Siemens is already a giant in the hardware that makes up the smart grid, from the wind-powered and natural-gas-fired turbines that create electricity, all the way down through the transmission and distribution grid to the building systems that consume it. Now it wants its name added to the list of smart grid software giants as Continue reading →
Renesas Electronics announced the availability of a full reference platform for smart electricity meter design based on its RX21A 32-bit microcontrollers. The reference platform’s hardware supports both 3-phase 4 wire and single-phase operation, and configurable sensor types including current transformer. via Electronics Weekly News | Embedded Systems | Renesas design targets RX21A MCU at smart Continue reading →
To simplify the development of ZigBee® wireless connectivity-enabled smart energy infrastructure, home and building automation and intelligent lighting gateways, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today announced the availability of the CC2538 system-on-chip (SoC). The industry’s most integrated ZigBee solution, the CC2538 is cost-efficient with an ARM® Cortex™-M3 MCU, memory and hardware accelerators on one Continue reading →
Following three years of decline, the combined market for distribution automation hardware and smart meters in North America will resume its expansion in 2015, with revenue rising to $3.2 billion, up 3% from $3.1 billion in 2014, according to a new report from IMS Research, now part of IHS. By 2017, the market will expand Continue reading →
When you talk to Cisco about energy, you’re reminded of what the nebulous smart grid term actually is. It is, at its core, a network and Cisco, whose networking gear is pervasive on the Internet, wants a big hand in how it gets built. Cisco yesterday announced new gear and services aimed at the electric Continue reading →
Hitachi Communication Technologies America, Inc. (Hitachi CTA) and Tendril® today announced that the companies are partnering to deliver a wide range of smart energy applications to consumers via an array of set-top boxes, wireless gateways and other devices that are already in the home. This dramatically improves the economics of home energy management by providing an economical and Continue reading →
When you talk to Cisco about energy, you’re reminded of what the nebulous smart grid term actually is. It is, at its core, a network and Cisco, whose networking gear is pervasive on the Internet, wants a big hand in how it gets built. Cisco yesterday announced new gear and services aimed at the electric Continue reading →
We all expect great value from modernizing the grid. Yet the same functionality that lets us remotely manage assets also makes those assets ever more vulnerable to cyber attack. The old concepts of cyber protection—piling up bigger and thicker walls of hardware and software seeking 100% deterrence—have proven ineffective against attacks by legions of trained Continue reading →
The Homeland Security Department has issued an alert about vulnerabilities in a control system for solar electric systems that could allow unauthorized users to access to the system and execute malicious code. The equipment is sold by the Italian systems integrator Sinapsi, and although a proof-of-concept exploit has been published, no exploits have yet been Continue reading →
GridPoint, Inc., an established leader in smart energy solutions, today announced its SaaS-based network management platform, GridPoint Energy Manager, has been enhanced to include industry tailored software algorithms for retail, restaurant, grocery, pharmacy, and convenience store market sectors. Each solution includes a mix of hardware, software, and services, designed to maximize energy and operational savings Continue reading →
Schneider Electric is not new to entering emerging markets. The French-based energy specialist started as an iron and steel producer before making a significant play into the new-fangled electricity market in 1891 and has never looked back. Now regarded as one of the leading industrial makers of energy and smart grid hardware — along with Continue reading →
Sensus, a leading provider of smart grid infrastructure technologies for electric, gas and water utilities, today announced that it has acquired a fifteen percent equity position in Brazilian smart grid vendor CAS Tecnologia (CAS) and will distribute its market leading Hemera(R) utility data management platform in the global marketplace. Founded in 2000, CAS develops software Continue reading →
Electric vehicle charging software and hardware specialist POD Point (http://www.pod-point.com) has announced its expansion into Scandinavian territories through a series of strategic partnerships with energy and electricity supply companies and automotive manufacturers. Partnerships with utility company Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk AS (NTE), electrical supply company Proxll AS, and Nissan dealerships across the Nordic countries, mean POD Point is now Continue reading →
A long, long time ago, let’s call it mid-2010, there was a host of residential energy management companies with serious hardware offerings to sell to utilities. Even though there were millions of smart meters being installed in the U.S., it turned out that most utilities weren’t interested in purchasing hundreds of thousands of in-home displays Continue reading →
The market for distribution automation and smart grid networking hardware in the U.S. is projected to grow to nearly $1.7 billion in 2012, according to IMS Research. But recent acquisitions of smart grid companies indicate that European suppliers also want a piece of this pie and are looking to expand into the smart grid in Continue reading →
Ambient Corporation (AMBT +8.31% ), a leading provider of flexible and scalable smart grid communications platforms and technologies, announces the deployment of the 100,000th Ambient Smart Grid Node®, the flagship hardware element of the Ambient Smart Grid Communications Platform. First deployed in 2005, the Ambient Smart Grid Node has pioneered open, secure, two-way, standards-based grid Continue reading →
EnerNOC, best known as the top dog in demand response, is adding to its portfolio. Instead of more megawatts or square feet of building controls, EnerNOC is moving into natural gas. The company will manage natural gas consumption at about 4,000 commercial, institutional and industrial customer sites for National Grid in New York City. The Continue reading →
Utility National Grid is to use demand response company EnerNOC’s technology and services platform to manage natural gas consumption at about 4,000 commercial, institutional and industrial customer sites in Brooklyn and Queens, N.Y. EnerNOC will provide the utility with wireless hardware that automates fuel switching at the utility’s enrolled customer sites. via EnerNOC to Supply Continue reading →
The second annual Enterprise Smart Grid conference, organized by Groom Energy, played to a packed room at the Logan Airport Embassy Suites hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. Held in November 2011, the event was preceded by a half-day ISO 50001 overview. Day two of the event – the actual conference – began with an overview of Continue reading →
