The Smart Grid Observer is an online information portal and weekly e-newsletter serving the global smart energy industry. SGO hosts a number of conferences each year focused on issues of high relevance for the global clean energy industry. The goal is to foster information exchange and high-quality, one-to-one networking among industry professionals. Topics include EV charging infrastructure, grid modernization, V2G, microgrids, cyber security, virtual power plants, EV battery innovation and more.

For a list of upcoming and recent Forums, click here.

About the Organizer

Recent SGO Sponsors Include:

Organizations That Have Participated in Recent SGO Events Include:

  • ABB Inc.

  • Acealine, Inc.

  • Aclara

  • Agilent Technologies

  • Alcatel-Lucent

  • Alston & Bird LLP

  • Alvarion

  • American Electric Power

  • American Honda Motor Co.

  • Apex Networks

  • Aquion Energy

  • Argela

  • Arup

  • ASCA Bitumen Co. Ltd.

  • BASF

  • Battelle

  • BC Hydro

  • Bell Aliant

  • Black & Veatch

  • Boreas Group

  • The Brattle Group

  • BRIDGE Energy Group

  • Broan-NuTone LLC

  • BTC Broadband

  • Burns & McDonnell

  • Business Aspect

  • California Public Utility Commission

  • Cameron EDA

  • Capgemini

  • Cascadia Center

  • Centerpoint Energy

  • CHAdeMO Association North America

  • CIEMAT

  • Cisco Systems

  • CleanPoint

  • ComEd

  • CommScop, Inc.

  • Comporium

  • Con Edison of New York

  • Constellation Energy

  • Contineo Systems

  • Cooper Power Systems

  • CPS Energy

  • CTDI

  • CTIA

  • CTS

  • Customized Energy Solutions

  • DATUMCOM

  • Decision Zone

  • Demansys Energy

  • Dominion Power

  • DST Systems

  • DTEK

  • DTE Energy

  • Duke Energy

  • Dun & Bradstreet

  • Durus Networks

  • E.ON U.S. Services Inc.

  • EarthNetworks

  • Eaton

  • ecPlatforms Inc.

  • EEI

  • Embedded Automation, Inc.

  • Emerson Network Power

  • ENBALA Power Networks

  • Energate

  • Energy Future

  • EnerNex

  • EnerNOC

  • Enzen Global Ltd

  • EPRI

  • ETAP

  • EVolution Communications Group

  • Fermata Energy

  • Flextronics

  • FLO EV Charging

  • Florida Power & Light

  • Ford Motor Company

  • FreeWave Technologies, Inc.

  • Fromerly D&E Communications

  • Fujitsu

  • Gartner

  • GE Energy

  • General Motors

  • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Glendale Water & Power

  • Five Point Partners

  • Globitel

  • Goldman Sachs

  • Green Charge Networks

  • Green Hills Software

  • GridGlo

  • GTRI

  • Halton Hills Hydro

  • Harvey Mud

  • Huron

  • Hydro One

  • Hydro Ottawa

  • Hypertek Inc.

  • IAP Solutions

  • IBM

  • ICCAS

  • Idaho National Laboratory

  • Illinois Institute of Technology

  • Indiana Fiber Network

  • Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission

  • Indra

  • Industrial Defender

  • Intec

  • Integral Analytics

  • Intel Corporation

  • Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC)

  • Itron

  • Ixia

  • Jabil

  • John Staurulakis, Inc.

  • Johnson Controls

  • KenJiva Energy Systems

  • KGP Logistics

  • Kia

  • KT

  • LM Ericsson

  • Lockheed Martin

  • Longbow Capital

  • Lonst and Found Technologies

  • Manifest Mind

  • Manning & Napier Advisors

  • Maravedis

  • Marconi Pacific

  • Midwest ISO

  • MindTree Ltd.

  • Moixa Energy

  • NEMA

  • Murata Electronics North America

  • National Exchange Carrier Association

  • National Instruments

  • National Grid

  • Navigant Research

  • Nebraska Information Network

  • NECA

  • Nissan North America

  • Nortel

  • NERC

  • North American Energy Standards Board

  • Northern Power Systems

  • NRG Energy

  • NTCA

  • NTS

  • NTT Comware

  • OATI

  • Oncor

  • Ontario Clean Water Agency

  • Ontario Energy Board

  • OPAL-RT

  • OpenTV, Kudelski Group

  • OPOWER

  • Pacific Gas & Electric

  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

  • Palm Associates, inc.

  • Panasonic

  • Parks Associates

  • PCS UtiliData

  • PJM

  • Plug Smart

  • PowerGrid Communicattions

  • PowerSense A/S

  • Powertech

  • Poyry Management Consulting

  • Project Safety

  • Puget Sound Energy

  • Quality Logic

  • Quanta Technology

  • Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)

  • S&C Electric Company

  • SAIC

  • Samsung

  • San Diego Gas & Electric

  • SatCom Global

  • Schneider Electric

  • Scottish and Southern Energy

  • ScreenSoft

  • SDG&E

  • SDLC Solutions

  • Shell

  • Siemens

  • Silver Spring Networks

  • SLP Consulting

  • SMA America

  • SmartCom

  • Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative

  • Smart Hydro Power

  • SMUD

  • Sonoma Innovation

  • SourceOne

  • Southern California Edison

  • Southern Company Services

  • Space-Time Insights

  • SRA International

  • Stellantis NV

  • Sterling Commerce

  • STMicroelectronics

  • Strathmore Energy Research CenterC

  • SUBNET Solutions Inc.

  • Sunrun

  • Survalent

  • Symantec

  • TechTarget

  • Telcordia Technologies

  • Telintnet Research

  • Telvent

  • Tesla

  • The Climate Center

  • There Corporation Ltd.

  • Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings

  • Toronto Hydro Corp

  • Toyota Motor North America

  • TRASYS

  • Trilliant

  • Trinity 360

  • Tripwire

  • TXU Energy/Vistra

  • Tyco

  • UK Trade & Investment

  • Ulticom

  • University of Colorado

  • University of Illinois

  • University of Kentucky

  • USTelecom Association

  • U.S. Dept. of Energy

  • Utilicom

  • VaasaETT Global Energy Think Tank

  • Verisae

  • Verizon Wireless

  • ViZn Energy

  • Wallbox Chargers USA

  • Waterfall

  • Westeva SAS

  • World Resources Institute

  • WiTricity

  • Wurldtech

  • Xtensible Solutions

  • Younicos AG

  • Zenith Alternative Energy

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