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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. 
We are faced with restoring an outdated and inefficient electrical grid and a supreme challenge to provide one that meets the needs for a low carbon economy.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? 
While developed countries remain focused on slowing demand and cutting costs, a growing requirement for energy within the emerging markets now appears to be the main driving force behind renewable energy and cleantech investment. 
The recent EMR White Paper from the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change introduces the most sweeping and ambitious reforms of the British electricity markets for 30 years, including up to £110bn of new investment over the next decade, writes Adam Langridge, a partner in Squire Sanders’ Energy Industry Group. 
Tiny devices that scavenge wasted energy will boost industry and create a multibillion pound market but to achieve this potential urgent agreement is needed on measurement standards. A new European project has been set up to ensure developers don’t miss out, writes Markys Cain from the National Physical Laboratory. 
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. 
The smart grid has high expectations to live up to. It is hyped as the answer to the energy and climate crisis since it will integrate renewable power sources and manage energy much more efficiently, according to Pierre Egot and Robert Gallenberger, of European venture capital firm Gimv. 
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.
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. 
Toyota, Honda and Nissan have finally put the car industry to the test and announced they intend to join forces with Japanese energy firms to create a hydrogen-infrastructure for cars.
The UK government has given the go-ahead for nine electric and low emission vehicles to be eligible for consumer rebates, giving an undeniable boost to a few lucky manufacturers in the space.
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.
US mid-term elections saw Republicans win big and may now mean that green lobbyists will have to work harder to achieve their aims, as the chance of passing even a diluted version of President Barack Obama’s climate change legislation looks unlikely.
The voluntary, nationwide carbon cap-and-trade market in the US may not see it out until the end of the year, the head of the trading platform has warned, as a lack of legislation has stunted growth and attention has moved towards state-level developments. 
As the smart grid space witnesses a flurry of fundings, tie-ups and companies coming to market, governments will need to ensure the demand side operates effectively for the sector to reach its potential.
