Smart grid is changing demand response business
Utilities in the United States have run residential direct load control (DLC) programs as forms of demand management for many years, but the development of smart grid technology — particularly advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and…
Smart grid technology business booming
The smart grid is becoming big business, driven by the need for a more responsive, automated global power grid. With the past two years seeing rapid technological advancements and shifting priorities among industry players, as…
Grid of the future: How transmission and new technologies can work together
Far from threatening the grid, non-transmission alternatives can enhance reliability and complement existing and new transmission infrastructure, according to a new study.Implementing these resources begins with understanding each option, and it ends with filling the…
Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative videos
The Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC) has produced a series of videos with which utilities can help educate residential customers about the smart grid in a fun and engaging way. Credit: Thinkstock “We created these…
Enel launches incubator for smart grid, smart cities businesses
INternet Cleantech ENablers Spark (INCENSe), a business incubator created by a consortium coordinated by the Enel Group and co-funded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme was unveiled recently at the European Conference on the…
New release of NIST smart grid interoperability standards framework
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published its NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 3.0 — to reflect advances in smart grid technologies and developments from NIST’s collaborative…
Synchrophasor Grid Monitoring into Proactive Grid Stability Management
Alstom Grid, along with other solution providers, has partnered with Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to continue collaboration into Phase II of PG&E’s synchrophasor project, Synchrophasor Technology Realization. This collaboration, partially funded by U.S. Department…
Soon, Europe Might Not Need Any New Power Plants
Within a few decades, large-scale, centralized electricity generation from fossil fuels could be a thing of the past in Europe. That’s the word from investment bank UBS, which just released a new report anticipating…
Breaking news
Money is pouring into the campaign battle over a $1 billion hydropower transmission project in western Maine, and project supporters outspent opponents more than 2 to 1 in the latest reporting period. [...]
Private equity investment giant Blackstone is adding to its growing energy portfolio by acquiring an electric transmission equipment and battery storage manufacturer. Funds affiliated with Blackstone are buying Sabre Industries Inc. Texas-based Sabre designs and makes overhead steel poles, towers, battery storage solutions and offers services for electric utility and telecom customers. Blackstone Energy Partners, […] [...]
The technology that will make EVs a dynamic force in energy balancing exists. The next step is reaching critical mass in data collection and analytics to inform decision-making and designs for dispatching such power resources. [...]
Utility support through energy efficiency programs for heat pumps is necessary because heat pumps are currently more expensive than boilers or furnaces, and incentives are necessary to help customers overcome those higher costs. [...]
The real benefits and value of SBOM information is only realized when the information is applied in practice to detect risks or for asset and license management and other use case purposes. [...]
