AI Infrastructure & Energy Engineering Insight
smart buildings
No one knows for sure how many buildings there are in the world, but we do know this: many of today’s structures are woefully inefficient. That matters because inefficiency means wasted energy: electricity and natural gas that could be used elsewhere for other purposes. Inefficiency also means money wasted
Smart Grid
A firm based in California says it’s developed a software designed to make it easier for utilities to assess the performance of the electricity grid using large volumes of data from multiple sources. Created to accommodate the microsecond measurements recorded by synchrophasors — devices used to measure the state and
peak demand
Extreme heat across the southern US has led to three days of record-breaking demand for electricity in Texas, according to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), system operator for the state’s bulk transmission grid. During the week, forced outages and de-ratings — generating units unable to run at peak
wind energy
A new 300-megawatt (MW) grid-connection agreement is expected to help play a major role in the expansion of wind power in Romania. The agreement between Romania’s grid operator Transelectrica, and a joint venture between GE and German wind farm developer Prowind GmbH, is expected to pave the way for
wind energy
Siemens Energy will help equip yet another offshore wind power plant in Germany, with an order of 80 3.6-megawatt (MW) turbines bound for the project Meerwind Süd and Meerwind Ost. The developer/operator of the wind farm is WindMW GmbH (WindMW), whose shareholders are funds managed by Blackstone and
networking
With the goal of speeding up smart-grid developments in the UK, Cable&Wireless (C&W) Worldwide and Silver Spring Networks are teaming up to create a networking solution that can support both existing and future improvements. The companies aim to develop a communications fabric that will be secure,
Smart Grid
Metering company Elster and energy management information systems specialist ENER21 plan to combine their offerings to deliver real-time energy monitoring. The companies aim to enable monitoring and verification of consumption data for large-scale energy projects by combining Elster’s EnergyICT EIServer Project Tracking system and ENER21’s Energy Management Information
smart cities
Are you a leader in the smart-city space? Then mark your calendars for Thursday, Sept. 29, when Greenbang hosts a 50 Smart City Influencers drinks event in London. The event is scheduled for 6:30 pm at Soho’s LVPO. Attendance is free, but you’ll need to reserve a
low carbon
Out of 10 European countries recently surveyed on climate change and energy trends, Turkey tops the list in favorable attitudes toward sustainability. EDF Energy’s second annual pan-European Low Energy Alternative Future (LEAF) Index found that concerns about climate change increased across the EU last year, with Turkey showing the
lighting
A light-emitting diode (LED) bulb designed to replace the standard — and energy-inefficient — 60-watt incandescent light bulb from Philips Lighting North America has won a lighting innovation L Prize from the US Department of Energy (DOE). The Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prize, as the award is otherwise known, was created to challenge
energy storage
BrightSource Energy has launched a new solar thermal power plant offering for utilities that includes a molten-salt energy storage system. By enabling the storage of solar energy for later use, BrightSource says the SolarPLUS system makes it possible for utilities to tap sun power to produce electricity later in the
photovoltaics
A new $50 million US Department of Energy (DOE) program aims to “help the nation reclaim its competitive edge in solar manufacturing.” The SUNPATH (for “Scaling Up Nascent PV At Home”) program is the second solar Photovoltaic Manufacturing Initiative (PVMI) in the DOE’s SunShot initiative, which aims to reduce
