transport
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) will form an Electric Vehicles Standards Panel (EVSP) to develop a standardisation roadmap to enable the safe, mass deployment of electric vehicles and associated infrastructure in the US. The decision was made in response to suggestions that the US standardisation community needs a coordinated
Smart Grid
Comverge, which specialises in intelligent energy management solutions for residential, commercial and industrial customers, has established a new international subsidiary to capitalise on the growing global demand for its software, hardware and services. Michael D. Picchi, Comverge’s CFO, will lead the new subsidiary as president of Comverge International. A
Smart Grid
IBM has announced that two new utilities have joined its Global IUN Coalition, a group of utility companies designed to further the adoption of smarter energy grids around the world: TEPCO from Japan, and KEPCO from Korea. The coalition now collectively serves approximately 150 million energy customers worldwide. TEPCO, the
energy
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has launched two new fellowship programs designed to attract the country’s best and brightest scientific minds to work on advanced clean-energy technologies. The two fellowship programs — the Postdoctoral Fellowships Program and the SunShot Initiative Fellowships Program — will prepare budding scientists and engineers for
sustainable cities
As part of the Chinese “10 cities 10,000 lights” project, three districts in the capital Beijing have been equipped with LED street luminaires by the HBTechnology CAST Group, using OSLON SSL LED by OSRAM Opto Semiconductors. The new fixtures ensure that busy streets are brightly lit while saving up
heating
The UK government has today announced the details of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) policy which is set to revolutionise the way heat is generated and used in buildings and homes across the UK. It is the first financial support scheme for renewable heat of its kind in the world.
energy storage
Saft’s specialised Sunica.plus batteries will provide the energy storage at the heart of Eltek Valere’s innovative hybrid telecom power systems that are currently being rolled out to 80 mobile telecom sites across Nigeria. These co-location sites are being provided for Nigeria’s wireless operators on a fully
sustainable cities
The Polish city of Elblag has chosen Cisco’s Borderless Network solution to build a municipal broadband network. Elblag is a port city in northern Poland with more than 120,000 inhabitants and access to the Baltic Sea. A next-generation multiservice Internet Protocol (IP) network with 120 kilometres (75 miles)
Smart Grid
Progress Energy has chosen IBM as the lead systems integrator for the utility’s smart-grid program. Together the companies will transform Progress Energy’s networks by improving power efficiency, increasing power quality and reliability, and enhancing capabilities for renewable energy, energy storage systems and plug-in electric vehicles. Progress Energy is
sustainability
The Climate Change Business Journal has announced the winners of its Business Achievement Awards for 2010. Gold award winners include the demand response firm EnerNOC (business achievement: growth), renewable energy company Cannon Power (business achievement: growth), climate change mitigation and adaptation consultancy AECOM (consulting & engineering: climate change practice), engineering
Smart Grid
Digi International andQualityLogic Inc. have announced that the Digi ERT/Ethernet Gateway has successfully completed the testing under the Itron ChoiceConnect ERT Receiver Logo Program and is the first product to receive logo certification. Under the program, QualityLogic tests the compatibility between Itron’s ChoiceConnect meter messages and devices from
solar energy
Soitec (Euronext Paris), a supplier of advanced solutions for the electronics and energy industries, has announced that its Concentrix concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) technology has been selected by Tenaska Solar Ventures to produce 150 megawatts (MW) of clean energy for San Diego Gas & Electric. The new CPV solar power plant,
