Energy Monitoring News

EDF Energy and tech start-up Howz are launching a new home monitoring system that uses energy data and connected home technology to empower the elderly, or those with additional needs, to live independently for longer.The system, which has been developed and tested extensively with existing EDF Energy ...

Nov. 27, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

Efficiency Vermont and Sense have launched a pilot program with more than 200 Vermont households to assess how an innovative smart home technology can inspire people to use less energy and make their homes more efficient.Sense offers a home energy and awareness monitor that, combined with Efficiency Vermont programs and services, can transform how customers understand their own energy use and ...

Jul. 25, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

In the field of heavy cur-rent measurement, current transformers are essential. Among the important parameters are reliability and accuracy, to guarantee very lengthy service life. A measurement device like this one from Camille Bauer Metrawatt AG, developed and manu-factured in Switzerland, normally always needs one current transformer for each conductor, which is why these products are so ...

Jul. 11, 2018

By Camille Bauer Metrawatt AG

Lumex Instruments solution provides reliable control of FAME content starting from the lowest concentration level of 0.05 % (V/V). A simple and convenient module of quantitative analysis integrated into the software SpectraLUM allows ...

Jul. 5, 2018

By Lumex Instruments Group

Summer has finally arrived and we enjoy the sunny season. To celebrate this, we have the latest news, projects and events for you in this month's issue of the LufftPost. In the June issue of the LufftPost you find an invite to our coming webinar about efficient solar-monitoring, a report about the research project at Schiphol Airport, two new StaRWIS surface sensor references, more details about ...

Jun. 26, 2018

By G. Lufft Mess- und Regeltechnik GmbH

The MS-90 sensor measures the Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) without the need for a sun-tracker. It is a reinvention of the MS-093 sunshine duration meter which is a reliable and accurate sunshine duration meter deployed within the AMeDaS network in Japan for over 10 years. More than 800 stations gather precise sunshine duration information every day. The MS-90 is a cost effective solution to be ...

Jan. 26, 2018

By EKO Instruments

Elering AS (https://elering.ee/en), an independent electricity and gas system operator in Estonia, and WePower (http://www.wepower.network) a blockchain based green energy trading platform that aims to drive global green energy adoption and promote sustainable living, today announced a pilot project to test the large scale tokenization ...

Jan. 3, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

OMNETRIC Group, the Siemens and Accenture joint venture, today announced that it has partnered with KELAG to build its first MindApp for the energy industry. The OMNETRIC Planning and Outage Intelligence Application (PnOI), built on Siemens’ MindSphere, the cloud-based, open IoT operating system, was developed through the collaboration of data scientists, power engineers and IT experts. ...

Oct. 1, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

What do you think? Does the replacement of mechanical wind sensors trough ultrasonic anemometers in wind turbine control pay off after less than a few years? You will find the answer in the free to download Cost Benefit Analysis! We captured the 5 year cost of different mechanical wind sensors and compared it with the cost of ultrasonic anemometers for wind turbine ...

Aug. 27, 2017

By G. Lufft Mess- und Regeltechnik GmbH

Aclara has acquired GE's majority equity position in General Electric Philippines Meter & Instrument Co., Inc. (GEPMICI), the market leader for electric meters in the Philippines. GEPMICI is a joint venture between GE and Manila Electric Company (Meralco), the largest electric distribution company in the Philippines. As a result of the acquisition, Aclara will own a majority ...

Aug. 2, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

With the first phase of the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) complete and the second phase in full swing, the Environment Agency has revealed that hundreds of organisations could be issued fines for non-compliance with the energy auditing regulations. The Environment ...

Jul. 9, 2017

By Inprova Energy

A renewable source that’s gained significant attention in recent years is biogas, one of the most established renewable energy sources which is capable of producing heat, steam, electricity and vehicle fuel. [1] ...

Jul. 3, 2017

By Edinburgh Sensors Ltd

AMETEK Grabner Instruments Releases a new high-speed, compact, FTIR fuel analyzer for automatic and comprehensive measurement of gasoline, and jet and diesel fuels. Built on Grabner´s new Vision instrument platform, the MINISCAN IR Vision increases analysis speed by a factor of ten when compared to previous models. The MINISCAN IR Vision builds on Grabner’s more than 20 years of ...

Jun. 7, 2017

By Grabner Instruments Messtechnik GmbH

SgurrEnergy, part of Wood Group’s clean energy business, has shown it is ahead of the curve following the publication of a new wind turbine standard from the International Electrotechnical Commission, the 2nd edition of IEC 61400-12-1. The leading renewable energy and grid integration consultancy’s Power Performance Testing (PPT) services, which deliver wind turbine power curve ...

May 5, 2017

By SgurrEnergy Ltd.

Endress+Hauser are presenting their very own life-cycle information cloud for the first time at Hannover Messe 2017; it will form the infrastructural basis for a multitude of possible future IIoT applications for customers. In addition to the cloud, the experts in process automation and digitalization are also introducing initial examples of suitable IIoT applications at the trade fair. ...

Apr. 23, 2017

By Endress Hauser AG

Regulation-fueled rollouts of smart electricity meters are driven by the potential to reduce non-technical losses for electricity utilities, improve billing accuracy, and effectively integrate renewable energy with smart meters. With these rollouts, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) are emerging as key regional smart electricity meter markets ahead of North America, while Asia-Pacific ...

Feb. 21, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

The company has posted a video online at http://www.businessawardseurope.com/vote/detail-new/united-kingdom/19483 telling the unique story of their business and their success, and hopes the general public will vote for them. Catherine Kidd, Marketing Manager at eSight Energy says: “Please vote for us!  ...

Jan. 9, 2017

By eSight Energy Ltd

It’s almost 2017, and by now smart meters are probably flooding your utility with zetabytes of data. Fantastic, right? But wait – that data deluge is totally worthless if you don’t do anything with it! An open API for energy can help by maximising the value of the massive amounts of data collected by large energy services companies and utilities by ...

Oct. 26, 2016

By DEXMA

Geotech, the  market leader in fixed and portable gas analysers, will be joining key Biogas industry players at the upcoming European Biogas Association (EBA) Conference 2016, which is taking place from the 27th to 29th September 2016 in Ghent, Belgium.  During the three-day conference, Geotech will be ...

Sep. 25, 2016

By QED Environmental Systems Ltd.

September 20, 2016 -- Landis+Gyr recently announced the addition of real-time voltage monitoring capabilities to its grid analytics suite of products. The new functionality is designed to provide utilities with improved awareness of sudden voltage variances that impact the quality ...

Sep. 19, 2016

By Smart Grid Observer