Now more than 100 years old, employee-owned and Chicago-based S&C Electric provides electric power equipment and services, competing with the likes of ABB, Eaton/Cooper, General Electric and Siemens. On paper, Kyle Seymour makes sense to lead S&C Electric in its next phase. First, he is already familiar with S&C from serving on its Board since Continue reading →
The new Smart Grid Strategy brings Danish consumers a significant step closer to managing their own energy consumption. The strategy combines electricity meters, read on an hourly basis, with variable tariffs and a data hub. This will enable consumers to use the power when it is least expensive. “We have set the course for developing Continue reading →
The new Smart Grid Strategy brings Danish consumers a significant step closer to managing their own energy consumption. The strategy combines electricity meters, read on an hourly basis, with variable tariffs and a data hub. This will enable consumers to use the power when it is least expensive. via Danish Government Launches Smart Grid Strategy – Continue reading →
The smart grid advancements underway at San Diego Gas & Electric, including the installation of 2.3 million smart meters and an advanced Outage Management System using real-time data from the smart meters, have recently earned the utility two national recognitions. Greentech Media, a national clean technology news and research website, has named SDG&E one of Continue reading →
Ventyx, an ABB company that provides enterprise software solutions for energy and industrial infrastructure clients, has recruited one of the brightest bulbs on the smart grid chandelier to spearhead the company’s transmission and distribution (T&D) solutions strategy. via Ventyx Builds Smart Grid Brain Trust – Forbes.
Recently Dutch experts from the fields of smart grids, cyber security and infrastructure resilience were on a visit to the US.They met with their American counterparts to exchange information and explore opportunities for collaboration between the Netherlands and the United States as well as engage US stakeholders in their post-Sandy resilience agenda. As home to Continue reading →
The Philadelphia region is poised to become one of the nation’s leaders in fostering a more energy-efficient building stock. While President Barack Obama’s comments in last month’s State of the Union speech highlighted the administration’s commitment to energy efficiency as an important strategy to mitigate climate change, public and private stakeholders in Philadelphia have already Continue reading →
Silver Spring Networks has always been a thought leader. In the very earliest days of the smart grid, SSN was a lonely voice in the wilderness, calling out the virtues of IPv6, RF mesh and other concepts we now take for granted. Like every other smart grid company, SSN is making several announcements at this year’s Continue reading →
Cisco has just announced three additions to its smart grid portfolio. Taken together, they reinforce several themes: The gradual merger of IT and OT Cisco’s ability to pull products and expertise from other sectors and apply them to the smart grid Cisco’s ability to allow legacy systems to play in the IP world Cisco’s determination Continue reading →
Cisco has just announced three additions to its smart grid portfolio. Taken together, they reinforce several themes: The gradual merger of IT and OT Cisco’s ability to pull products and expertise from other sectors and apply them to the smart grid Cisco’s ability to allow legacy systems to play in the IP world Cisco’s determination Continue reading →
San Diego Gas & Electric has scrapped plans to build a high-speed private WiMAX network to support its smart grid applications. The utility revealed the shift in strategy in a recent filing with the California PUC. SDG&E does not expect a delay in any of its smart grid plans as a result of the change, Continue reading →
CESI Middle East, a market leader in power systems consulting and testing, announced that it has been selected by the Electricity & Co-Generation Authority of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, ECRA, to develop policies, specification requirements and an implementation plan for a smart metering and advanced metering infrastructure. via CESI Middle East wins prestigious project Continue reading →
A new report from the Center for American Progress — The Networked Energy Web: The Convergence of Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid, and Distributed Power Generation as the Next Frontier of the ICT Revolution– touts a bipartisan strategy for accelerating the transformation of the electric grid into a clean, private, secure and transparent integrated network. via Continue reading →
In 2008, Progress Energy initiated the Smart Grid/Distribution System Demand Response (DSDR) project in the Carolinas as the first step in its long-range smart grid strategy and as part of its balanced energy strategy to meet the future energy needs of its customers. The DSDR project is designed to reduce generation requirements during peak load Continue reading →
The loss of power from San Onofre will be a big hole to fill, but one that officials say should only be a problem on peak demand days this summer. Ted Reguly of SDG&E said a new strategy – launched for the first time this year– will reduce people’s electricity bills if they use less Continue reading →
A key industry strategy to capitalise on Scotland’s smart-grid expertise has been published by All Energy. The strategy will create thousands of new jobs in Scotland in a bid to secure the country’s place as a leading international provider of Smart Grid technology. Up to 12,000 jobs are expected to be created by 2020 and Continue reading →
The blueprint announced by First Minister Alex Salmond at a conference in Aberdeen is accompanied by a target to create 12,000 new jobs by 2020. It is claimed that Scotland already has world-class research in smart grids and related technologies. The strategy was developed by a working group of academics and individuals from industry and Continue reading →
The rise in global oil prices in recent years may have been a boon for Alaska’s state revenues, but for Alaska’s rural communities the parallel rise in fuel prices has created an economic crisis. Faced with massive bills for heating and cooking, many rural residents have faced stark choices between the competing necessities of heat, Continue reading →
Global management consulting and technology services company Accenture has opened a new R&D lab in Beijing, China, to research emerging technologies and help businesses and governments there and elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific Region develop new solutions and products throughout a broad range of industries. One primary area the lab will focus on is how smart Continue reading →
I had breakfast recently with Thierry Godart, president of Siemens smart grid division in the U.S. Right from the start, he declared that 2012 would be all about integration. And he is throwing down the gauntlet. “We want to be the leading smart grid integrator,” he told me. More specifically, Godart has big plans for Continue reading →
