It is unfortunate to see another recitation of the myth that “the backup generation necessary when the wind stops blowing can generate more pollution than what was saved originally.”

Beacon Power Corporation (Nasdaq: BCON) announced that it has shipped, installed and successfully connected a Smart Energy? 25 (Gen 4) flywheel energy storage system at a wind farm in Tehachapi, California.

An innovative group of research institutes and businesses has today been assigned to run the ‘E-mobility in commuter traffic’ development project for the Rhine-Ruhr Model Region.

A groundbreaking study has found that Nebraska and the other states in the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) region can reliably obtain 40% of their electricity from wind energy.

Extracts from a speech by Christian Kjaer, CEO of the European Wind Energy Association, speaking at ‘Supergrid: The future of renewable energy integration’, London 9-10 March.

Siemens supplies infrastructure worth more than one billion euros for Shanghai. Just outside Shanghai, moreover, Siemens will open its first wind power production site this year.

Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON) today announced the shipment of its two millionth Networked Energy Services (NES) smart meter.

The OASIS open standards announced the formation of a new Member Section, OASIS Blue, which will bring together a variety of open standards projects related to energy, intelligent buildings, and natural resources.

CALMAC, a leader in energy storage systems, announced the installation of 16 CALMAC IceBank energy storage tanks for the new “EEE” High School campus in Weeki Wachi, Florida, and its neighboring K-8 campus.

The smart power grid is composed of two central technologies: smart meters and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). Smart grids are more than simple home smart meters.

At the Geneva Motor Show, the RWE energy company and Harman International put on a live demonstration of the first infotainment application specially designed for electric cars.

The European Commission allocated over ?903 million to electricity interconnection projects as part of its broader European Economic Recovery Plan, injecting new impetus into long standing electricity grid.

Siemens will be introducing new key components for the electromobility at the International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland on March 4-14, 2010. Siemens expects more than a million electric vehicles.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $100 million in Recovery Act funding to speed up the development of grid-scale energy storage and other clean energy technologies.

The problem is that regulatory frameworks for interconnectors and offshore transmission are very different between Member States, Achim Woyte, Project Coordinator for OffshoreGrid, said.

Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and smart meters are the foundational technologies of the smart power grid. But the smart grid is more than the home smart meter.

Wind energy during the month of February accounted for 20% of the total production in Spain and represented a growth of 38.6% with respect to the same period in 2009.

Kansas City Power & Light Co. is preparing for a highway power play — a new breed of electric cars. By Steve Everly, The Kansas City Star.