smart meters
The Italian company that brought smart energy meters and remote management for the smart-grid to Italy and Spain is going overseas and bringing its technology to Brazil. Enel, with its Spanish subsidiary Endesa, is developing a pilot remote management project in Brazil, using the same metering technology that Endesa is
energy markets
British officials are lifting some regulatory requirements on smaller gas and electricity companies to encourage growth and innovation in the UK energy markets. The move frees firms with 250,000 or fewer customers from having to comply with the government’s Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) and the Community Energy
smart meters
You know energy conservation has gone mainstream when companies start holding contests in that area offering big prizes to “ordinary folks.” A new “Biggest Energy Saver” contest is actually two contests, rather than one. Starting mid-July, Texas residents in the Oncor and CenterPoint Energy service areas will be able to
Energy security isn’t vital just to keep our society functioning, but better energy efficiency could be one way to help the beleaguered real estate market bounce back, according to a company that’s just changed its name to reflect that philosophy. “Our industry must help raise the value of
water
Electricity and gas companies aren’t the only utilities are worried about keeping their services going as demand rises while resources grow increasingly constrained. Water utilities also have reasons for concern. That’s because the growing middle classes of the world want more water not just for drinking, but consume
smart buildings
It might still look its age — about a century old — on the outside, but Tulane University’s School of Architecture building is getting a 21st-century makeover to its innards that will make it “smarter” and more energy efficient than ever before. IBM is transforming Richardson Memorial Hall in New Orleans
energy security
Coal consumption: up. Oil consumption (and prices): up. Hydro, solar, wind, geothermal and biofuel consumption: all up. Carbon dioxide emissions: up. An improving (though it didn’t feel like it in some places) global economy last year caused growth in all things energy-related as well, according to the just-released 60th
solar energy
Large-scale solar energy projects are all well and good, but they shouldn’t be underwritten at the expense of households that want to add solar panels to their rooftops, British officials have decided. The UK’s Department for Energy and Climate Change confirmed today that it will roll out new
solar energy
As part of their strategy to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, the US Marines are turning to solar power to provide energy for airfield lighting in Afghanistan. The Marine Corps just signed a contract for a solar hybrid airfield lighting system that’s fast to deploy and wirelessly controlled. The
Smart Grid
The “internet of things,” as the smart grid is often called, shares a lot of characteristics with an unlikely person: “celebutante” Paris Hilton: 1. They’ve both partied in Amsterdam 2. Impossible to go a week without hearing about either of them 3. Money … big money 4. Pro on energy
big data
Imagine a future city where the water company can pinpoint a water main burst … before it happens. Where residents can turn to their mobile phones or laptops to find out which routes to avoid on the way home from work later in the day because of predicted traffic congestion. Where
solar energy
A solar power plant in the Middle East is proving that large-scale sun energy is a viable option in the region … but it’s just a warmup for a much bigger solar plant of a different kind soon to come. Just entering its third year of operation, the 10-megawatt (MW)
