oil
Greenbang CEO Dan Ilett posed a simple question to our team over the weekend: “Guys — how much oil is left?” Here’s how our subsequent discussion went: Shirley Siluk Gregory, Senior research analyst: That’s the trillion-dollar question, isn’t it? Here’s what the International Energy Agency’s latest
smart metering
The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) has entered into a value-added reseller agreement with smart-grid firm Sensus. Through this partnership NRTC will offer its members Sensus smart-grid technologies, including the FlexNet advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system, smart meters, distribution automation and demand response solutions. In response to requests from co-op
demand response
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has backed the demand response firm EnerNOC with a decision that upholds the company’s compensation policies for customers. The opinion goes against PJM, a grid operator that had complained that some demand response companies were overcounting customer load reductions. In its order,
smart metering
Tantalus has been chosen to provide an advanced metering system for Norwich Public Utilities (NPU), a municipal utility in southeast Connecticut. NPU, which provides electricity to 22,000 customers and water, sewer and natural gas service to 20,000 properties, aims to use the metering system to introduce a range
Energy
The US Department of Energy (DOE) will hold its first Science for Our Nation’s Energy Future: Energy Frontier Research Centres Summit & Forum from May 25 through 27 in Washington D.C. The summit will bring together scientists and energy policy leaders to explore the challenges and opportunities in
Smart Grid
NRGi, Denmark’s fourth largest utility, has selected Echelon Corporation’s Networked Energy Services (NES) smart-grid control system to implement throughout its services territory. The system includes Echelon software for sensing, monitoring and control applications for the low-voltage grid and smart meters for nearly 150,000 homes and businesses. With
sustainable cities
Duke Energy has chosen Verizon Wireless to provide the telecommunications network that will connect the digital meters, signs and media players that will be used in Envision: Charlotte, a first-of-its-kind, public-private collaboration to make the commercial buildings in Charlotte’s urban core more energy-efficient. Using digital energy technologies connected by
electric cars
Better Place has partnered with several Canadian agencies to kick off an electric vehicle (EV) charging and demonstration project in Ontario. Its partners include two of Ontario’s largest municipally-owned electric utilities — PowerStream and Veridian Connections — as well as the city of Toronto and national charity Evergreen. The project aims
Sustainability focused businesses have a problem. And the new £550 million green financing program being offered by Siemens and The Carbon Trust in the UK underscores exactly why: these businesses have started to realise that customers aren’t going to invest in efficiency, no matter how great the payback, if
demand response
Energy-efficiency firm Johnson Controls and EnergyConnect Group, a provider of smart-grid demand response services and technologies, have signed a merger agreement under which Johnson Controls would acquire the outstanding shares of EnergyConnect. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to be completed by July. The acquisition
sustainable cities
IBM has gone live with a free web resource called City Forward that’s designed to improve the quality of life in cities of all sizes around the world by helping officials make sounder and more scientific decisions on city services. The site gives policymakers, citizen-advocates and the public a
low carbon economy
The Carbon Trust and Siemens have partnered to provide UK businesses with green equipment finance worth up to £550 million over the next three years. The deal is aimed at boosting green growth and unlocking business investment in the low-carbon economy, a key to the UK’s recovery. The new
