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The Smart Grid ‘Acid Test’ – Accommodating Variable Renewable Energy (VRE)
In the previous posts, we have discussed the need for the regulators and policy makers to develop a new framework on which to build Smart Grid. The next stage is to investigate how much VRE can be accommodated through Smart Grid. Maximising the ...
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The Major Security Companies “Wait and See” Strategy is Allowing Others to Drive innovation and Steal market share
The message from the market seems clear; major conglomerates in the security business have given up on their long standing strategy of growth through acquisition. None of them excluding Tyco, have made a significant acquisition since 2010. In the 5 ...
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State of the Smart Grid Business in 2013
Smart Grid sales across the world in the last 3 years at installed prices have grown by CAGR of approx. 35% and climbed to $36.5 billion in 2012. Given the general global economic demise during this period these figures are remarkable. However they ...
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Smart Grid Business Thrived in 2012 but Framework to make it Sustainable still not in Place
World Smart Grid sales at installed prices climbed to $36.5 billion in 2012 a growth of 30% on 2011 and M&A activity reached $19.5 billion almost doubling the value of deals in the previous year according to our latest report – ...
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How the UK could save £8 Billion per Annum
We know that buildings use about (40)% of all energy use and we also know that the energy efficiency of buildings can be greatly improved, often just by better monitoring and controls with low capex and fast paybacks. Savings of 20% or more can ...
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Battery Storage will have a Profound Impact on Smart Buildings
Often the best ideas are the most simple and elegant. If electric vehicles and consumer devices can have battery storage why can’t buildings? And if buildings can pull electricity from the grid at off peak times and store it in batteries, ...
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White Paper: MicroGrids Contribution to the Smart Grid
It is now becoming clear that the fundamental architecture of today’s electricity grid, based on the idea of a top down radial transmission system with unidirectional energy flows from large centralized power plants, is not the most ...
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Innovation in Security will be Driven by Sensor Ubiquity, Smarter Devices & Cloud Technology
Continuing our series of articles on Innovation we talked to Steve Russell, CEO of Prism Skylabs, about how they intend to disrupt the Security Market in 2013 and what he thinks will be the major innovations over the next 5 years. Q. Where will the ...
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World Forum to Examine Latest Microgrid Advances and Opportunities
Interest in microgrids as a strategy for ensuring energy security and reliability is growing worldwide, especially in the wake of events such as Hurricane Sandy. Military installations, hospitals, data centers and remote off-grid regions that must ...