Home Automation, Inc. (HAI), leading manufacturer of integrated security and home automation products since 1985, announced that their wireless energy management suite has been certified as a golden unit for ZigBee ® Smart Energy Profile 1.1. ZigBee Smart Energy Profile 1.1 is the newest version available for product development, and supports the diverse needs of Continue reading →
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With shipment of W-Fi devices reaching nearly 1.1 billion in 2011, the organization responsible for promoting and standardizing wireless technology—the Wi-Fi Alliance, is busier than ever. …Wi-Fi is expected to grow 25 percent between 2011-2016 in smart meters and automation products. via Wi-Fi Alliance’s Wireless Predictions and Projects for 2012 | News & Opinion | Continue reading →
New ITU standards for smart grid have achieved final approval and are now available for download. Recommendations ITU-T G.9955 and G.9956 define three international next generation narrowband powerline communications (NB-PLC) standards. The approved family of standards will enable cost-effective smart grid applications such as distribution automation, diagnostic and fault location, smart metering, demand response, energy Continue reading →
Smartenit, Inc. (formerly SimpleHomeNet), a leading manufacturer of home/building controls, and Blue Line Innovations, announce a Universal Whole House Energy Monitoring Interface for ZigBee® and INSTEON® control networks. The breakthrough conveniently delivers energy information from most electric meters to automation applications, enabling them to provide true energy management through energy-based monitoring and control. via SimpleHomeNet Continue reading →
Pacific Gas & Electric has released a host of news in the last month that helps explain how a multi-tiered smart grid approach adds up to ever-increasing benefits in terms of one key function: finding and restoring power outages. Consider it one angle for examining how distribution grid automation and management is emerging as the Continue reading →
At a Broadband Breakfast roundtable last week, AT&T Executive Jeffery Dygert let slip that plans are afoot within the company to enter the home energy monitoring business. This move seems to follow on from AT&Ts partnership with E3 Greentech earlier this year, along with its acquisition of home automation specialist Xanboo in 2010, and would complement the Smart Grid Continue reading →
On-Ramp Wireless has signed on to deploy its AMI solution for South Korean smart metering company Fountain Springs in collaboration with Korea Telecom, an integrated telecommunications services provider. The addition of On-Ramp’s Ultra-Link Processing™ (ULP) wireless networking platform for utility automation will enable South Korea’s smart grid initiative to boost energy efficiency, cut costs and Continue reading →
For the expansion of smart grids Siemens Infrastructure & Cities has developed a smart grid solution based on its AMIS system, which covers both smart metering and the automation of distribution networks. In addition, Siemens has for the first time integrated in this application the energy automation, power quality and multimedia functions. For example, the Continue reading →
On November 2-3 2011, leading utilities will gather in Raleigh, NC, to discuss the latest developments in smart grid distribution automation. The growth in distribution automation projects is nothing short of astonishing. The reason? Optimizing distribution promises utilities of all sizes and markets a significant positive return on their smart grid investments, with real gains Continue reading →
Networking giant Cisco has pushed IBM off the top spot in the latest Greenpeace leader board of green IT companies. The company's score on Greenpeace’s third Cool IT Leaderboard report almost doubled as its investment in areas such as smart grids and building automation began to impress the environmental NGO. via Cisco tops Greenpeace green Continue reading →
Is your company’s electrical energy usage important to you? Whether still feeling the results of the recession or looking forward to competing as the global marketplace moves ahead, businesses are looking for ways to cut costs and increase revenues. Trends in energy show utility companies raising rates and introducing more tiered rate structures that penalize Continue reading →
A lot of the interest in the smart grid industry tends to swirl around consumers and home energy management. It can be fun to picture consumers one day buying gadgets at big box retailers that will let them micromanage their home heating, cooling and lighting, and it's an especially attractive venture option for investors and Continue reading →
This power report gives a detailed account of the global market for IEC 61850 compliant routers and switches. The report covers the market elements related to IEC 61850 compliant routers and switches. The IEC 61850 routers and switches play a pivotal role in implementing smart grid norms through substation automation. via IEC 61850 Routers and Switches Continue reading →
What makes technology smart? My smart phone is a small, unobtrusive device, but it also helps me run my life more efficiently. How essential have smart phones become? Try turning off your phone for two days and see what happens. If you can endure the withdrawal, you’ll likely have some interesting voicemails from co-workers who Continue reading →
According a new report, a radical overhaul of policy and technology is needed for the USA to reap the benefits promised by the smart grid. Sean Ottewell reports. The oversight policy of the US electrical grid has been described as a hodge podge in a new report published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Industrial Continue reading →
ABB, the leading power and automation technology company, and Trilliant Incorporated, a leader in delivering Smart Grid solutions that enhance energy efficiency, utility operations, and renewable resource integration, today announced successful interoperability of Trilliant’s SecureMesh™ communications network with ABB’s Station Automation and Protection products, enabling utilities to choose best-of-breed technologies for their Smart Grid rollouts. Continue reading →
