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Microsoft Thinking Big on the Future of Data Center Energy Use
31 January 2013
IMS Research's Jason dePreaux spoke with Brian Janous of Microsoft. Brian will be keynoting the Spring AFCOM Data Center World conference in Las Vegas.
JdP: Can you tell me a bit about your role at Microsoft?
BJ: I joined Microsoft late in 2011. Previously I spent over a decade in the energy industry as a consultant for companies working on long term energy strategies, as well as regulatory and sustainability issues. My typical clients were energy-intensive industries like aluminum, steel, and mining companies.
I started working with Microsoft in a consulting capacity four to five years
Smart Grid Tradeshows in Europe Shifting Focus
21 August 2012
Over the next few months, two key European smart grid conferences will take place: first the 2012 Cigre Session in Paris August 26-31 (http://www.cigre.org/Events/Session/Session-2012), then the Metering Billing/CRM/SmartGrids Europe event in Amsterdam October 9-11 (http://www.metering-europe.com/). These events highlight a changing focus within the European smart grid evolution, both in their materials and in the makeup of their sponsoring and exhibiting partners. While smart metering and renewable generation have been central topics in European smart grid development, these shows indicate a
In-Home Electricity Displays – An Analyst Perspective
08 June 2012
To date, the two most interesting developments in the market for in-home displays – or ‘IHDs’ – have involved not only a dramatic change in the product itself, but also in the supply model. The past few years have seen movement from ‘standard’ IHDs, which use a meter clamp and transmitting unit to enable electricity consumption data to be displayed on fairly basic display devices, to ‘smart’ variants which are designed to connect to smart meters with integrated HAN gateways, and, in some cases, display more advanced information such as dynamic pricing tariffs or demand-response requests, via
In-Home Electricity Displays – An Analyst Perspective
08 June 2012
To date, the two most interesting developments in the market for in-home displays – or ‘IHDs’ – have involved not only a dramatic change in the product itself, but also in the supply model. The past few years have seen movement from ‘standard’ IHDs, which use a meter clamp and transmitting unit to enable electricity consumption data to be displayed on fairly basic display devices, to ‘smart’ variants which are designed to connect to smart meters with integrated HAN gateways, and, in some cases, display more advanced information such as dynamic pricing tariffs or demand-response requests, via
USA Anti-Dumping Tariffs – What Will Change?
30 May 2012
The industry has now had a chance to take stock of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s announcement that it will impose an import tariff on PV cells, or PV modules that contain cells, manufactured in China. The preliminary findings of the anti-dumping case, which was initiated in October 2011 when a group of PV manufacturers led by Germany’s SolarWorld filed a trade complaint, revealed that a tariff of approximately 31% would be levied against a specified group of the largest Chinese cell manufacturers, and a rate of 249% against all other Chinese manufacturers. This was in addition to March’s
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