Energy
Alstom has teamed up with Rotem Industries Ltd and Gefen Biomed Investments — two Israeli firms specialising in cutting-edge technology — in creating a joint venture to finance and support the growth of innovative startups in the field of renewable and alternative energy and energy-saving technologies. Alstom will have a 50-per cent
smart meters
British Columbia-based PortaOne has released PortaMDM, a meter data management and billing software platform for electricity, gas, water and sewer utilities. Compatible with all major brands of smart meters, PortaMDM is a unified, real-time billing and SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) application for smart metering networks. PortaMDM is designed
energy storage
An energy future that’s both secure and low-carbon means more than just lots of solar panels and wind turbines: it will take lots of energy storage as well. Without a reliable, affordable and wide-scale means of storing energy, the intermittent power from sun, wind and tidal sources just won’
The Utilities Telecom Council is objecting to the fact that no electricity, gas and water providers are represented on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Emergency Response Interoperability Centre’s Public Safety Advisory Council. The 60-member council was appointed by the FCC as part of the effort to guide the
energy management
Siemens Metering Services has announced a reseller partnership with GridPoint to deliver smart energy management solutions for business. The new partnership, with primary focus on the UK and European market, enhances Siemens’ existing smart energy metering portfolio designed to drive major cost and efficiency savings in customers’ operations. The partnership
demand response
As part of its focus on helping building owners reduce energy use and cost, Tridium has announced the market availability of a new OpenADR (open automated demand response) simple client driver for its Niagara AX Framework. The software driver enables communication between Niagara AX hosts and utilities, allowing independent system
IBM has announced new software and the creation a new consulting practice dedicated to the emerging category of “smarter commerce,” which is focused on helping companies swiftly adapt to rising customer demands in today’s digitally transformed marketplace. The new Smarter Commerce software and services offerings, supported by global sales
Smart Grid
The Demand Response Coordinating Committee (DRCC) has changed its membership structure in accordance with the services it will now provide as a professional membership society. Reflecting this new focus, the DRCC has changed its name to the Association for Demand Response & Smart Grid (ADS). Tim Roughan, Director of Product
Smart Grid
Smart-grid firm Itron has realigned its global organisation to operate in two primary segments: energy and water. The change is aimed at helping the company meet its near- and long-term goals by strategically aligning global operations with the markets it serves. Philip Mezey, currently senior vice president and chief operating
smart meters
Telefónica O2 UK has signed a multi-million-pound contract with G4S Utility Services, a security solutions group and smart-meter operations service provider, to simplify the remote management and monitoring of the company’s smart-meter network in Britain. The new partnership marks Telefónica O2 UK’s first move into the smart metering
demand response
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has established a new rule regarding compensation for demand response resources in organised wholesale energy markets. The rule requires organised wholesale energy market operators to pay demand response resources the market price for energy, known as the locational marginal price (LMP), when those resources
low carbon economy
The US Department of Energy has joined with the US Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration and its Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship to announce the opening of the $12 million i6 Green Challenge, which will also be conducted in partnership with the US Department of Agriculture, the US Environmental
