"For the first time we're able to put one of our Smart Grid solutions into the hands of actual consumers, thanks in part to our partnership with Pecan Street, " said Paul Pebbles, global manager, Electric Vehicle and Smart Grid Services.
Financial services uses grid computing more than other industries because it runs thousands of jobs simultaneously, as in Monte Carlo simulations for risk, Fisher said.
IBM, infrastructure companies and utilities are mining electric vehicle data to plan where to put charging stations, manage the impact on the power grid and develop new services for the nascent EV industry.
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Last year, the National Grid began warning Wood Recycling Services Ltd about the height of wood piles at the Appspond Lane site and from July 2012, the Environment Agency (EA) said it must remove thousands of tonnes of wood which the agency believed were a safety hazard.
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Other software startups that are offering similar services include GridNavigator and Smart Grid Billing.
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The current low cost of natural gas in North America translates into the ability for microgrids to provide lower cost energy services than the incumbent utility grid.
As part of the alliance with Pecan Street, OnStar will make its smart grid interface available so researchers can develop new services and gather data on driver and vehicle behavior.
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AV's comprehensive EV charging solutions include EV home charging, public charging, fast charging, data collection, grid-integrated communications and complete installation, training and support services for consumers, automakers, utilities, government agencies and businesses.
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The company provides hardware, software and services for connecting utilities with devices on a power grid, including advanced metering and faster detection of outages and tools to improve the reliability of electrical grids.
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Also, other services had sprung up which duplicated material available via the grid.
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The 50% cost reduction in Simpana 10 is due to workflow automation, parallel deduplication using a grid-based architecture as well as customizable web-based reporting and services to support multi-tenancy access, self service operations and chargebacks.
Watson suggested in a brief conversation that their first use may be in providing highly valuable regulation services (requiring near instantaneous ramp up and ramp down that balance the grid within short timeframes).
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Unlike Google and Microsoft, most of the remaining companies in the smart-grid space have targeted large electric utilities like Duke Energy and Consolidated Edison of New York with services and products that most consumers have no idea exist.
The Smart Grid enables a market system that provides cost-benefit tradeoffs to consumers by creating opportunities to bid for competing services.
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