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Thread adds AI to utility asset management

North Dakota-based Thread, formerly Airtonomy, a specialist in asset maintenance for energy and utilities, has built artificial intelligence (AI) driven predictive data collection technology using Microsoft Project AirSim. Courtesy [...]

Utilidata to make smart-grid chips in Michigan

Grid-edge technology company Utilidata has established domestic manufacturing for its Nvidia-powered smart grid chips in the heartland of the USA. The Rhode Island company has announced a manufacturing partnership [...]

Aetheros to power US smart-meter deployments

Aetheros, with its IoT operating system for massive machine type computing and communications, has entered the US market to power the next wave of smart meter deployments with distributed [...]

Airtel plans 1.3m smart meters in Bihar homes

Indian telco Bharti Airtel is working with local company Secure Meters to deploy NB-IoT services that will power 1.3 million smart meters in homes in Bihar. This deployment will [...]

EnergyHub and Fermata help utilities benefit from EVs

New York-based EnergyHub and Virginia’s Fermata Energy are working together to help utilities accelerate the use of electric vehicles as grid-edge resources. The aim is for utilities to optimise [...]

Tennet vision for electricity grid in 2045

Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO) Tennet has presented Target Grid, its vision for the electricity grid of 2045. The approach is designed to cope with the challenges of energy [...]

Funding for smart grids and energy storage falls

Corporate funding for energy storage companies reached $2.2nn in Q1 2023, according to Mercom Capital Group, a clean energy communications and consulting firm. The quarterly report covers funding and [...]

Grid modernisation investment sees rapid growth

Around $36.4bn of grid modernisation is planned by investor-owned utilities in the USA, according to a report from consultant Wood Mackenzie. Grid modernisation investment has seen 37% CAGR since [...]

Rockwell supervises TotalEnergies with robots

Wisconsin-based Rockwell Automation is leveraging IoT, gamification and digital twin technologies to implement a robotic supervision system (RSS) for French energy and petroleum company TotalEnergies. Rockwell is implementing a [...]

UK government struggles to hit smart meter target

The UK government will struggle to meet its 2025 target of 100% smart meter coverage, according to market researcher Cornwall Insight. The smart meter analysis, which also looks at [...]

Forth robots protect nuclear power plants

Remotely-operated rescue robots capable of withstanding hazardous environments should make emergency jobs across nuclear plants significantly safer and more cost effective. UK engineering firm Forth has designed and manufactured [...]

Myenergi receives £30m to support smart-home range

Eco-smart home technology manufacturer Myenergi has secured a £30m funding package from the HSBC bank to support the development and production of innovative smart home energy products. This significant [...]