The Danish island of Bornholm, a quiet farming and fishing community of 42 000 in the Baltic Sea, will soon be home to one of the world’s smartest smart grids. Through the four-year, €21 million (US $28 million) EcoGrid project, about 2000 households there will be connected to an island-spanning network that will enable homeowners Continue reading →
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As smart meter deployment continues on schedule and on budget, I would like to revisit a topic we touched upon in my column last November. I mentioned that when I look at the Naperville Smart Grid Initiative (NSGI), the benefits fall into four main categories that I call the “4Es” of Smart Grid: Energy, Environment, Continue reading →
Energy giant E.ON recently launched a new offer to bolster uptake of its three-year ‘Business Electricity Plan’ contract. In an announcement made yesterday (February 13), the company said that the first 850 SMEs to commit to the tariff would receive the company’s Business EnergyManager smart meter and a free Asus Netbook. “We know that businesses Continue reading →
Wireless Glue Networks, Inc. and its partners, GKB Technology Company, Ltd., today announced they will showcase their latest Energy Management and Control System for Toko Electric Company at DistribuTECH. The system enables customers to measure real-time energy consumption and institute demand response (DR) programs through automated control of energy usage in conjunction with distributed generation. Continue reading →
ETSI has recently published two specifications for Smart Grid that will help drive the development and deployment of open, interoperable smart grid technologies internationally. As the smart grid evolves, it will become commonplace for utilities to cooperate with grid-aware systems and devices to reduce power usage intelligently, giving commercial, industrial and municipal users reduced rates Continue reading →
This week I was with U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra when he announced huge progress on the White House Green Button initiative. All three major California utilities (Pacific Gas & Electric, San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison) have gone live with green button on their websites. Here’s how it works: After Continue reading →
The White House hopes that someday soon everyone will be able to monitor and control their home energy usage, and lower their monthly utility bills, with a few swipes on a smartphone app. At least that’s the vision of the Green Button initiative, a recent White House effort to bring together the nation’s utilities, energy Continue reading →
“No, we can’t tell what you’re doing.” That’s the answer to one of the most commonly asked questions about B.C. Hydro’s new smart meters. During a presentation at the Fort St. John & District Chamber of Commerce, Cindy Verschoor, Communications & Public Affairs Manager for Hydro, explained that the company only receives a chart showing Continue reading →
Starting next Tuesday NV Energy will begin installing smart meters at every customer’s home in the state. And with a few more clicks on the computer you can easily watch and manage your usage. “It gives them their bill on a daily basis. So they no longer have to wait until the end of the month to know Continue reading →
Boston-based EnerNOC, which pays organizations to join “demand response” pools whose members agree to cut back on power usage during times of peak electrical demand, said today that it has added a major new partner: the State of Rhode Island. via EnerNOC Signs up Rhode Island | Xconomy.
POWRtec International Corp. POWT +25.00% , an innovative California-based energy monitoring company, is pleased to comment upon the recent innovations within home appliances compatible with smart meters. Smart energy meters allow consumers to control the energy usage within their households and allow the utility companies to measure usage and avoid overcapacity. This provides a win-win Continue reading →
POWRtec International, an energy monitoring company based in California, has released a statement on the current developments in smart energy meter-compatible home appliances. Smart energy meters are intelligent devices that are advantageous to both consumers as well as energy companies. They also benefit the environment. The devices facilitate residential consumers to control their usage of Continue reading →
In a world where everything relies on energy, switching from regular energy sources to wind power is a smart option. Today, wind energy represents 2.5% of worldwide electricity, which means that lots of people have already realized the advantages of using wind power for their homes or even for their businesses. It is estimated that Continue reading →
Georgia Power trucks and meter readers soon will cease to be a mainstay in Savannah’s neighborhoods. The company will begin installing “Smart Meters” on Chatham County homes and businesses on Jan. 9. The meters allow for power usage to be read remotely, using a dedicated radio frequency, and for Georgia Power to start and stop Continue reading →
The world’s first ZigBee-certified wireless water meter developed by Elster and Freestyle Technology is using ZigBee technology from Ember to help utilities and consumers better manage their water cost and usage. Elster and Freestyle have integrated Ember’s ZigBee System-on-Chip and ZigBee PRO networking software into the new Elster V200 digital water meter to serve global Continue reading →
Smart metering of water use gives real-time information that enables businesses to become more efficient, thus reducing water and energy bills, says Jacob Tompkins. We are overloaded by information: 24-hour news channels, internet, smart phones, spam – information is clamouring for our attention. But in this mess we sometimes overlook crucial information, such as water Continue reading →
The world’s first ZigBee-certified wireless water meter, developed by Elster and Freestyle Technology, is using Ember’s ZigBee System-on-Chip and ZigBee PRO networking software to help utilities and consumers better manage their water usage and costs. via Elster Meter to use Ember ZigBee Technology.
Elster announced today that Tennessee ‘s Bolivar Energy Authority (BEA) has selected the Elster EnergyAxis Smart Grid solution to deliver an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system, delivering improved operational efficiencies and empowering its electric customers to better manage energy usage and lower energy costs. via Bolivar Energy Authority Selects Elster for Smart Grid Deployment – Continue reading →
A ZigBee-certified wireless water meter developed by Elster and Freestyle Technology is using ZigBee technology from Ember to help utilities and consumers better manage their water cost and usage. via Ember Enables ZigBee-certified Water Meter | ECN: Electronic Component News.
EnerNOC, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENOC), the world’s leading provider of demand response applications and solutions, today announced that Kimberly-Clark Inc. has joined its network of facilities providing demand response capacity to the Ontario Power Authority (OPA). Kimberly-Clark will use EnerNOC’s DemandSMART™ application to reduce energy usage at its Huntsville, Ontario mill when demand for electricity is Continue reading →
