In UK, electric-car leases now come with charge points
UK businesses that lease electric cars through Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions will be able to have a charging unit installed
Israeli Smart Grid group receives R&D funding
The Israeli Smart Grid (ISG) Consortium has received funding through the MAGNET R&D program run by the Office
US Energy Dept. finalizes $102m loan for Maine wind farm
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has finalized a $102-million loan guarantee to Record Hill Wind LLC, which plans to
Leading UK meter firms to integrate Sensus communications
Several major meter manufacturers have agreed to integrate into their portfolio Sensus’ FlexNet long-range radio communications solution for smart metering
Mission Power taps SmartGridCIS for smart meter prepaid service
Mission Power will use SmartGridCIS’ Express software to support its advanced metering system (AMS) prepay business in Texas.
Atlanta-based SmartGridCIS
Ontario aims to become electric-car manufacturing leader
Ontario and the Canadian government are each investing $70.8 million in a project aimed at making the province a
GE releases new platform of distribution automation controllers
GE Energy has released a new platform of distribution automation (DA) controllers for the smart grid.
The Multilin Voltage Regulator
Cisco follows Google, Microsoft in leaving home energy management
Like Google and Microsoft before it, Cisco has decided to remove its eggs from the home energy management basket.
Writing
Elster to deploy more smart meters in Kazakhstan
Elster will be helping a regional distribution grid company in Kazakhstan deploy advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) for high- and medium-voltage
Onzo on track to process 1 trillion energy readings by year's end
Energy analytics firm Onzo says it’s on track to record and process more than one trillion (1,000 billion)
