Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Google Joins GridWise Alliance

Google has joined the GridWise Alliance, the industry group that fosters a more efficient and less costly distribution of electricity announced Tuesday.

In a statement accompanying the announcement, Dan Reicher, Google's director for climate change and energy initiatives, said:

"Smart grid technologies will empower consumers with real time, money-saving information about their energy use. Building a smart grid—essentially an energy Internet—will also enable plug-in electric vehicles, speed the development of utility-scale renewable energy, and spur the creation of clean energy jobs."
The GridWise Alliance says it advocates a vision of an electric system that integrates the infrastructure, processes, devices, information and market structure so that energy can be generated, distributed and consumed more efficiently and cost effectively; thereby achieving a more resilient, secure and reliable energy system. Its members include utilities, IT companies, equipment vendors, new technology providers and educational institutions

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