efficiency
Residential doors in the UK will now be given energy efficiency ratings much like windows have long received, under a new program from the British Fenestration Ratings Council (BFRC). The Door Energy Ratings (DER) scheme extends the rating system already used for doors on fridges, freezers and other white goods
smart metering
Smart-grid communications firm Tantalus is targeting utilities with a new meter module designed to help commercial and industrial customers get greater insights into their energy usage and costs. The enhanced functionality module for GE’s Kv2c and Kv2c(+) polyphase meters for commercial and industrial users will provide: * More extensive reporting
Over the past few years, smart-grid cloud platform provider Tendril has pursued a number of co-selling, reseller and integration agreements with companies that supply advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) communications. Those efforts appear to have paid off through relationships that today give it potential access to 85 percent of the North
Vermont’s Green Mountain Power has begun building a new wind-energy project that will generate enough power for more than 24,000 homes. The 21-turbine, 63-megawatt (MW) Kingdom Community Wind project in Lowell will produce electricity for Green Mountain Power customers and members of the Vermont Electric Coop. Even before
Smart Grid
Allentown, Pennsylvania-based International Battery will supply its lithium-ion phosphate batteries for an energy storage system being developed by ABB for a Swedish utility. The energy storage system will be part of the power distribution network for Falbygdens Energi AB, a subsidiary of Göteborg Energi AB. ABB’s grid-tied distributed energy
innovation
When you’re talking about the “internet of things,” there’s no telling which direction the technology might lead you in. So how about this one? Digital photograph frames that not only let you see what your sister’s Jack Russell in Madison looks like after this morning’s visit
smart buildings
Project Frog, a San Francisco-based business that offers a system for building efficient, prefabricated and sustainable structures, has secured a $22-million investment to help it expand its sales pipeline and fulfill orders. Led by GE’s Energy Financial Services, the investment round was also joined by Claremont Creek Ventures, Greener
insulation
Britain’s “Big 6” energy companies will need to pick up the pace at which they help homeowners insulate their houses if they expect to meet targets set by the government last year. New figures released today show UK’s largest energy firms need to “pull their finger out and
Smart-grid platform provider Tendril plans to hold a “Cleanweb Hackathon” that gives application developers early access to some of its APIs, documentation, sample code and help forums. Scheduled for September 10 and 11 at PariSoma in San Francisco, the event is being organized to demonstrate the functionality of Tendril’s
networking
By early next year, metering firm Elster expects to roll out a new platform that will enable a smart meter to operate on different communications networks with simple remote programming to “alter the device’s personality.” The company is calling its REXUniversal offering the “world’s first truly integrated universal
wind energy
Two wind farms under development in northeast Illinois are expected to add another 300 megawatts of clean-energy capacity to the state, which is fast becoming a leading wind power in the US. The Settlers Trail Wind Farm in Iroquois County and the Pioneer Trail Wind Farm in Iroquois and Ford
solar energy
MEMC Electronic Materials has completed its acquisition of Fotowatio Renewable Ventures US (FRV US), boosting its portfolio of US-based solar energy projects up to as much as 1.4 gigawatts (GW), once a number of projects in development are finished. MEMC, together with its solar energy subsidiary SunEdison, purchased the
