The Lights Are On & NRG is Home
NRG Energy finished its $2.8bn acquisition of Vivint Smart Home, Inc. this month and has officially become a player within the IoT space. It’s curious that an energy provider [...]
Alphabet Soup Adds AIoT in Industrial Oil & Gas
According to Oilman Magazine, Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT), will play a critical role in enhancing automation and operational efficiencies for the Industrial Oil and Gas (IO&G) market if [...]
ESG Needs More than Sensors
Environmental Sustainability Governance (ESG) initiatives need more than just devices deployed in field to be fully actualized. Yes, there’s immense value in the connecting and collecting of pipelines and [...]
IoT-Enabled Robotic Dogs Unleashed at Chevron Refineries
Chevron recently shared that because of the performance of Boston Dynamics’ robot dogs, named Spot, at its El Segundo Refinery in California has been going well, so well its [...]
IoT & Solar: A Boon to Scottish Farmers
It’s no secret that dairy farming is a hard job made harder when farmers can’t access enough hot water to properly clean and sanitize their equipment and facilities. Traditional [...]
Britain’s 30 Million Smart Meters
Last week, Data Communications Company (DCC) reported to Smart Energy International that on March 1st, the 30millionth smart meter was connected to Britain’s national smart meter network. This means [...]
Nokia helps mobile operators become virtual power plants
Nokia has launched virtual power plant (VPP) controller software, a near-real-time software-based end-to-end platform that helps mobile operators monetise the existing backup batteries at base station sites. By seamlessly [...]
GE Vernova software unlocks smarter energy network
GE Vernova has unveiled grid data management software to unlock a smarter, more resilient energy network. GridOs Data Fabric is designed for grid orchestration, to help utilities operate a [...]
Vodafone connects Landis+Gyr AMI for MJM
Landis+Gyr and Vodafone are to deploy the Gridstream Connect cellular AMI system for Illinois utility MJM to provide a flexible platform for managing current and future grid technology needs. [...]
AES proposes $683m investment in Ohio smart grid
American energy utility AES has revealed plans to invest $682.7m in the second phase of a smart grid rollout in Ohio. AES Ohio has filed its Smart Grid Phase [...]
Utilities reduce weather-related power outages
Utilities are turning to weather prediction tools, renewable energy integration and grid modernisation to ensure network resilience in the face of power outages caused by extreme weather events and [...]
Algorithm predicts electricity grid stability
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the University of Tennessee Knoxville have developed an algorithm to predict electric grid stability using signals from pumped storage hydropower projects. [...]
