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Smart Energy Insights: Oncor Joins IBM’s Global Intelligent Utility Network Coalition; Furthers Smart Grid Collaboration
Jun 19th
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2010 Oncor Joins IBM’s Global Intelligent Utility Network Coalition; Furthers Smart Grid Collaboration IBM announced thatĀ Oncor, a Texas-based utility that delivers power to more than 3 million homes and businesses, has joined the Global Intelligent Utility Network Coalition. This group of utilities works to further the adoption of smarter energy grids around the world and now collectively serves more than 115 million energy consumers globally.
The coalition’s first collaborative effort was the creation of a Smart Grid Maturity Model (SGMM), a tool that benchmarks current progress and plans long term smart grid programs. More than 70 utilities have taken the SGMM More >
White-Collar, Green Tech (Green Technology Alliance)(Smart Grid Maturity Model)
Mar 30th
Maryruth Belsey Priebe
March 30, 2010
Green IT is a booming industry, but how can students interested in smart grid or renewable energy technologies distinguish themselves in the field? We asked several experts to describe the way forward in the land of green information technology.
“This is a growth area, and a student that maintains a narrow focus in computer science would find it difficult to get immediate employment in [the renewable energy sector],” explains Dr. Ravi Prakash, associate professor in computer science at theĀ University of Texas at Dallas. Traditional information technology (IT) programs, whether they are offered by a community college or More >
