Duke Energy Florida installs two million smart meters
Duke Energy has completed a multiyear effort in Florida to upgrade nearly two million meters to smart meters. The smart meters are part of Duke Energy’s commitment to building [...]
Zühlke app shows where to install EV chargers
Swiss firm Zühlke is developing an app for the UK government to help potential investors find the best places to install vehicle charging infrastructure. With the sale of new [...]
HMS provides smart gateways to energy networks
Swedish firm HMS Networks has introduced two smart-grid gateways that let IO and wifi sensors connect to energy networks. The firm is expanding its Ixxat SG-gateway series for networking [...]
USA plans investment in national power grid
The US government has announced plans to upgrade America’s power infrastructure, creating jobs, increasing reliability and combating climate change. Last week, the White House made announcements that underscore the [...]
OG&E deploys fibre for grid automation
Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG&E) is upgrading the resiliency and capacity of its communications network backbone to accommodate grid automation and mitigate risk of wireless interference on the traditional [...]
Hitachi ABB partners NTU Singapore on smart grid research
Hitachi ABB Power Grids and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore are working together on solid-state transformer (SST) technology for smart grid development. The project is being led by [...]
Eaton goes for buildings-as-a-grid approach
Power management company Eaton is launching a suite of hardware, software and services that can transform buildings into energy hubs that extract benefit from on-site renewable generation. Its buildings-as-a-grid [...]
Empa researcher develops computer model for grid planning
Cristina Dominguez, a researcher at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science & Technology (Empa), is developing a computer model that can be used to plan electricity grids in [...]
Swedish project accelerates vehicle-to-grid development
A five-partner project in Sweden aims to accelerate the development of vehicle-to-anything (V2X) technology, including vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and vehicle-to-home (V2H). Supported by the Swedish Energy Agency, car brand Polestar [...]
Vision adopts Semtech LoRa for smart meters
South Carolina-based Vision Metering is incorporating the LoRaWan protocol and Semtech LoRa devices in smart meters across the USA and Latin America. Vision Metering develops IoT utility advanced metering [...]
Northern Powergrid invests £11.4m to smarten grid
UK electricity provider Northern Powergrid is investing £11.4m in enhancing its remote network management to deliver a smarter power grid. The company is responsible for the electricity network that [...]
Carl Data and Think-QA deliver IIoT to renewable energy
Canadian firm Carl Data is working with Think-QA to develop predictive maintenance IIoT technology for the renewable energy sector. Carl Data is a developer of big-data-as-a-service (BDaaS) for data [...]
