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In a small English village a local health centre has placed its first patient on its network of smart electricity meters, highlighting the breadth of potential the smart grid space holds, writes sector specialist Memoori. 
Plug-n-play has become so integrated into daily life that most computer users don't give a second thought to hooking up a camera or smart phone to a laptop or tablet. Now, take the same concept and apply it to complex US electrical systems when it comes to ‘plugging in’ renewables or smart grid technologies. 
The US Virgin Islands have committed to the goal of reducing fossil fuels by 60 per cent in the next 15 years, prompting the region to become a test bed on how to integrate so much renewables on to the grid. 
We are faced with restoring an outdated and inefficient electrical grid and a supreme challenge to provide one that meets the needs for a low carbon economy. Sector specialist Memoori asks, do we now rebuild the framework in order to achieve this? 
With the simple flick of a light switch, you are connected to ‘the machine.’ The North American electric grid - the world's most complex transmission and distribution system - also is referred to as the world's largest machine. That same machine has run reliably on coal, natural gas and nuclear energy for decades. Now, it's time for a tune up. 
The trade war between the US and China is gathering pace with parties on both sides of the fence drawing battle lines. 
Seven trillion dollars are at stake in the global battle to win market share in renewable energy and the US can win that battle, US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu said during stops in Colorado. 
Data from the US Department of Energy shows that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory leads all DOE national labs when it comes to working with businesses on research and development efforts to commercialise cutting-edge technologies. 
The US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Semikron's new power block is poised to make connecting renewable energy to the electricity grid less expensive and more reliable. 
To come up with a way to do something 1,000 times faster than it had been done in the past, you have to count on some serendipity — not to mention hard work, collaboration and good timing. Such was the case with three scientists from the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, who somewhat accidentally developed a way to assess the quality of solar cells at a speed that is orders of magnitude faster than had been done before.
The US, with its entrepreneurial spirit and innovative national labs, will lead the global clean-energy revolution and reap the economic and environmental benefits that go with it, vice president Joe Biden vowed in a visit to the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
There are a number of clean technology developers around the globe that seem to have accomplished the unthinkable, and none more so than those developing technologies that produce energy or fuel from nothing but air. 
As academic institutions place a greater emphasis on the commercialisation of new cleantech ventures, the spin-out model could yet regain its place as the source for technology investment opportunities. 
Environmental problems extend across international boundaries, but there are no effective international institutions to deal with them properly. The result is that problems worsen and attempts by countries to solve them fail due to the lack of an institutional framework within which to build the necessary international consensus and trust, writes Stephen Hockman QC. 
With subsistence farmers considered to be the most vulnerable community to the effects of climate change, a majority of whom are women in poor countries, climate justice should be classed as a human rights issue, according to Reid Professor of Law and former Irish stateswoman Mary Robinson. 
Among the blizzard of information that crossed my desk last month, two items made me think that while smart grid technology has still got some obstacles to overcome, it’s the regulatory and policy demands that are in place to protect electrical utility users that are most likely to hold it back, according to Allan McHale, author of smart grid blog Memoori. 
As the climate debate moves towards voluntary emissions reduction, post the United Nations Copenhagen and Cancun conferences, the impact policy will have on clean energy investment is diminishing, according to a leading consultancy.
Utility provider Duke Energy and Tokyo-based business conglomerate ITOCHU have agreed to collaborate on advanced energy technologies, starting with the evaluation and testing of the re-use of electric vehicle (EV) batteries. 
As the price of crude oil continues to rise, the advantages of electric vehicles are once again thrown into the limelight. NewNet takes a closer look at the Mitsubishi I-Miev as it unveils specifications of its US version due to be released next year.
Despite some well-documented commercial struggles, fuel cells are beginning to prove themselves as a genuine alternative to traditional energy technologies, with US investors taking a second look at this next generation of opportunities.
