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Representatives from the City of Austin, Austin Energy, The University of Texas’ Austin Technology Incubator, the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) unveiled details of the Pecan Street Project. | 03 Dec 2008 |
IBM has signed a service agreement with Consumers Energy, a Michigan electric and natural gas utility, to help plan, deploy and test an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and smart grid field pilot network. | 25 Nov 2008 |
The gridSMART initiative includes customer programs, new energy delivery system technologies, local generation and storage devices, and additional efficiency enhancements. | 25 Nov 2008 |
IBM today announced a collaboration with EDF, the leading electricity producer in Europe, on an ambitious project to explore key aspects of the energy systems that are important in EDF operations. | 20 Nov 2008 |
DONG Energy, North Delhi Power Limited, Progress Energy, San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Gas Co. look to transform the Way power is delivered, managed and used. | 24 Sep 2008 |
Consistent with its efforts to drive collaborative innovation and foster business model transformation within the energy and utilities industry, IBM announced it has joined the EPRI IntelliGrid® program to help create the enabling technology and methodologies for the smart power grid. | 24 Sep 2008 |
Increasingly, consumers are taking a proactive role in how they manage and conserve energy. A new IBM podcast, "IBM and the Future of Energy," looks at how consumers are driving change in the energy industry — from the cars we drive to a growing demand for alternative energy sources and smart meters. | 04 Sep 2008 |
The Demand Response and Advanced Metering Coalition (DRAM) announced today that several companies have joined the organization to help it expand its outreach and education efforts. | 28 Jul 2008 |
Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd. and IBM are collaborating to establish new, low-cost methods for bringing the next generation of solar energy products to market — products that will be more affordable and easier to install than those available today. | 16 Jun 2008 |
IBM, in partnership with utility industry leaders, plans to develop new energy demand management programs aimed at helping business of all sizes reduce energy consumption across the complete data center and facilities landscape. | 16 Jun 2008 |
Today, IBM announced that it is teaming with Country Energy, manager of Australia's largest power network, to develop and deploy an Intelligent Utility Network in Australia. | 17 Apr 2008 |
The telecom industry was once nearly as regulated as the electric power industry. Today, urban-dwelling consumers can choose between cable companies, local providers, cell-phone companies, long-distance providers and voice-over-IP services. | 16 Jan 2008 |
The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory announced today the results of a year-long effort to put the power grid in the hands of consumers through technology. The Pacific Northwest GridWise™ Demonstration Project found that advanced technologies enable consumers to be active participants. | 09 Jan 2008 |
A new survey from IBM finds that most consumers in developed nations would pay more for eco-friendly energy. The study also found that while consumers want more choices about the type of energy they buy, many are unaware of the range of options available. | 13 Dec 2007 |
The IBM Nuclear Power Advisory Council (NPAC) announced today the top nuclear power industry imperatives that emerged from its inaugural meeting last week at the new IBM Global Center of Excellence for Nuclear Power in La Gaude, France. | 10 Dec 2007 |
At the World Energy Congress in Rome today, IBM Global Business Services unveiled its new report, Plugging in the Consumer: Innovating utility business models for the future, forecasting how the change in energy customers' expectations will impact the utility industry's business model in the next five to ten years. | 13 Nov 2007 |
IBM to open IT innovation center in Spain providing software development and maintenance services; IBM will also manage a data center for Iberdrola | 05 Jul 2007 |
IBM today announced that it is establishing a Global Center of Excellence for Nuclear Power in La Gaude, France, to support safe, reliable and efficient electricity generation by energy companies worldwide. | 02 Jul 2007 |
IBM and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced a collaborative effort to optimize energy efficiency opportunities in PG&E's California IT operations through a server consolidation program and by jointly developing a new way to measure and reduce heat in data centers. | 10 May 2007 |
IBM today announced it is redirecting $1 billion per year across its businesses, mobilizing the company's resources to dramatically increase the level of energy efficiency in IT. | 10 May 2007 |
IBM today announced that in a new Energy Insights report, IBM software was cited as a leader in Work and Asset Management for both the Power Generation and Energy Delivery industries. | 07 May 2007 |
Today, IBM announced that Pepco Holdings, Inc (NYSE: POM) is the second member to join the Intelligent Utility Network (IUN) Coalition, a new group of utility companies working with IBM to accelerate the adoption of 'smart grid' technologies and solutions on a global basis. | 25 Apr 2007 |
IBM announced that it has begun a new coalition to accelerate the adoption of Intelligent Utility Network (IUN) technologies and solutions on a global basis. | 11 Apr 2007 |
The agreement integrates Aker Kvaerner's competence in engineering, planning and maintenance with IBM's expertise in data acquisition, integration and analysis. | 15 Mar 2007 |
IBM opened its US $2.6 million Oil Sands Centre of Excellence in Calgary, which aims to help petroleum producers test and use new technologies that will lower costs and make oil recovery easier, more efficient, and more intelligent. The Centre is the fifth IBM facility focused on the global oil and gas industry to open in the past two years. | 07 Mar 2007 |
IBM announced the launch of China's first Energy Competency Center (ECC), a joint effort by IBM and Intel. The ECC Beijing will provide oil and gas companies in China and the Asia Pacific region with the technologies to find and extract hydrocarbon deposits more quickly and efficiently, while controlling costs and reducing risks. | 13 Dec 2006 |
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that its Office of Science, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and IBM will share the cost of a five-year, $58 million research and development (R&D) effort to further enhance the capabilities of the fastest computer in existence. | 15 Nov 2006 |
Statoil, an integrated oil and gas company, has signed a comprehensive services agreement with IBM, covering maintenance and support of SAP and desktop applications in Statoil's world wide operations. This Application Management Services initiative will begin immediately. | 13 Nov 2006 |
Today, IBM announced that it has signed a 2.5-year, $29 million consulting contract to streamline Southern Company's financial, supply chain and work management operations. | 07 Nov 2006 |
IBM's acquisition of MRO addresses asset needs by providing customers with a consistent, comprehensive set of asset management solutions and services. | 03 Aug 2006 |
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) is expected to enhance efficiency and reliability of utility operations. | 06 Feb 2006 |
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory announced the launch of the Pacific Northwest GridWise™ Demonstration projects, a regional initiative to test and speed adoption of new smart grid technologies that can make the power grid more resilient and efficient. | 11 Jan 2006 |
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