In a similar way, the Smart Grid is enabling the Energy Internet laying the groundwork that will enable all kinds of cool energy applications we cannot even think of today.
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Millions of people are going to generate their own green electricity in the 21st century while we will leave it to the power and utility companies to run the energy Internet.
So when millions of buildings are collecting distributed renewable energy, storing it in the form of hydrogen like we store media in digital form, they can then share any surplus electricity with others by selling back onto the energy Internet.
Well the effects of globalisation and our interdependence with other countries, the new network electronic communications means that we're also vulnerable in other ways - cyber attack bringing down the networks, pandemics, influenza, the First World War, DNA's now on the Internet, energy policy - all of these bring insecurities and potential threats to our country quite apart from...
However, the coming together of the Internet and renewable energy the democratization of both information and power in one matrix is what changes the whole frame of reference for everything we do in society.
The company also demonstrated a home energy-management system that would connect all appliances in the house, potentially over the internet, to show homeowners where they're wasting energy and how they could save money by being more efficient.
Such meddling is common in areas such as energy and the internet.
Panasonic is promoting the energy savings associated with internet-enabled appliances.
We take off-the-shelf IT and Internet technology and transform the power grid and electricity transmission lines into an energy Internet.
In an analogous sense, when millions of people are generating their own green electricity and sending some of it back to an energy Internet, the question facing power and utility companies is: What is the expertise they have that will allow them to stay in business?
Listening to the radio makes people happier and gives them higher energy levels than watching TV or browsing the internet, according to new research reported in the Daily Telegraph.
But Mr Obama ran a brilliant campaign, using the internet to harness the energy and the donations of an army of volunteers, and deploying them with tactical skill in almost every state.
The Internet Defense League aims to expand on that energy, alerting supporters to new threats to "Internet freedom" when they arise.
These types of companies, such as Enernoc, Comverge or Silicon Energy, have been around for a long time, but advances in the Internet space have created a new foundation that extends to the energy arena.
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Many of the venture capitalists who helped spark the Internet boom are now focused on meeting the world's energy demands.
Capitalizing on the popular mania for sustainable energy, the penny-stock operators are converting failed Canadian mining outfits and Internet firms into green machines with names like Western Wind Energy and Hydrogen Power International.
Grimsson says new data centers -- the computer warehouses that essentially house the Internet -- are coming to Iceland because they can be powered by clean energy, and because the country is a smart linking point between North America and Europe.
Jamie Hyneman, co-host of the Discover Channel's Mythbusters, tried to build a design touted on the Internet as being able to crank out free energy on his show.
The forum's founding members are all involved in advanced technology and solutions associated with the Internet of Things, including commercial infrastructure monitoring, energy-saving street lighting, home automation, energy monitoring and low power radio technology for sensors.
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It would take four big changes, but the technology for all of them is already available: a new automotive DNA based on electronics and connectivity, a mobility internet to manage vast amounts of vehicle traffic and integrate vehicles into the internet of things, smart, clean renewable electric energy, and last but not least, it would require electronically managed, dynamically priced markets for electricity, roads, parking and vehicles, in other words, smart cities.
After the Internet, the next big thing will be cheap and clean energy.
On the energy production side, we can learn lessons from a past success: the Internet.
The energy game is ill-suited to the stereotypical garage inventors who sparked the Internet revolution.
With HomePlug technology, the electrical wires in the home can now distribute broadband Internet, HD video, digital music and smart energy applications.
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Calandra, who recommended Ivanhoe Energy and Ivanhoe Mines in his newsletter, numerous Internet columns and on the CBS Marketwatch television program, said he had fully disclosed the junkets and his share ownership in Ivanhoe Energy.
Inside Intel, the company has elevated the priority of security to be on par with its strategic focus areas in energy-efficient performance and Internet connectivity.
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That will make it possible for dozens more research projects, like high energy physics, genetic analysis and nanotechnology modeling, by groups of scientists accessing the grid through the Internet.
CenterPoint Energy of Houston, for example, plans to install 2 million Internet-capable electric meters over the next five years.
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