Dive Summary:

• LG Electronics has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with U.S.-based Pecan Street Inc. to participate in a smart grid demonstration project in Austin, Texas.
• The two-year project will see LG contributing its expertise to the research of smart homes, energy management, and consumer electronics; the primary focus will be the development of effective home energy systems.
• As part of the project, more than 450 volunteer homeowners are testing energy and consumer electronic products while their energy use is analyzed and more than 200 homes have installed rooftop solar panels.

From the article:

For its part in the demonstration, LG will install its advanced air conditioners, smart refrigerators, smart washing machines, LED lighting and Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS) in participating homes. LG's technology and smart grid-ready products will also be on display locally at the Pike Powers Lab, the nation's first non-profit smart grid research lab for carrying out research, commercialization and educational activities.

LG has been deeply involved in the Jeju Smart Grid Project in Korea since 2010, along with fellow participants LG Chem, LG Uplus, LG CNS, and GS E&C. LG also joined the German government's Smart Watts project in the city of Aachen in 2011, becoming the first Korean company to export its smart grid expertise to Europe. ...