Consumer demand response and home energy management provider Energate Inc. is working with GE to supply its demand response platform for residential demand response solutions in conjunction with GE’s Grid IQ Respond Solutions as a Service (SaaS) offering for GE’s PowerOn Precision software platform. The collaboration will use Energate’s CCDR platform, with its range of Continue reading →
The Energy Management Platform introduced by Honeywell and Opower not only provides homeowners with easy-to-use tools to reduce their energy consumption, but also integrates demand response and energy efficiency programs for utilities which have typically been separate programs, the two companies said. The platform is now undergoing testing in a trial to evaluate customer acceptance. Continue reading →
San Diego Gas & Electric customers can now purchase and install home area network devices to see how much energy they are using in near real-time and help identify high energy use appliances. With in-home energy display devices connected to their electric smart meters, SDG&E customers have access to a new tool to help them 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 →
San Diego Gas & Electric customers can now purchase and install home area network devices to see how much energy they are using in near real-time and help identify high energy use appliances. With in-home energy display devices connected to their electric smart meters, SDG&E customers have access to a new tool to help them Continue reading →
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) customers can now purchase and install home area network devices to see how much energy they are using in near real-time and help identify high energy use appliances. With in-home energy display devices connected to their electric smart meters, SDG&E customers have access to a new tool to help Continue reading →
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) customers can now purchase and install home area network devices to see how much energy they are using in near real-time and help identify high energy use appliances. With in-home energy display devices connected to their electric smart meters, SDG&E customers have access to a new tool to help Continue reading →
For several years EV charging equipment companies have been discussing designs for enabling their products to talk with smart meters and other home energy equipment. Establishing communications pathways would enable a vehicle’s energy consumption to be balanced with other home energy use and minimize the cost of electricity for transportation. Of the many wireless and Continue reading →
Energate has signed a contract with the Ontario Ministry of Energy’s Smart Grid Fund for $2.9M in support of its Consumer Engagement for the Smart Grid (CESG) project. The objective of the $7.8 million project, which also has the support of six Ontario local distribution companies (LDC) is to stimulate consumers’ engagement in home energy Continue reading →
Energate, Inc., a leading provider of demand response and home energy management solutions for utilities and their customers, announced the signing of its contract with the Ontario Ministry of Energy’s Smart Grid Fund for $2.9M in support of its Consumer Engagement for the Smart Grid (CESG) project. via GeoCommunity SpatialNews.
Tracking and reducing home energy consumption is all the rage. As individuals look for ways to use energy more wisely, manufacturers have discovered a market for new technologies that can make conserving energy easy and maybe even a little bit fun. Smart meters, intuitive thermostats, and a plethora of energy tracking mobile apps have appeared Continue reading →
Itron has been quiet about what, if anything, it plans to do to connect its smart grid networks to the home energy management platforms and home area networks (HAN) devices of the future. Given the frothy and still-nascent state of the home energy technology market, that’s probably a good thing. via Itron Tests Smart-Grid-to-Home Waters Continue reading →
Third quarter venture capital funding in the smart grid space showed some signs of life after three relatively weak quarters. That’s the word from Mercom Capital Group, the global clean energy communications and consulting firm. Mercom says there were $238 million in 12 deals in Q3 2012 – mostly due to $136 million raised by Continue reading →
Tracking and reducing home energy consumption is all the rage. As individuals look for ways to use energy more wisely, manufacturers have discovered a market for new technologies that can make conserving energy easy and maybe even a little bit fun. Smart meters, intuitive thermostats, and a plethora of energy tracking mobile apps have appeared Continue reading →
Maybe the cable company will run your home energy network. GreenPeak certainly thinks so. The Dutch semiconductor manufacturer makes low-power wireless ZigBee chipsets for networked building devices, including, since January, remote controls for Comcast’s Xfinity TV service. Most of GreenPeak’s business is in this super low-power communications category, and very little is focused on energy Continue reading →
In the next five years, more than 100 million smart meters will be deployed with integrated home area network (HAN) gateways to enable communication between the smart meter and devices within a home energy management system (HEMS), according to IMS Research. In the U.S., integrated HAN gateways are common, although not within the utility industry Continue reading →
Global standards are critical to the success of the power industry because they lay the groundwork for interoperability, innovation, market growth and economies of scale. To achieve those standards, a diverse array of industry stakeholders must achieve consensus. We asked Oleg Logvinov, member of IEEE-SA Standards Board, vice chair of IEEE Standards Association’s P1901.2 Working Continue reading →
Maxim Integrated Products has announced that its G3-PLC protocol has been recommended as one of the communications platforms that Japanese electrical utilities should use for communication between a smart meter and a home energy management system (HEMS) in home area networks (HANs). The Smart house standardization study group, sponsored by Japan’s ministry of economy, trade, Continue reading →
After conducting operating cost comparisons between natural gas and other fuels using the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy forecast, the American Gas Association (AGA) has concluded that 2012 residential space heating and water heating using natural gas will cost less than other major home energy sources. via Natural Continue reading →
Maxim Integrated Products Inc. has announced that its G3-PLC protocol has been recommended by the Smart House Standardization Study Group – sponsored by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) – as one of the communications platforms that Japanese utilities should use for communication between a smart meter and a home energy management system Continue reading →
