May
31
Gallery: Who's who in smart meters
Everyone’s talking about smart electricity meters, but does anyone who hasn’t had one installed yet know what they
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May
31
Gallery: Who's who in smart meters, part 2
Elster’s AS220 electronic smart meter allows for remote service connections and disconnections, and also supports wireless communications for home-area
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May
31
Gallery: Who's who in smart meters, part 3
Itron’s OpenWay CENTRON smart electricity meter for residential use is ready to operate with third-party technologies and supports two-way
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May
31
Gallery: Who's who in smart meters, part 4
Landis+Gyr, recently acquired by Toshiba for $2.3 billion, offers a variety of smart meters and smart-grid technology, including
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May
31
$900m gas power plant wows investors
Gas-fired power continues to expand as the technology for getting energy from natural gas keeps improving and growing “cleaner.”
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May
31
Solar power without the panels
How does concentrating solar power work? Here’s a brief introduction:
May
31
Smarter hackers lurk in smart-grid future
The internet of things, as the ultimate version of the smart grid is often described, could bring with it one
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May
25
Green growth means lead, follow or get out of the way
A new series of reports, “Towards Green Growth,” recommends ways in which governments can best make the transition to greener,
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May
25
Amazing video: Two leaky water buckets make electricity
Invented almost 150 years ago, the Kelvin water dropper (yes, named after that Kelvin) produces electricity directly from two streams
May
25
Energy efficiency: So smart, it's dumb
A 1.8-per cent reduction in energy use might not sound like much, but extended across whole cities, regions and
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