The town of Wigton has completed the first stage of an initiative to become a smart energy community. Located in Cumbria, Wigton was previously part of a pilot deploying rural broadband and has partnered with Silver Spring Networks to demonstrate how communities can become energy independent. via English Town Seeks Energy Independence.
Microsoft and its partners spend a great deal of time and resources thinking of ways to use technology to make it easier and more cost-effective for utilities to meet ever-increasing power demands. To that end, Microsoft just published SERA v2.0, or the Smart Energy Reference Architecture – an in-depth exploration of the challenges utilities face Continue reading →
In addition to NTS‘s Smart Energy test harnesses, NTS also has developed a test harness to evaluate ZigBee Home Automation devices for development and pre-certification testing. Home Automation is the next big thing at the big box home stores like Lowes and Home Depot. And, as with Smart Energy, ZigBee wireless communications are leading the Continue reading →
Consumers Energy, the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy, has announced plans to install smart meters in approximately 43,800 homes and small businesses in Michigan’s Allegan and Ottawa counties later this month. Dennis McKee, Consumers Energy communications director for Smart Energy told the Holland Sentinel, “This is smart-phone technology. The meter will send a text message Continue reading →
Increasing wind power shares enhances the need to integrate wind power into the energy system and to improve its economy. In this study we propose two ways of achieving this end. One is to increase the value of wind power by integrating the heat and power markets, and thus ensures that wind power is never Continue reading →
For Silicon Valley leaders, the challenge was irresistible. As California has taken a leading role in promoting energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gases, regional leaders have scrambled to find ways to help businesses and residents alike meet new state goals to reduce emissions and rely more on renewable energy. Two years ago, a collaboration-oriented nonprofit Continue reading →
ZigBee IP Stack certification is now available at NTS Advanced Technology (NTS-AT for short). The ZigBee IP Stack has been specifically developed/updated for the needs of the new ZigBee Smart Energy 2.0 standard. And ZigBee Smart Energy 2.0 is one member of the consortium (ZigBee, Wi-Fi and HomePlug) developing the latest Smart Energy Profile. If you Continue reading →
Just how “smart” is the Research Triangle region when it comes to so-called smart energy technology? The Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster, an organization created to promote and help grow the region’s renewable, “smart” energy and other cleantech industries, has hired RTI International to find out. via RTI to analyze Triangle ‘smart’ assets for Cleantech Cluster Continue reading →
Japan’s Toshiba Corporation is increasing its foothold in the smart community business in North America with the acquisition of intelligent energy management company Consert Inc. The operations of Consert Inc. will be integrated in Landis+Gyr, a Toshiba Group company and a global provider of integrated energy management products. Consert, through its Virtual Peak PlantTM offering, Continue reading →
The evolving smart energy market offers significant potential for Information & Communication Technology (ICT) solutions. In the last two years, the industry has seen both ICT and energy vendors positioning themselves for such an opportunity. Frost & Sullivan believes that vendors’ ambitions and smart energy value propositions dictate the long term success. Looking ahead, Frost Continue reading →
Why doesn’t Silicon Valley have its own version of a smart energy zone — something like the Austin, Texas Pecan Street Project, or the smart cities popping up across Europe and Asia? via A Smart Energy Zone Grows in Silicon Valley.
In addition to the services that NTS-AT provides to manufacturers and utilities in terms of certification and testing, NTS-AT has also developed a custom test harness used to perform validation and testing of ZigBee Smart Energy devices. NTS-AT’s test harness (SETest) is based on the latest version of the ZigBee Smart Energy profile specification (version Continue reading →
Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton and City Manager David Cavazos have announced the city has been selected as a finalist for the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Mayors Challenge, a competition created to inspire American cities to generate innovative ideas that solve major challenges and improve city life and ultimately can be shared with other American cities. via Phoenix Continue reading →
The latest version of the ZigBee Smart Energy application profile, ZigBee Smart Energy 1.1b, certification testing is now available at NTS Advanced Technology. The ZigBee Smart Energy profile is the protocol of choice for smart meters and other smart grid devices, such as in-home displays and smart appliances. Contact NTS-AT today to find out how Continue reading →
NTS-AT, a diversified engineering services company providing smart grid product testing, will be attending DistribuTECH in San Diego later this month (January 29th to 31st). If you’re interested in discussing how we can help your company in testing or certification of Smart Grid/Smart Energy devices (such as smart thermostats, in-home displays, and smart meters), please email us at smartgrid@nts.com and we can setup Continue reading →
Silver Spring Networks, a networking platform and solutions provider for smart energy networks, has announced it is expanding the capabilities of its Smart Energy Platform to support commercial and industrial natural gas users. The new Silver Spring Commercial and Industrial Gas IMU (Interface Management Unit) supports a broad array of C&I natural gas endpoint devices Continue reading →
Our smart energy roundtable participants discuss evolutions that include the move to the cloud, communications standards, security (always a hot topic) and new technologies to watch. According to IMS Research, over 25 million smart grid-enabled devices, such as smart thermostats, smart energy displays, and smart appliances with the ability to communicate with smart meters, will Continue reading →
The Australian Government announced a series of innovative trials aimed at giving consumers more control over their energy use are set to begin in Newcastle and the Upper Hunter region, Australia. The trial will be run by EnergyAustralia in a partnership with Ausgrid. The trials are part of the Australian Government’s AUD 100 million (USD Continue reading →
Essent, the leading energy company in the Netherlands and AlertMe, the pioneer in Smart Home technology, today announce their partnership with the commercial launch of E-Insight, a new and unique cloud-based ‘Smart Energy’ service. The service is launched today with a high profile media campaign, called: ‘What Costs Watt?’ and is now available to homes Continue reading →
A new competition called Imagine Energy is launching today to get design ideas for a smart energy feature that will be placed in Dublin’s city centre with the aim of educating people about renewable energy. The new installation is part of the EU’s INTERREG IVB renewable energy initiative Ace that has been launched across north-west Continue reading →
