The ultimate smart city, then, will allow utility companies–like Xcel Energy ( XEL – news – people ) in Boulder–to better manage power, to automatically prevent and repair service outages. Imagine a summer without blackouts, or a winter when downed power lines can be repaired in half the time. No more calling 611 to report Continue reading →
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Local efforts, such as the world’s first Smart Grid City in Boulder, are the front lines in the global battle against climate change. Two representatives from the Colorado city will attend the United Nations climate convention to talk about what Boulder has learned over the past couple of years. via Boulder representatives to speak at Continue reading →
While California struggles to garner consumer support for smart meters, other areas of the United States are moving ahead with smart energy initiatives. The city of Boulder, Colorado, for example, has been named the SmartGridCity. It is the first community in the United States with a power system that blends traditional and digital technology including Continue reading →
IBM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating — IBM (NYSE: IBM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) singed an agreement with the Chinese clean energy producer ENN Group lately about a package of strategic cooperation plans, as part of the IT giant's efforts to boost its Smart City project, citing a Continue reading →
The $100 million initiative will see Government, energy and communications sectors working in partnership to deploy Australia’s first commercial-scale smart grid, with the potential to reduce home energy bills, cut carbon pollution and help in the fight against climate change. “Smart grids provide greater ability to incorporate and distribute renewable energy, save money through cutting-edge Continue reading →
OSIsoft® today announced that Xcel Energy has successfully launched operations using the PI System® in Boulder, CO, the nation’s first fully integrated SmartGridCity™, as part of the infrastructure for collection and management of time series data required to monitor and implement the SmartGridCity concept. The PI System stores, in a single database, electricity usage meter Continue reading →
The Australian Government today announced the next crucial step in transforming Australia’s energy grid, with the potential to reduce home energy bills, reduce carbon pollution and help tackle climate change. The $100 million Smart Grid, Smart City initiative will see Government and energy and communications sectors working in partnership to rollout Australia’s first commercial-scale smart Continue reading →
Australia today announced a $100 million plan for the country’s first commercial-scale “smart” grid to deliver electricity. The “Smart Grid, Smart City” initiative will be a cooperative effort between the Australian government and the energy and communications sectors. The program has the potential to reduce home energy bills, reduce carbon pollution and help tackle climate Continue reading →
Demand response is still in its infancy, but experiments in the two-way, real-time service have shown how much it can transform utilities, one of the most inefficient industries in the country, Edison Electric Institute President Thomas Kuhn said today on a Grid Week panel. Unfortunately, consumer resistance to accepting the service from their utility provider Continue reading →
Europe will select 30 cities to pioneer “smart” electricity grids and space-proven insulation as it seeks to lead the global race for green technology, a draft European Union document shows. The windpower sector must shift offshore and strive to provide a fifth of EU electricity by 2020 — ahead of industry goals — said a Continue reading →
Britain will create up to four “smart grid cities” after the energy regulator set aside £500m from customers’ utility bills to start rewiring the nation’s electricity system. Ofgem wants companies to choose several towns or cities where it will pay for households to have smart energy technologies installed to monitor how it works on a Continue reading →
More smart grid pilot projects show that monitoring and adjusting distribution grid voltage in real-time can save utilities energy. The case for smart grid technology that saves energy on the distribution grid is growing. The latest comes from utility Xcel Energy, which has linked up about 42,500 homes in its Boulder, Colo. SmartGridCity demonstration project Continue reading →
NEWCASTLE is bidding to win a $100 million project that would see it become a world-leading, energy-efficient “smart city”. The Federal Government project will help one community become a global showcase for energy efficiency technologies, bringing together households, schools, businesses and industry to create the world’s largest smart energy grid. Funded by the national energy Continue reading →
In a smart grid-based effort that’s expected to yield more efficient uses of energy, water and mobility to create a more sustainable metropolis, IBM and Cisco Systems Inc. – the world’s largest maker of computer networking gear – have announced that they’re collaborating on the so-called “Amsterdam Smart City” initiative. “Now that more than half Continue reading →
The Australian Government is consulting with industry and community groups on an AUS$100 million smart grid trial. “The Rudd Government is providing AUS$100 million to trial a large-scale smart grid and smart meters project to demonstrate best practice, shape government policy and help industry and consumers realise the benefits of smart grids,” said Minister for Continue reading →
While some more conservative sections of society probably view Amsterdam’s long-standing attitude to drugs and prostitution as anything but enlightened, the Dutch capital was also one of the most important ports in the world and home to the oldest stock exchange. Now it appears that the city is keen to capitalise on its innovative past Continue reading →
IBM and Cisco will help the City of Amsterdam in its quest to become the European Union’s first “smart city.” The Smart City pilot project will serve as a testing ground to prove that smart grid technologies can better manage energy use and transmission while also reducing electricity outages and congestion. A slew of small-scale Continue reading →
