Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has selected Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), Hitachi, Ltd. and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) as contractors for the Smart Community System Demonstration Project in Spain, as the result of a feasibility study which was conducted from March through October 2011 by the three companies. The project, which Continue reading →
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The big show in San Antonio may be over, but we’ve got a few more bits and pieces to tell you about, including a new survey on smart grid implementation released by Microsoft and OSIsoft during the show. Scroll down for links to a few videos from the show floor, including a demo of EPRI’s Continue reading →
Wi-Fi appears ready to edge further into the home automation market, as the Wi-Fi Alliance this week hosted a public demonstration of interoperability between Wi-Fi devices and ZigBee-enabled smart energy meters. The demonstration, which took place at the DistribuTECH 2012 event in San Antonio, is the latest step in promoting Smart Energy Profile (SEP) 2.0. Continue reading →
Utilities and grid operators in the U.S. are turning to demand response as a means of increasing reliability and reducing costs. The load reductions are coming from a variety of facilities, from single compressors cycling off in a residential air conditioner to the shutdown of entire manufacturing plants. As demand response continues to gain momentum Continue reading →
Itron Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) announced today that it is one of several partners that will work with Avista (NYSE: AVA) on its smart grid demonstration project in Pullman, Wash. The Pullman project, part of the larger Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project being led by Battelle, will give customers in Pullman a role in testing Continue reading →
The first wave of applications for a piece of the almost $4 billion in smart grid stimulus funds were due the first week in August and drew close 50 utilities that we heard of (and hundreds more that have been a lot quieter about it). Now the second deadline to apply for smart grid demonstration Continue reading →
U.S. power company American Electric Power Co Inc (AEP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Monday its Ohio unit applied for $75 million of federal stimulus funds to finance half of a project that aims to improve electricity distribution efficiency and cut energy consumption. The $150 million gridSMART Demonstration Project will include the installation of 110,000 Continue reading →
American Superconductor Corp. said Tuesday it has received $12 million in U.S. Department of Energy funding for work on smart grid demonstration projects. The grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act call for the Devens-based energy technology company (Nasdaq: AMSC) to develop a 138 kilovolt fault current limiter using the company’s superconductor wires. The Continue reading →
The Smart Grid Demonstration Project in Fort Collins will receive a $4.8 million boost thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The funds will help the city of Fort Collins and several other partners continue research, development and demonstration of an integrated system of clean energy technologies and distributed energy resources. The $4.8 million Continue reading →
