GE releases new platform of distribution automation controllers
GE Energy has released a new platform of distribution automation (DA) controllers for the smart grid. The Multilin Voltage Regulator
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Cisco follows Google, Microsoft in leaving home energy management
Like Google and Microsoft before it, Cisco has decided to remove its eggs from the home energy management basket. Writing
Elster to deploy more smart meters in Kazakhstan
Elster will be helping a regional distribution grid company in Kazakhstan deploy advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) for high- and medium-voltage
Onzo on track to process 1 trillion energy readings by year's end
Energy analytics firm Onzo says it’s on track to record and process more than one trillion (1,000 billion)
New 1E software targets IT upgrade inefficiencies
IT efficiency firm 1E has released a new version of its Nomad Enterprise software that further minimizes the amount of
Partnership eyes smart-grid advances for China and beyond
Alcatel-Lucent and China’s State Grid Information & Telecommunication Company (SGIT) are teaming up to develop smart-grid technologies for utilities.
US invests $175m in advanced-vehicle R&D
The US Department of Energy (DOE) plans to spend more than $175 million over the next three to five years
First Nations community uses solar power for airfield lighting
The Northern Canadian Tsay Keh Dene First Nation is turning to solar-powered LED (light-emitting diode) lighting to illuminate an airfield
Beacon Power gets $5m for PA flywheel energy storage plant
Beacon Power Corporation has received a $5-million state grant toward construction of a 20-megawatt (MW) flywheel energy storage plant in
From coal plant to green community for $450 million
A team of environmental groups, architects, urban planners, financial advisors, community groups and other organizations envisions transforming the site of
Design software targets utilities facing 'unprecedented challenges'
Autodesk has released two new additions to its portfolio of software for building information modeling (BIM) for sustainable infrastructure: Autodesk
How to conquer the smart-grid market
By Tory Patrick Although the implementation of smart meters has elicited varied opinions from the areas impacted, the bottom line