Tuesday, January 10, 2012
CES 2012: Urban Green Energy ViewUGE Energy Monitoring
by Nino Marchetti
EarthTechling
Urban Green Energy, a company focused on bringing clean energy solutions such as hybrid wind/solar systems in smaller scale installations like homes and parks (i.e. a clean energy powered electric vehicle charging station), is using its CES 2012 time to showcase a new real time renewable energy monitoring system called ViewUGE.
ViewUGE, the company told us, is an online monitoring solution that ties what it says is small wind to the smart grid, allowing consumers to monitor and control the energy production of their small scale wind or solar installations. It sports a rather clean interface, according to Urban Green Energy, and ties into another product made by the company called the 1st Step Weather Station to let one also view remotely current weather data. This can be useful as a renewable energy data point, especially with regards to home wind power.