Smart Grid
North Carolina-based PowerSecure International has received $10 million in new business for its Interactive Distributed Generation (IDG) smart-grid power systems and LED lighting products. The $7 million in IDG system orders include installations for a broad base of customers, including hospitals, municipal water systems, educational facilities, and retailers. The new
healthcare
GE has announced two new electronic medical record (EMR) solutions to help healthcare providers work smarter and more efficiently. “2011 will be a critical year for adopting meaningful use” for EMR, said Jim Corrigan, vice president and general manager of GE Healthcare IT. He added that GE’s offerings are
sustainable cities
Eight finalists have been named as contenders for the Philips Livable Cities Award, a global initiative designed to generate practical, achievable ideas for improving the health and well-being of city-dwellers across the world. The winners will be announced on 27 April, with €75,000 going to the overall winner and
sustainability
The Big Sustainability Summit, scheduled for 1 March in London, will bring together leaders and decision-makers from a variety of sectors with an aim toward turning sustainability into normality. Among those set to speak at the summit are Janos Pasztor, director of the UN Global Sustainability Panel; Jonathon Porritt, founder
One day after IBM’s Watson computer system beat two human champions on Jeopardy!, the number of volunteers registering on IBM’s World Community Grid jumped by 700 per cent. The World Community Grid is a virtual supercomputer that helps scientists solve humanitarian challenges by tapping the unused computing power
low carbon economy
The UK’s new Green Economy Council, which met for the first time this week, will focus on finding ways for government and industry to work together to support the transition to a green, low-carbon economy and minimise the costs for business while maximising the opportunities. The council will bring
demand response
ThinkEco and Tendril are working together to deliver a comprehensive demand response system for utilities. The system will integrate a version of ThinkEco’s patent-pending modlet plug-load management technology with Tendril’s extensible energy platform for energy service providers, Tendril Connect. Utilities using Tendril’s platform will then be able
microgrid
The US military has enlisted the help of an industrial manufacturer to develop a microgrid to help its bases manage power and storage while reducing carbon emissions. Eaton Corporation, through a $2.4 million federal stimulus grant, aims to help military bases ensure uninterrupted power supplies for critical mission and
low carbon economy
Speaking to the Royal Geographic Society, Chris Huhne, Britain’s secretary for energy and climate change, said the UK urgently needs to make its housing stock smarter and rapidly develop affordable, low-carbon electricity to ensure its energy security. “A quarter of the UK’s carbon emissions come from the home,
Smart Grid
South Korea’s state-run power company plans to spend $7.2 billion in smart-grid developments between now and 2030. Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) expects to invest around $360 million a year over the next five years to improve facilities for electric supply and distribution. The company plans to develop
demand response
Advanced metering has reached 8.7 per cent of the US market, up from 4.7 per cent in 2008, according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s 2010 Demand Response and Advanced Metering Survey. Those figures are even higher in the upper Midwest, West and Texas, where more than
Energy
Making our energy grids smarter and our cities sustainable is a daunting challenge however you look at it. In the US alone, the energy infrastructure has more than 500,000 miles of high-voltage lines, with many more miles of distribution lines, 3,200-plus electric utilities and over 16,000 power
