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IBM and Cable&Wireless Worldwide are collaborating to develop a new intelligent data and communications solution, UK Smart Energy Cloud. The offering is aimed at supporting the UK’s Smart Meter Implementation Programme, which aims to rollout more than 50 million smart meters across Britain. UK Smart Energy Cloud
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Smart-grid platform provider Silver Spring Networks has announced that Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) will deploy Silver Spring’s smart-grid solutions. The agreement follows the deployment of Silver Spring’s field-proven, IP-based Smart Energy Platform at two of American Electric Power’s other operating companies, AEP Ohio and Indiana
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Alstom has acquired Utility Integration Solutions Inc. (UISOL), a Santa Clara, California-based company that develops and commercialises DRBizNet, a software platform for demand response management. The acquisition is aimed at strengthening Alstom Grid’s capabilities for network management and smart-grid solutions. UISOL, which employs 44 employees, generated total sales of
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Most of us nowadays know to do something if we see a faucet in our home dripping uncontrollably around the clock. Even if we don’t consider ourselves particularly “green,” we know waste when we see it and understand that all that water slipping uselessly down the drain is money
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The utility company Entergy and its customers could benefit from reduced energy production costs if it chooses to join the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO) organisation, according to testimony presented to the Arkansas Public Service Commission. “Over the last few years, we have spent considerable time collaborating with our
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The Demand Response Coordinating Committee (DRCC) has changed its membership structure in accordance with the services it will now provide as a professional membership society. Reflecting this new focus, the DRCC has changed its name to the Association for Demand Response & Smart Grid (ADS). Tim Roughan, Director of Product
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Smart-grid firm Itron has realigned its global organisation to operate in two primary segments: energy and water. The change is aimed at helping the company meet its near- and long-term goals by strategically aligning global operations with the markets it serves. Philip Mezey, currently senior vice president and chief operating
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The Vids4Grids project is targeting students in high school and starting college with the goal of increasing awareness and creating interest in power systems careers to help develop the highly skilled workforce needed to build a national smart grid. The project is led by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association in
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Metering firm Elster will work with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to deliver a comprehensive hosted smart-grid solution for utilities. The offering is designed to provide utility companies with a variety of advanced functionalities across electric, water and gas infrastructures. According to Elster, the hosted end-to-end solution will be especially
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The State Grid Corporation of China has selected Nokia Siemens Networks’ optical transmission platform to help ensure consistent power supply for the world’s highest power transmission line. The corporation is building a Qinghai-Tibet power grid to improve and optimise power allocation in that area. The power grid is the
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Who will win the smart home-energy management stakes? The prize will go to companies that can come up with the technology that’s as close to invisible as possible for users. Why invisible? Because making the case for energy efficiency is easy, but getting people to change their habits is
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The number of utilities moving past smart-grid planning and into implementation has increased modestly, by 8 per cent, according to Microsoft’s Worldwide Utility Industry Survey 2011. The survey also shows a general industry expectation (73 per cent) that budgets to support these efforts are on the rise. The survey,