial, security and video surveillance, railroad, transportation, and mass transit infrastructures applications. Encore enables ...

...network infrastructure supports video surveillance, mobility, wireless backhaul offload and process automation for applications such as public safety, transportation and smart grid. Unique to Firetide's solution is its patented AutoMesh ™ technology, which enables businesses, governments and industrial customers to view ...

...networking platform and solutions provider for smart energy networks, today announced that its Gen4 networking technology was honored with a Smart Grid 2012 Product of the Year award from TMCNet and Crossfire Media . Silver Spring's Gen4 networking technology delivers greater ...

...m. PDT   Where: CTIA ( News - Alert ) 2013 Sands Expo & Convention Center - Bellini 2104-2105 In the "New Impetus for the Smart Grid" session, Brisbourne and his fellow panelists will discuss how government initiatives may revive the smart grid sector and how ...