Several German automakers have reached an agreement towards the future standard for EV charging. Audi, BMW, Daimler, Porsche and Volkswagen all agreed on HomePlug’s Green PHY charging technology, which is able to send data over high voltage cables, simplifying the circuitry. via HomePlug’s EV Charging Standard Adopted by German Automakers | Electric Vehicles | The Continue reading →
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The OpenADR Alliance, a nonprofit corporation created to foster the development, adoption and compliance of a Smart Grid standard known as Open Automated Demand Response (OpenADR) is showing significant progress in its goal to certify interoperable demand response products by the end of this year. With membership growing from 4 to 32 in six months, Continue reading →
The UCA International Users Group (UCAIug) announced today that in support of the Smart Grid Testing and Certification Committee (SGTCC) it has completed a preliminary assessment of its IEC 61850 based test program, and has agreed to implement the interoperability test program recommendations of the NIST Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP). Successful completion of the Continue reading →
Networking giant Cisco and smart meter leader Itron have joined forces to deliver an IP-based communications platform to the smart grid market, but the announcement is light on details, such as when the companies will deliver on their promises. The two companies want to create a “definitive” platform that defines a standard for smart grids, Continue reading →
ASHRAE/NEMA Standard 201P will provide common basis with which electrical energy consumers can describe, manage, and communicate regarding electrical energy consumptions and forecasts. Defined object-oriented information model would enable appliances and control systems to manage electrical loads and generation sources in response to communication with smart electrical grid as well as communicate information about those Continue reading →
Trilliant Incorporated, a leader in delivering Smart Grid solutions that enhance energy efficiency, utility operations, and renewable resource integration, today announced that is has joined the U-SNAP Alliance, an open industry association dedicated to creating a low-cost, protocol-agnostic, and interoperable communications standard for connecting home appliances, thermostats, and controls to Smart Grid networks. Trilliant has Continue reading →
Toward the end of 2009, SIP Forum (News – Alert) started a task force dedicated to evaluating the application of the Session Initiation Protocol in the Smart Grid ecosystem. The origins of this group were previously covered in an article I wrote for this portal here. Six months later, the group has over 100 members across a Continue reading →
Through the 3rd Energy Package the European Union (EU) has mandated the rollout of “smart meters” by member states. All member states need to undertake feasibility studies although most of the larger ones are on track to have some form of smart metering system in place for most of the residential sector by 2020. To Continue reading →
G.hn, the catch all no-new-wires home networking standard that can accommodate copper wire, coax, and powerlines, reached a big milestone as the ITU gave their final approval of the standard. via G.hn standard gets ITU-T’s blessing – FierceTelecom.
The marketplace for Smart Grid technology products is expanding thanks in part to an open-source communications specification developed by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and its research partners. The OpenADR communications specification provides a common “language” for developers of technology for the Smart Grid. OpenADR allows building control systems to respond automatically to Internet-based Continue reading →
Powerline smart grid proponents go head-to-head at the Connectivity Week shooting off competing announcements aimed at the emerging market for smart electric grids. Adversaries were quick to admit the market potential is huge, but the there is still no end in sight to years of fragmentation in their technical approaches. The HomePlug Powerline Alliance announced Continue reading →
The HomePlug® Powerline Alliance congratulates the IEEE P1901 Working Group on passage of the initial sponsor ballot, paving the way for a global standard for powerline (PLC) networking. The ballot passed with over 80 percent of affirmative votes, which demonstrates the overwhelming industry support behind 1901. Final ratification of the standard is expected in the Continue reading →
The ZigBee® Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, residential, commercial and consumer electronics applications, today announced the ZigBee Smart Energy version 2.0 Technical Requirements Document (TRD) is available for public comment by the Smart Grid community at large, opening it beyond those who have been active in Continue reading →
Who knew that beaming data back and forth between utilities and smart meters could be so controversial? Wireless communications is quickly becoming the hot button issue in the Smart Grid industry, with companies split into three camps, one advocating the use of public networks (SmartSynch), another pushing proprietary networks (Silver Spring Networks, Trilliant), and the Continue reading →
IEEE says its draft standard addressing electric-sourced transportation infrastructure, IEEE P1809, is being redesignated as IEEE P2030.1 and will join the organization’s IEEE P2030 smart grid family of standards. via Renew Grid: Content / FYI / IEEE Redesignates Standard To Reflect Connection With Smart Grid.
When it comes to smart grid deployments the need for “open” architecture using Internet Protocol has become resounding (IP is one of our Winners of 2009 on GigaOM Pro). Hey, even the phone companies — who have long built closed, proprietary networks — want to offer something in the ballpark of an open network. This morning Continue reading →
The dream of home connectivity, for functions such as home automation and smart grids, but without risking aerial hacking and dead spots and without costly and time-consuming drilling additional holes and fishing more wires is becoming closer to reality. via Smart Grid.
At this week's CES show in Las Vegas, powerline communications (PLC) networking advocates got a nice win as the IEEE announced that it has released the P1901 Draft Standard for powerline communications. via CES 2010: IEEE releases powerline communications draft standard – FierceTelecom.
HomeGrid Forum, a global, non-profit trade group promoting the United Nations’ International Telecommunication Union’s, or “ITU-T,” G.hn networking standard, announced that the ITU-T G.hn workgroup has agreed upon a number of key specifications for smart for G.hn Smart Grid products. via Smart Grid.
Auto makers hope to ratify in January the first draft of a standard that will link electric vehicles to the smart grid. Over the next year, the group aims to define a suite of five standards including ones describing ways to link electric cars to home networks. “All the car makers are in our group Continue reading →
