IBM's smart grid plans promise energy savings

James S Murray
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Intelligent grid technologies promise to automatically cut appliance's energy use

IBM and US electricity provider CenterPoint joined forces this week to form a new coalition dedicated to accelerating the adoption of so called Smart Grid technologies capable of enhancing the reliability...

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