Energy and Global Warming News for June 23: The smart grid via white space (and Google); Nissan Leaf records 14,000 U.S. pre-orders, 90% are conquest sales; How Desertec can run Europe on solar

The Smart Grid Via White Space, Courtesy of Google

While the debate continues about what network standards are best to run smart grids, here's a wireless tech that you don't often hear about: white space, the spectrum vacated by the switch from analog televisions to digital. Today Google and startup Spectrum Bridge are announcing that they have created the first ever smart grid deployment over white space, working with the utility Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative & Telecommunications...