Ohio plans to invest $626m in smart-grid technology
FirstEnergy has proposed a four-year, $626m investment plan to expand smart-grid technology through its Ohio utilities – Ohio Edison, Cleveland Electric Illuminating and Toledo Edison. The plan has been [...]
Trilliant starts manufacturing in Malaysia
North Carolina-based Trilliant, a provider of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), smart grid, smart cities and IoT technology, has started manufacturing in Malaysia. Additionally, the company has reached a smart [...]
USTDA backs Radeema smart grid in Morocco
The US Trade & Development Agency (USTDA) has awarded a grant to support Morocoo’s first smart-grid deployment. The funding is going to Radeema (Régie Autonome de Distribution d’Eau et [...]
Revterra raises $6m to develop grid stabilising battery
Revterra, a Houston-based technology company developing a grid-stabilising kinetic battery, has announced a $6m series A financing round. Texas firm Revterra’s kinetic battery is a drop-in to enable rapid [...]
Energy storage improves smart grid at Singapore port
An energy storage system (ESS) should enable more energy efficient port operations at Pasir Panjang Terminal in Singapore when it becomes operational this quarter. This ESS is part of [...]
Smart thermostats strain electricity grids
Smart thermostats may inadvertently be putting extra strain on electricity grids, according to researchers at New York’s Cornell University. Set by default to turn on before dawn, the smart [...]
Trial shows how smart grids handle EV charging
A trial in Milton Keynes in the UK has shown how electricity networks can use smart technology to cope with charging more electric vehicles (EVs). As increasing numbers of [...]
Microsoft uses data centre power to support Irish grid
Microsoft is to use banks of lithium-ion batteries it has installed at its data centre in Dublin to help Irish grid operators provide an uninterrupted service. Nearly 400 wind [...]
Energy Queensland deploys Itron meter data collector
Energy Queensland is to deploy Temetra, Itron’s cloud-based mobile meter data collection and management offering. Energy Queensland is a government-owned corporation consisting of two electric utilities serving 2.3 million [...]
Ofgem five-year plan to transform UK energy grids
UK energy regulator Ofgem has unveiled a five-year vision for building sustainable and affordable regional energy grids, supporting a low carbon, cheaper future for the country. The 2023 to [...]
AutoGrid and Willdan create flexible grid capacity
Californian companies AutoGrid and Willdan are collaborating to create flexible capacity using heat pump water heaters in virtual power plants. AutoGrid announced the collaboration with Willdan to accelerate the [...]
OSK satellites monitor Energy Transfer pipelines
Dallas-based Energy Transfer is using satellite technology from Californian company Orbital Sidekick (OSK) to monitor its pipelines. The company will monitor its assets in the Permian Basin through satellite [...]
