NetComm Wireless Ltd. has been selected by Australian utility SP AusNet, through its integration partner Ericsson, to supply the 3G communications card component for the Victorian Government’s mandatory statewide rollout of smart meters. via Renew Grid: Content / Projects & Contracts / NetComm To Provide 3G Card For Australian Smart Grid Project.
The outlook for renewable energy growth and smart grid integration for U.S. utilities this year is strong, expensive, and unpredictable, with a chance of regulatory and business confusion. Black & Veatch released its 2013 Strategic Directions in the U.S. Electric Industry report on Wednesday, summarizing the latest views of some 600 utility and energy industry Continue reading →
Oracle has introduced new solutions to help utilities get the most out of their Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI). Oracle reports its Utilities Customer Care and Billing 2.4 enables utilities “to offer integrated program management, more net energy metering options and prepaid metering for AMI, virtually eliminating the need to integrate to other systems. Together with Continue reading →
Energy storage is a vital component of the Smart Grids that are currently being built around the world. These grids are designed to improve the reliability of electricity transmission and distribution, facilitate the integration of renewable energy generators, and allow long-distance trading of electricity supplies. All of these functions require the grid to offer buffers Continue reading →
The Denver Post talked with researchers about the new $135 million Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF) located on the NREL campus in Golden, Colorado. There are 15 research labs, all linked by a supercomputer, in the 182,000 square foot facility that will house 200 researchers and scientists. As the Post story explains, by replicating the power Continue reading →
Scientists at the Centre for Carbon Measurement (CCM) have developed new technology for measuring power quality in smart grids, an advancement that could save 839k tonnes of carbon and bring an annual economic benefit of £250 million. Increased energy demand coupled with a decentralized system for generating and distributing energy to homes and businesses raises Continue reading →
Energy storage is a vital component of the Smart Grids that are currently being built around the world. These grids are designed to improve the reliability of electricity transmission and distribution, facilitate the integration of renewable energy generators, and allow long-distance trading of electricity supplies. All of these functions require the grid to offer buffers Continue reading →
Energy storage is often seen as the holy grail for the smart grid. Storage solves a lot of problems: it can enable utilities to vastly improve the efficiency of their distribution networks by storing and releasing energy where it is needed, thereby forestalling or eliminating the need for new investments in infrastructure; it can smooth Continue reading →
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) is launching a pilot to study the impact of high penetration solar photovoltaics (PV) on the grid. Utilizing Stem’s data collection system and analytics capabilities, the first phase of the two-year research project will examine the impact of a high penetration of PV on distribution circuit quality based on Continue reading →
Trilliant Launches Newly-Enhanced SecureMesh® WAN To Help Utilities Achieve Better Reliability and O
Trilliant, a global smart grid communications leader, delivering solutions that enhance energy efficiency, utility operations and renewable resource integration, today unveiled the newly-enhanced SecureMesh WAN 1100 Series in advance of DistribuTECH, North America’s largest annual smart grid conference and exhibition. The SecureMesh WAN is part of the Trilliant Communications Platform, a powerful combination of networking Continue reading →
Esri’s utility industry experts are prepping for the DistribuTECH Conference and Exhibition, an event centered on crucial transmission and distribution issues such as smart grid, energy efficiency, demand response, and renewable energy integration. DistribuTECH will be held January 29–31, 2013, in San Diego, California. Bill Meehan, Esri’s director of utility solutions, will present “What’s Next Continue reading →
In the world in which we are evolving and human smarts (homo digi-perfectus) are taking technology and integration to next level, technology is impacting the engineering industry. Smart tenants and building owners need smart buildings. Smart buildings, Smart Grid, intelligent buildings, and integrated systems are buzzwords in the architecture and engineering industry, but is our Continue reading →
Energy and utility experts from Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) will speak and present in-booth demonstrations at the DistribuTECH Conference and Exhibition, held Jan. 27-31 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Calif. DistribuTECH is the utility industry’s leading smart grid conference and exposition with more than 8,400 professionals from 48 Continue reading →
Today’s power distribution control center manages the day-to-day operation of distribution network to ensure uninterrupted power supplies to the end customers. Today there is limited automation in distribution networks which results in lack the holistic visibility of real-time situation for an operator. With the advent of Smart Grid, there is an increase in development of Continue reading →
Smart grid development is emerging from its infancy with a projected smart grid core and enabled technology market increase to $220 billion by 2020, according to research from Zyprme. This is occuring as global utilities invest in the smart grid to address the escalating demand for reliable power, renewable energy integration, and greater energy-efficiency. via Continue reading →
As more electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids hit the streets, one of the challenges will be managing the power grid requirements for these cars when they are having their batteries recharged at all hours. To help further understand exactly what kind of impact this might have, researchers at the University of Notre Dame recently announced Continue reading →
I believe the future of technology will be driven by market transitions, or industry inflection points. Emerging societal, environmental and operational goals will drive initiatives for greater customer participation with energy providers, modernization of the energy infrastructure, and the smooth transition of an aging workforce. Supporting these initiatives will require increased integration of disparate business systems Continue reading →
A new report from Frost & Sullivan identifies the fastest-growing sectors within the European smart grid market: advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), integration of distributed generation, sensors and advanced transmission technologies, and electric vehicles. Frost & Sullivan energy and power supplies research manager Malavika Tohani says, “The success of the smart meter rollout in Europe is Continue reading →
The market for security systems aimed at “smart grid” industrial control systems will climb to $369 million (£229m) this year and will nearly double to $608 million by 2020, according to a new report from Pike Research. Smart grids, which aim to make the distribution of energy more efficient through the integration of information and Continue reading →
The Northwest is undertaking a grand project that could unlock a future of efficient energy use and smooth integration of renewables—two necessary pieces of a solution to the immense challenge of climate change. The beating heart of the Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project, one of the largest in the world, is an incentive signal to utilities about the Continue reading →
