PowerStream, the second largest municipally-owned electricity distribution company in Ontario, has renewed its strategic relationship with Trilliant (News – Alert), a global Smart Grid communications provider, the company has announced. via PowerStream Renews Partnership with Trilliant.
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Swiss-based company Landis+Gyr recently announced a deal with Hydro-Quebec, one of Canada’s largest utility providers, to deploy approximately three million smart meters by the year 2017. The contract is worth a reported $350 million, and pilot phases are expected to rollout in Montreal and other areas later this year. This April, we noted a competing $270 Continue reading →
Electric vehicles will soon hit Canada’s roads, but they already play a role in the smart grid as the country modernizes its electric system in pursuit of clean air targets. “We still have a lot of challenges in adopting electric vehicles,” Tom Odell, manager of EVs for Toronto Hydro Electric Systems, said during a panel Continue reading →
Kamloops will be one of seven provincial hubs for BC Hydro’s billion-dollar smart metering program set to roll out this fall. The Crown corporation has started an advertising campaign in markets across B.C., including here, to prepare homeowners for new meters with capabilities it says will save energy and make consumers more aware of their Continue reading →
A new base station from Airspan Networks (News – Alert), Inc., a U.S.-based provider of carrier-class broadband wireless solutions, is targeted directly at the Canadian Smart Grid market. On May 11 at the UTC Telecom 2011 industry meeting in Long Beach, California, Airspan introduced Air4G for the 1.8 GHz frequency band—which is set aside by Industry Continue reading →
Airspan Networks Inc., a leading provider of broadband wireless access networks, announced today the introduction of Air4G, for the 1.8 GHz frequency band. Air4G supports both 4G WiMAX and 4G LTE radio interfaces in an extremely compact, all-in-one base station, allowing utilities to minimize operational expenses while maximizing capacity and range. The Air4G family covers Continue reading →
The Canadian Gas Association released a new report, “Natural Gas in a Smart Energy Future”, on February 14, 2011. This report pictures the development of a clean and sustainable “smart energy future” which will secure Canada’s energy needs from 2030 and beyond. via Natural Gas as Canada’s Smart Energy Future | Energy Efficiency News.
Imagine loading your dishwasher after supper and walking away, allowing radio-activated technology and your energy provider to figure out when it would be cheapest to wash your dishes. Sound like science fiction? Not in Canada, where the nation’s public broadcaster wants to ease pressure on the power grid by operating household appliances from afar. The Continue reading →
Being based in Toronto, I try my best to showcase the good things happening in Canada with smart grid, and this item is a great example of that. Last week, Cisco (News – Alert) and ENMAX announced how they’re going to deploy various smart grid solutions, and today I got a chance to learn more first Continue reading →
The market for smart meters in Europe although nascent is expected to be more of a ‘push’ market. It is primarily driven by legislations and by the need to handle the increasing demand for electricity that has far exceeded the grid’s capacity. Most of the utilities have been forced to improve their measurement and monitoring Continue reading →
