sustainable cities
Siemens Energy plans to present four selected projects that can provide energy-efficient and eco-friendly power for megacities as part of the “Metropolitan Solutions” exhibit at next month’s Hanover Fair. The featured projects include: * An offshore wind farm in the Thames estuary that can provide a sustainable power supply for
smart metering
Smart metering and energy management firm Landis+Gyr has announced that its Gridstream MDUS (smart meter data unification and synchronisation) software is now an SAP-qualified business solution. The news means that Gridstream MDUS can be integrated with the SAP for Utilities solution portfolio to help ensure that investments made can
smart cities
The challenge of creating a truly sustainable city is, to quote Winston Churchill, “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.” So far, some cities have done considerably better than others at becoming smarter and greener … but there’s not a single one yet that meets all the requirements
sustainable cities
Smart metering firm Itron Inc. has made a three-year commitment to the Frontier Project, a water and energy conservation demonstration project in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The Frontier Project, a 14,000-square-foot LEED Platinum demonstration building, is aimed at showing individual homeowners, commercial builders and sustainability advocates the latest methods and
smart meters
Less than two years after beginning the installation of smart electric meters in the Houston area, CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC has installed its one millionth meter. The company began installing Itron OpenWay smart meters in March 2009 and is on schedule to complete the installation of more than 2
photovoltaics
The use of building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems has been around for a long time (16 years since the first commercial-scale system installed in the UK). However, innovation of new products within this market has been slow to gather pace. This is set to change as the effects of increasing revenues
smart cities
South Korea’s Busan Metropolitan City today launched an innovative center to host a variety of services for its citizens. Operating like an app store for developers, the Busan Mobile Application Development Center (BMAC), marks the first phase of the city’s deployment of Smart+Connected Community (S+CC) services,
smart meters
Radio-frequency (RF) exposure levels from one type of smart meter, even at close range, fall substantially below the protective limits set by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for the general public, according to a report from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). The report presents findings that serve as a
demand response
Energy management applications firm EnerNOC has filed a petition with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to protect customers who participate in demand response in the PJM Interconnection (PJM) region. The petition is aimed at resolving the uncertainty created by a joint statement issued earlier this month by PJM and
The Peruvian government has called on IBM to help it develop and manage a private cloud-computing technology infrastructure that will centralise IT operations for 10 government-owned companies providing critical services to citizens. The civil services companies that will participate in the project include Electroperu, Hidrandina, Electrocentro, Electronorte, Electro Noroeste, Corpac,
waste-to-energy
The volume of waste going to landfills in the UK has declined dramatically since 2001, from more than 50 million tonnes to just over 30 million tonnes today. However, this amount of waste represents a potential source of 1.5 gigawatts of energy — enough to power 750,000 homes, plus
renewables
NextEnergy Capital (NEC), the European Merchant Bank with a focus on the renewable energy and clean technology sector, has reiterated its commitment to the development of a UK solar photovoltaic (PV) industry, despite the confusion caused by a surprise “fast-track review” of the UK Feed-In Tariff mechanism. The firm, already
