Few Americans worry about emergency situations occurring in their community; only one in three have an emergency plan; 70% support infrastructure ‘investment’ for national security One in four Americans and less are concerned that an emergency situation like a terrorist attack, natural disaster, or health pandemic will affect their community, according to a new SUNYIT/Zogby Continue reading →
Silver Spring Networks, Inc. (NYSE: SSNI), a leading networking platform and solutions provider for smart energy networks, announced it has entered into an agreement with Masers Energy Malaysia, a fully owned subsidiary of Masers Energy Inc. headquartered in San Jose, CA and London, U.K., to help bring smart infrastructure benefits to Malaysia. Under the agreement, Continue reading →
The U.S. is facing an infrastructure problem that many predict will cost astronomical sums to fix. Power grids, bridges, municipal water systems and much of the infrastructure that facilitates modern society was built decades ago and is now in need of repair or replacement. But the levels of investment required to upgrade critical services are Continue reading →
Masers Energy Malaysia, a fully owned subsidiary of Masers Energy headquartered in San Jose, CA and London, will work with Silver Spring Networks to help bring smart infrastructure benefits to Malaysia. Under the agreement, Silver Spring Networks will coordinate smart infrastructure technology, planning and services for Masers’ Smart Grid City Melaka and Special Economic Zone Continue reading →
Legacy power infrastructure is intrinsically inefficient, aging and the operation of it is often harmful to the environment. We hear more stories of older power grid infrastructure breaking down and damaging the communities the infrastructure is intended to serve. Standards organisations and engineers have risen to the challenge, promising to solve many of these aforementioned Continue reading →
Western Power Distribution (WPD), a U.K.-based distribution network operation, is expecting changes in the way electricity flows, as consumers adopt low-carbon technologies like electric vehicles and heat pumps. With growing energy demand in Europe and the need to evolve generation from fossil fuels to clean technologies, the grid is becoming stretched beyond its limit. via Continue reading →
Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has announced a $125 billion investment program into alternative and renewable energy, with $22 billion earmarked for electricity and water infrastructure expansion and renovation projects. Kahramaa president, engineer Essa Hilal Al Kuwari told Eco-Business.com, “This budget was announced to fund the country’s infrastructure projects and to cater the Continue reading →
Today at the American Public Power Association’s Engineering & Technical Operations conference, Silver Spring Networks, Inc. (NYSE: SSNI) announced it is extending its smart infrastructure platform with a new smart grid solution optimized for the unique needs of municipal and cooperative utilities. With a focus on making it easy to rapidly scope, deploy and test Continue reading →
At DistribuTECH, TOA Technologies Showcases Benefits of Predictive Analytics Based Field Service Opt
Utility leaders are dealing with massive changes – smart grid infrastructure projects, smart metering initiatives and renewable energy integrations. Therefore, utilities are depending on their field service workforces to implement and sustain this renewed infrastructure and advanced services for the long-term, now more than ever. At the DistribuTECH Conference and Exhibition 2013, TOA Technologies will Continue reading →
IBM has been selected to continue supporting the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) to operate Ontario’s meter data management and repository (MDM/R) system with new computing infrastructure and an updated operating environment. The five-year, C$68.5 million contract was awarded following a competitive procurement process and includes options to extend to seven or 10 years. via Continue reading →
On-Ramp Wireless, developer of wireless solutions for energy automation and M2M communications, has announced the launch of its advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) solution that is built on the On-Ramp Total Reach Network, its award-winning wireless communications infrastructure. Through partnerships with industry-leading meter and meter data management system (MDMS) providers, On-Ramp supports state-of-the-art smart metering capabilities Continue reading →
Extreme weather and aging infrastructure came together with a vengeance in Sandy, showing the fragility of the basic systems that sustain this vibrant city and region. Like so many others, my family lost power, heat and water during Superstorm Sandy, and I watched out my window as a giant flash marked the moment that waters Continue reading →
With its rapid growth, Indonesia faces a daunting challenge to upgrade its various critical infrastructures — from roads to airports to energy infrastructure. Yet the price the country will pay in failing to invest in its infrastructure is enormous. Last week, once again, we saw Indonesia’s largest airport and main gateway crippled by a blackout Continue reading →
Between smart meters, hurricanes, the looming threat of a cyberattack, and organizations flocking to the cloud, the technological infrastructure of the nation is changing. Technology consulting firm Microdesk made five predictions that architecture, engineering and construction firms should plan for in 2013 to position U.S. infrastructure for a more sustainable future. via 5 Infrastructure Trends to Prepare for Continue reading →
New research from Zpryme reveals smart grid executives’ justification for investing in advanced metering infrastructure and distribution automation. The research, sponsored by Elster, reveals that 21 percent rated reducing peak energy consumption as the top justification for investing in advanced metering infrastructure, while 28 percent rated improved grid reliability as the top justification for investing Continue reading →
While smartphone apps and cloud-based infrastructure management can be powerful tools for improving the quality of life regardless of where you’re located, if you’re a city-dweller these five facts will help you reap the benefits of technology. via 5 Things You Need to Know About Smart Cities CIO.com.
Some concerns around the impact of Sandy center on the impact of the storms on the electricity grid. And rightly so; the impact of a storm like Sandy will take a lot of money and time to recover from. About 8.2 million customers were without electricity and that will negatively impact the recovery. Though it Continue reading →
The India Smart Grid Forum has come out with a smart grid vision and road map, covering 3 five-year plans from 2012 to 2027. The ‘smart grid vision’ involves transforming the Indian power sector into a secure, adaptive, sustainable and digitally enabled ecosystem by 2027, that provides reliable and quality energy for all with active Continue reading →
Data centers are a vital cog in our digital world. As data centers become increasingly important, we need to look at the infrastructure behind them: the electric power grid. The grid is aging infrastructure designed in the 20th century well before the advent of digital services like those provided by data centers – and it’s Continue reading →
Many entrepreneurs who once envisioned their fledgling clean-tech start-ups becoming the next big thing are now downsizing their dreams. Newer start-ups attracting investor interest have more modest aims than their clean-tech peers of a decade ago. The new batch expect to generate revenue more quickly and cheaply, and are focusing on making existing industries more Continue reading →
