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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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 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 »
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 »