Smart Grid
Metering firm Elster will work with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to deliver a comprehensive hosted smart-grid solution for utilities. The offering is designed to provide utility companies with a variety of advanced functionalities across electric, water and gas infrastructures. According to Elster, the hosted end-to-end solution will be especially
HP this week outlined its vision for the future of information technology: to provide seamless, secure, context-aware experiences for the connected world. The convergence of cloud computing and connectivity is fundamentally changing how IT is delivered and how information is consumed. Powerful trends like consumerisation, cloud computing and connectivity are
Smart Grid
The State Grid Corporation of China has selected Nokia Siemens Networks’ optical transmission platform to help ensure consistent power supply for the world’s highest power transmission line. The corporation is building a Qinghai-Tibet power grid to improve and optimise power allocation in that area. The power grid is the
Smart Grid
Who will win the smart home-energy management stakes? The prize will go to companies that can come up with the technology that’s as close to invisible as possible for users. Why invisible? Because making the case for energy efficiency is easy, but getting people to change their habits is
energy
The governing board of the International Energy Agency (IEA) has confirmed the selection of Maria van der Hoeven, a Dutch citizen, as the next executive director of the agency. She will succeed Nobuo Tanaka of Japan, who will complete his four years of service at the end of August 2011.
Smart Grid
The number of utilities moving past smart-grid planning and into implementation has increased modestly, by 8 per cent, according to Microsoft’s Worldwide Utility Industry Survey 2011. The survey also shows a general industry expectation (73 per cent) that budgets to support these efforts are on the rise. The survey,
transport
Australia’s Ergon Energy has chosen the city of Townsville to host a research project to better understand how the widespread introduction of electric vehicles could affect the state’s regional power network. The project will feature a fleet of seven electric vehicles including five Mitsubishi i-MiEVs as well as
low carbon economy
The European Commission has released new proposals to reinvigorate 2020 energy-saving efforts and create a genuine low-carbon economy by 2050. The proposals, which include rolling out smart meters and grids, could potentially save every household €1,000 and create two million jobs in the process, according to the commission. The
heating
The British government has appointed social policy expert John Hills to lead an independent review of its fuel poverty target and definition. A household is currently classed as being in “fuel poverty” if it would need to spend more than 10 per cent of its income on fuel to keep
efficiency
Retroficiency this week announced its launch as a spinout company from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It also unveiled its energy efficiency identification and qualification (EIQ) platform, which systematically analyses the potential benefits of thousands of commercial building energy efficiency measures. Retroficiency’s platform is available immediately to energy service
Smart Grid
Danish smart-grid firm Amplex plans to host a March 17 seminar for small- and mid-sized utilities interested in getting started with smart-grid technology. The seminar will focus on how to get started with smart grid at the low-voltage level. During the program, Amplex intends to launch its StartGrid Initiate solution,
energy
The primary part of one of Michigan’s largest solar power generation systems at Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant is now up and running, delivering renewable energy to help power the production of fuel-efficient small cars. The system is the result of collaboration between Ford, DTE Energy, Xtreme Power, the
