The Department of Energy has released six books aimed at breaking down the smart grid for specific stakeholders.

Capgemini’s Smart Energy Practice Executives Gary Paul and Andy Roehr sit down with Get Solar to talk about the smart grid, solar energy, and how policy is the key to making it all become a reality.

New Jersey solar champion Ralph Izzo, Chairman of PSEG, made strong statements today about how to revise national energy transmission to best support renewables.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released preliminary smart grid interoperability standards last week. Setting standards is important in smart grid implementation, as it will provide the platform for technologies to seamlessly communicate.

GE’s Smart Grid Asset Optimization program can help utilities improve our transmission and distribution infrastructure. GetSolar sat down with GE Energy’s John McDonald to learn more.

FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff emphasized the importance of siting new transmission lines to scale renewable energy in a speech at American University’s Washington College of Law on September 10, 2009.

California’s SB17, known as the smart grid systems bill, is ready for gubernatorial approval. It may have great impact on scaling solar power in the state.

Solar parking lots can power buildings, feed renewable energy back into the grid, recharge electric vehicles, and even provide some nice shade in the summer sun. This articles looks at the most popular designer of solar parking lots, what companies are installing them, and what it means for the consumer of electricity and the solar energy market.

Now that Cash for Clunkers has ended, we can turn our attention to the next big car buzz: plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. What will they do to the solar industry and the smart grid? Let’s take a look.

The DOE slots over $37 million to small businesses working in the renewable energy space, including those focused on advanced solar technologies.