The ZigBee Alliance and the SAE are collaborating on ZigBee Smart Energy standard-development efforts aimed at supporting plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) and enabling vehicle-to-grid (V2G) communication. The ZigBee Alliance and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) say they are collaborating on ZigBee Smart Energy standard-development efforts aimed at supporting plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) and enabling Continue reading →
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The smart grid community saw a major meeting of the minds today: the ZigBee Alliance and Wi-Fi Alliance have teamed up to develop applications for home energy management and networking. Both ZigBee and Wi-Fi are wireless protocols that allow electronic devices, smart meters and utilities to wirelessly send data back and forth. This is the Continue reading →
Two of the industry's leading smart grid solutions providers, Comverge, Inc. ( COMV | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating), and Sensus, today announced a strategic alliance to support current and future utility energy management and conservation programs. The alliance will focus on integrating Comverge’s Apollo(R) Demand Response Management System (DRMS) across the Sensus Continue reading →
The ClimateTalk Alliance has announced its launch with current industry-leading members including Consert Inc., Embedded Electronic Design Solutions (EDC), Emerson Climate Technologies, E-Senza, EWC Controls Inc., Microchip Technology Inc., Rheem Manufacturing Co., and Watsco Inc. via HVAC alliance formed | Consulting-Specifying Engineer.
Whether you think the upcoming international climate talks in Copenhagen will deliver a solution for governments to fight climate change, or will ultimately turn out to be a global flop, one thing’s for sure: All eyes will be on the progressive city in Denmark in the second and third weeks of December, including those of Continue reading →
Members of the manufacturing and utility industries formed the U-SNAP Alliance in 2007 to strengthen efforts towards common connections. The group now developing products compliant with the Utility Smart Access Port Bus Specification that will hit retail shelves later this year. Efforts like this are what the smart grid needs to reach households — otherwise Continue reading →
Areva’s Transmission & Distribution (T&D) and PJM Interconnection have formed a strategic alliance to better address the challenges related to “smarter” transmission grids in the northeastern United States. PJM Interconnection is a regional transmission organization that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in all or parts of 13 American states as well as Washington, DC. Continue reading →
ENABLING THE HOME AREA NETWORK MARKET U-SNAP Alliance Industry White Paper March 20, 2009 Utility Smart Network Access Port Introduction Electric utilities worldwide are deploying millions of smart meters as part of their AMI (automatic metering infrastructure) programs. For most utilities, the rollout will extend beyond the meter to energy consuming products. A Home Area Continue reading →
U-SNAP Specification The U-SNAP specification defines the hardware interface, physical dimensions, data transfer, message contents and protocol specifics for HAN devices. The root of the specification relies on the Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) port found on most communication chips as the transport layer. The goal is to provide a very inexpensive interface to enable virtually Continue reading →
EMerge is An open industry association Promoting the rapid adoption of safe, low voltage DC power distribution and use in commercial building interiors. The EMerge Alliance was established to promote the rapid adoption of safe, low-voltage DC power distribution and use in commercial building interiors. EMerge is focused on developing a global standard that integrates Continue reading →
Who will be the winners of the SMART GRID Standardization Battle? Consortia, Trade Associations, Research Groups GridWise Alliance GridWise Architecture Council EPRI Electric Power Research Institute HomePlug Powerline Alliance ZigBee Alliance Universal Powerline Association ISA OPC Foundation Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) BACnet International LonMark International UCA International Users Group MultiSpeak Initiative DOE/NETL Modern Grid Continue reading →
The mission of the Utility Smart Network Access Port (U-SNAP) Alliance is to create a protocol independent serial interface standard that enables any HAN (Home Area Network) standard, present and future, to use any vendor’s Smart Meter as a gateway into the home, without adding additional hardware in the Smart Meter. The U-SNAP Alliance fosters Continue reading →
