Smart Grid
Itron Inc. has participated in the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) Vids for Grids: New Media for the New Energy Workforce program to help demonstrate smart-grid equipment, explain electrical engineering concepts and portray career opportunities in smart-grid technology. NEMA, the association of electrical and medical imaging equipment manufacturers, recently launched
Smart Grid
The US Trade and Development Agency is granting $660,000 to the China State Grid Electric Power Research Institute for a feasibility study and pilot project on the implementation of a smart-grid demand response management system. The grant is part of the agency’s ongoing work to open China’s
Smart Grid
Infosys Technologies and Oracle have completed a business transformation program at Seattle City Light, one of the US’s largest municipal-owned utilities. By implementing Oracle’s Utilities Network Management System, Seattle City Light aims to enhance the coordination of service restoration efforts by enabling real-time information sharing. For example, the
Smart Grid
The partner consortium Peer Energy Cloud has won the first prize in the “Trusted Cloud” technology competition presented by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. The consortium project, which is focused on the development of solutions for the intelligent distribution and usage of renewable energy, is set to
Smart Grid
Powerit Solutions, a cleantech company that plugs energy-intensive businesses into the smart grid, has secured another $5 million in investor funding. Black Coral Capital, a fund focused on the cleantech sector, led the round as a new investor; four others were existing investors from prior rounds. Powerit Solutions also announced
Smart Grid
Honeywell has been chosen to develop and implement China’s first smart-grid pilot project and feasibility study for managing energy use in commercial buildings (demand-side management). The project is part of a grant agreement signed today between the US Trade and Development Agency and State Grid Electric Power Research Institute,
Smart Grid
UK-based Seamless Sensing is unveiling its wireless energy monitoring and control solutions at the Ecobuild conference in London today. The solutions, enabled by EnOcean’s energy harvesting technology, are energy-autonomous wireless products designed for integration with smart grid networks. According to Seamless Sensing, they are the only such solutions designed
Smart Grid
The New Hampshire Electric Cooperative (NHEC) has selected Elster’s EnergyAxis smart-grid solution to improve operational efficiency and give its members more visibility and control over energy usage. The largest cooperative utility in New England, NHEC will deploy EnergyAxis and more than 84,000 Elster smart meters to enable advanced
Smart Grid
A world-class research centre that will accelerate the adoption of new smart technologies, from advanced power grids to electric cars and household appliances, is to be opened in Scotland. The £12.5 million Power Network Demonstration Centre — the first of its kind in Europe — is being created by the University
Smart Grid
A smart-energy project in Austin, Texas, says it would be better to fund testing and development of a smart grid structured around in-home consumer technologies rather than large utility systems. Pecan Street Project has released a request for information (RFI) that puts home energy users, rather than utilities, at the
Smart Grid
Smart-grid platform provider Silver Spring Networks has launched an education program designed to increase the general public’s understanding of smart energy and help prepare the next generation for the benefits of the smart grid. The “A Smart Energy Future” curriculum, being made available free to educators, is designed to
Smart Grid
UK grocery chain Sainsbury’s is trying out new technology to monitor one of its stores’ impact on the national electricity grid. The new store in Hythe, Kent, will feature a system that activates a biofuel generator during times of peak demand on the grid. The technology is aimed at