Pecan Street’s aim: Create path for consumers into smart grid’s future

Austin American-Statesman January 23, 2012

As a lab, Pecan Street wants to be where the New Energy Economy is tested and verified before it goes to market. By extension, McCracken expects many of the innovators to base their companies here Read More »

Red State, Green City: How Austin Has Become America’s Clean-Tech Hub

Time Magazine January 7, 2012

Nowhere is that clearer than in the Pecan Street project, a pioneering smart-grid research and demonstration program based in Austin's historic Mueller neighborhood. Pecan Street is a collaboration between Austin Energy, the Environmental Defense Fund, the city of Austin and the university, with much of its financing provided by the 2009 federal stimulus bill. The study is detailing energy and water use at the residential level, gathering data that most utilities barely have a handle on. The Pecan Street project, which is also experimenting with residential solar energy and electric vehicles, aims to use that information to create a smarter and more efficient grid, one that is far less wasteful than the rickety power systems throughout the U.S. Read More »

Pecan Street featured on EnergyNOW (Video)

EnergyNOW January 7, 2012

The smart grid conjures up images of controlling home energy use with iPhones and utilities communicating with customers in real time like never before. But across most of the country, the smart grid is more fantasy than reality – except in the Lone Star State. Correspondent Josh Zepps reports from Austin, Texas on the Pecan [...] Read More »

Smart grid winners, losers (and fence-sitters) 2011

Smart Grid News December 16, 2011

By SGN Staff It wouldn’t be the end of another year without a look back — and that’s what our annual list of smart grid winners, losers and fence sitters is all about. Take a look, and then use the comment form to agree, disagree or add your own suggestions. And our smart grid winners [...] Read More »

Pecan Street Named GreenTech Media’s #1 EV Initiative for 2011

GreenTech Media December 8, 2011

DEREK MEAD: DECEMBER 8, 2011 Top Five Electric Vehicle Initiatives of the Year A year into the EV revolution, what has changed in the electric vehicle sector? It’s been nearly a year now since modern electric vehicles really hit the mainstream with the release of the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf to complement offerings from niche [...] Read More »

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Pecan Street Inc. Selects Companies for Consumer-Focused Smart Grid Offering

Press Release • September 30, 2011

Best Buy, Check-It, Chevrolet, Freescale, Intel, Landis+Gyr, Sony, SunEdison and Whirlpool to provide range of new smart grid and consumer products, including communications platforms, home services systems, smart appliances, charging of cars from home solar panels and one of the nation’s most concentrated residential installations of electric vehicles. Read More »

Pecan Street Project Inc. Reaches Agreement with Galvin Electricity Initiative and Underwriters Laboratories to Implement Perfect Power Seal of Approval

Press Release • July 12, 2011

The Galvin Electricity Initiative and Underwriters Laboratories (UL) reached an agreement with Pecan Street Project to implement the Perfect Power Seal of Approval™ (PPSoA) performance standards. Read More »

Best Buy, Freescale, Intel, Landis+Gyr, LG Electronics, Sony and Texas Gas Service Join Pecan Street Project Industry Advisory Council

Press Release • June 28, 2011

Pecan Street Project Inc. formed its Industry Advisory Council – a collection of member companies that will collaborate with Pecan Street Project’s team of internal and University of Texas (UT) researchers. Read More »

Pecan Street Project, NREL and UT begin design of Home Research Lab

Press Release • April 26, 2011

Pecan Street Project has acquired a site and will soon begin construction of a smart grid interoperability research facility. Researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will lead the programming and technical specification development for the facility, which will be located in Austin’s Mueller community. Read More »

Pecan Street Project Tops $3 Million in Direct Funding to University of Texas for Research and Education

Press Release • April 19, 2011

Less than 16 months since beginning active operations, Pecan Street Project Inc. announced today that its direct funding of University of Texas at Austin research, education and technology commercialization has topped $3 million. Read More »

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