Octopus buys Marvel Labs to increase pricing flexibility
The UK’s fastest growing energy supplier Octopus Energy has bought New Zealand firm Marvel Labs to gain access to its Configurable energy retail pricing software. All Marvel Labs employees [...]
EV Connect pilots V2G charging project
Californian software-as-a-service company EV Connect is collaborating with the Indiana-based Battery Innovation Center (BIC) and Energy Systems Network (ESN) to deploy Indiana’s first large-scale vehicle-to-grid charging system. It will [...]
Copper Labs secures oversubscribed funding round
Copper Labs, a Colorado-based company offering patent-pending wireless real-time energy management, has announced an oversubscribed $2m funding round. The financing will further Copper Labs’ efforts to help electric, gas [...]
Minesto and Schneider plan ocean energy farms
Swedish marine energy developer Minesto and Schneider Electric are working together to develop and build ocean energy farms based on Minesto’s Deep Green technology. The collaboration aims at accelerating [...]
EnergyOrbit and Ekotrope streamline efficiency programmes
California-based EnergyOrbit and Massachusetts firm Ekotrope are working together to help utilities streamline energy efficiency programmes. This should help businesses and residents benefit from efficiently tracking and managing cost-effective [...]
Honeywell meter optimises energy use
The E-Mon Class 6000 series multi-protocol-capable energy meters from Honeywell can provide fast, accurate tenant billing or optimise a building’s energy use. The initial offering, the E-Mon Class 6200 [...]
Trilliant to start Isle of Man smart meter roll-out
All 50,000 electricity meters on the Isle of Man will be replaced by Trilliant with smart meters in Manx Utilities’ roll-out due to start in June. By using North [...]
Smart gas meter market to grow at 6.9% CAGR, says AMR
The global smart gas meter market is expected to reach nearly $6bn by 2027, according to a report from Allied Market Research (AMR). The development of communication network infrastructure, [...]
Telit modules support NB-IoT in Puloli networks
Telit’s ME910G1 module is FCC certified and will soon be used on California-based Puloli’s networks supporting NB-IoT services in the upper 700MHz A Block frequency band. Puloli designs, builds [...]
Ameren files $8.4bn plan for grid modernisation
Ameren Missouri has filed an updated $8.4bn smart energy plan and budget with the Missouri Public Service Commission. The plan supports grid modernisation efforts over the next five years, [...]
Evergy extends smart grid contract with Landis+Gyr
Landis+Gyr has signed a 13-year contract with utility Evergy for smart grid services in Kansas including advanced meters to update and expand grid management capabilities. The agreement aligns existing [...]
LineVision lets Xcel monitor transmission lines
Xcel Energy is installing LineVision’s V3 transmission line monitoring system in Colorado, Minnesota and Wisconsin to increase grid capacity and safety. Massachusetts-based LineVision’s non-contact overhead line monitoring can add [...]
