China, the world’s biggest producer of solar panels, cut subsidies for demonstration sun-power projects approved in 2011 and this year after the cost of components declined. The government reduced the subsidy for projects approved last year by 11 percent to 8 yuan ($1.3) a watt, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement yesterday. It Continue reading →
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Some of the biggest buzz at the DistribuTECH conference in San Antonio this week was around a recently unstealthed startup called Glen Canyon. The Santa Cruz, Calif.-based company is promising to deliver smart meters for the unheard-of cost of $25 or less — and it has already landed a 1.5-million-meter order from China. via Glen Continue reading →
Digi International (NASDAQ: DGII) today introduced the ConnectPort® X2e for Smart Energy, a low-cost, enhanced version of the company’s ZigBee Smart Energy gateway. The gateway connects ZigBee Smart Energy devices from a Home Area Network (HAN) to an energy service provider via broadband. It offers additional memory and processing power for over-the-air updates of connected Continue reading →
Even though research concludes the global AMI market is poised to grow by nearly 20 percent by 2015, deployment has been hindered by high costs and complex installations Glen Canyon Corporation has introduced its NEXGEN family of products for the Smart Meter and Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) market, designed to mitigate the typical high initial Continue reading →
Glen Canyon Corporation has announced its NEXGEN smart meter/AMI products designed to address the high initial cost, high total cost of ownership and complexity of installation of current technology. Glen Canyon’s NEXGEN solution requires only the purchase of low cost IEC or ANSI/DOE compliant NEXGEN smart meters without the additional cost of creating a Wide Continue reading →
In these current times of austerity, every one of us is keeping an eagle eye on the money we spend and finding ways to cut costs and reduce outgoings. One of our biggest household expenses is gas and electricity with the cost of running the average household in Britain standing at approximately £1335 – Dual Continue reading →
Cable&Wireless Worldwide and Silver Spring Networks are providing a “telecommunications network” for the Flexible Plug and Play (FPP) Low Carbon Networks project. The £9.7m scheme, led by UK Power Networks, aims to cost effectively connect and manage onshore wind generation. It is funded under Ofgem’s Low Carbon Network Fund. via reNews Europe: England & Wales.
General Electric (NYSE:GE) has reached a new deal with Leesburg, and installed a smart grid system that is projected to cost the city more than $27 million in the first 10 years. via General Electric (NYSE:GE) Makes Florida Deal.
Photovoltaic (PV) technology (aka solar panels) is advancing steadily. That advance will occur regardless of whether we have an economic depression or booming prosperity. This advance means that price of PV modules are dropping at a rate of 7% per year (as it has been doing that for decades). This means that by 2020, the Continue reading →
The outlook has been skeptical around energy storage for mass adoption on the electric grid due to poor balances of cost and benefits. While some utilities or regions do require a small quantity of energy storage at the most problematic points on the grid, grid-storage will not reach ubiquitous commercial adoption at its current pricing. Continue reading →
SmartCo, a consortium of electricity lines companies, has confirmed plans to install 500,000 “smart” electricity meters “from North Cape to Bluff” over the next three years at an expected cost of $200 million to $250m. The meters will remotely monitor electricity consumption. via Plans to install 500,000 smart electricity meters | Stuff.co.nz.
We do not have a problem of knowing what to do to make buildings participants in smart energy. We do not have a problem that the technology is too expensive. We do have a problem that it takes too long to integrate systems. High integration costs lead to vendor lock-in. High integration costs lead to Continue reading →
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) says the Smart Grid will cost $165 billion over the next 20 years. But, you might ask, what all does that estimate include? And is the price tag something to get that excited about when the same organization said last year that business losses and damages from power interruptions Continue reading →
Latest Government figures issued for the roll out costs for smart meter technology has sky rocketed to £9billion. Despite the potential energy saving costs for energy firms at around £300 Million a year, it seems these firms want the consumers to pay for the meters themselves. At a cost of around £350 a meter, the Continue reading →
Americans are willing to pay an average one-time price of $48 for the advantages of Smart Grid service and $13 for a monthly service. Individuals classified as “green elites,” however, would be willing to pay more — $70 for a one-time fee and $36 a month. That’s the finding of a recent Internet survey conducted Continue reading →
“Is the average consumer willing to pay the upfront costs of a new smart grid and then respond appropriately to price signals? Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said at a recent hearing on smart grid. Energy Secretary Steven Chu worry about security. “If you want to create mischief one very good way to create Continue reading →
Business and residential customers participating in the Commonwealth Edison Company’s energy efficiency programs saved more than $20 million in utility costs in the past year, the power company said. Savings during the first year of the Smart Ideas programs, which concluded May 31, exceeded expectations in both customer categories, according to ComEd. Energy savings amounted Continue reading →
China plans on plowing hundreds of billions of dollars into smartening its grid, Bloomberg reports. Despite their ambitious spending plans, the PRC won’t overpay for its smart metering products, says Greentech Media: ZigBee and mesh networking are winning favor with utilities in the U.S. In Sweden and some other European countries, however, concrete construction is Continue reading →
