Energy Monitoring News

Community and district heating specialist Switch2 Energy has welcomed proposals to regulate the heat network sector by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). This chimes with earlier recommendations for a new regulatory framework from the Heat Network Task force, which is supported by Switch2..   In its ...

May 11, 2018

By Switch2 Energy Limited

IMO resolution MEPC.278(70) came into force on March 1, 2018. This resolution mandates the collection of annual fuel usage for vessels of 5,000 GT and above. Submitted to the Flag Administration or their nominated party, this data will then be further aggregated by the IMO for use in developing a strategy to enhance fuel efficiency and address greenhouse gas emissions in shipping. This new ...

May 4, 2018

By JOWA

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Apr. 27, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

Rotork IQ intelligent electric valve actuators with Rotork Pakscan two-wire digital control provide key valve automation functions for two solar power plants in Spain. These plants utilise parabolic trough concentrating technology combined with a molten salt thermal storage system to maximise their power generating capacity. Rotork Iberia has worked closely with the plants’ owner to ...

Apr. 26, 2018

By Rotork plc

The introduction of an in-house hydrostatic test facility at Rotork Singapore is making an important contribution to winning new contracts. One of the first orders is from Singapore-based marine, oil and gas consultancy Praj Marine (PMC) for a project in Africa. Rotork’s ability to provide third-party witnessed hydrostatic testing, combined with the supply of specialised failsafe actuation ...

Apr. 26, 2018

By Rotork plc

The Irvine Company and Southern California Edison (SCE) conducted a 'virtual ribbon cutting' recently (4/24) on the world's first fleet of Hybrid Electric Buildings® which feature state-of-the-art ...

Apr. 25, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

We'll visit the World's Leading Trade Fair for Environmental Technologies from 15 to 18 May 2018 We will gladly show you our actual software, such as PROVI ENERGY (Online Energy Analysis according to DWA-A 216), PROVI ONLINE, PROVI BACKUP (automated backup of operating data) or the design software AQUA DESIGNER. For business appointments we can use the Ecoliance booth in Hall A3 ...

Apr. 18, 2018

By BITControl GmbH

The New York Power Authority recently (4/12) announced the first phase of a multi-phase sensor deployment program that ...

Apr. 18, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

The global smart grid cybersecurity market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 13% by 2022, backed by increasing number of government initiatives towards modernizing power infrastructure and rising number of cyberattacks on Critical National Infrastructure (CIP) across the globe.  Such are the findings of a recent report by TechSci Research. Moreover, increasing need for securing Home Area ...

Apr. 17, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry recently (4/9) announced a Request for Proposals (RFP), potentially worth up to $1.8 billion, for the development of at least two new exascale supercomputers to be deployed at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories in the 2021-2023 timeframe. ...

Apr. 10, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

Columbia Gas Transmission is warning shippers about pipeline outages linked to construction work on its WB XPress expansion, which could have significant market impacts over the next month. At least some impacts are likely to begin Monday with an outage at Columbia Gas' Broad Run interconnect with Tennessee Gas Pipeline in West Virginia that's scheduled to continue through April 19. As ...

Apr. 9, 2018

By S&P Global Platts

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Apr. 5, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

Itron recently has announced that the company signed a contract with NorthWestern Energy (NWE) to modernize its electric and gas systems in South Dakota and Nebraska with Itron's OpenWay Riva IoT solution. ...

Apr. 5, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

Utilidata, Inc. and Itron, Inc. recently ...

Mar. 28, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

Over the last decade the biogas upgrading to biomethane has become widespread in some countries where the production of biogas from the collection systems in urban waste dumps, from civil wastewater treatment plants and from digestion was already consolidated anaerobic of agricultural and agro-industrial biomasses. ...

Mar. 28, 2018

By ETG Risorse e Tecnologia S.r.l.

S&C Electric Company recently released its first "State of Commercial & Industrial Power Reliability" report in its entirety. The report provides insights into commercial and industrial (C&I) customers' perspectives on power reliability, and sets out to understand the C&I customers' degree of ...

Mar. 23, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

The JRC released two new Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) for automotive diesel fuel containing 7 % biodiesel, so-called 'diesel (B7)'. These CRMs will support fuel producers and fuel testing laboratories in assuring the quality of their measurements, thus improving trust in the ...

Mar. 21, 2018

By European Commission, JRC, Directorate F - Health, Consumers and Reference Materials

The Energy Transition Index ranks 114 nations on their readiness to convert to secure, affordable, reliable and sustainable energy, with Sweden, Norway and Switzerland completing the top three. It was found that more than 80% of countries have registered an improvement in their energy systems over the past five ...

Mar. 20, 2018

By The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA)

Schneider Electric recently (3/14) announced a project with REC Solar to build an advanced microgrid at its Foxboro, Massachusetts facility. The microgrid will be funded by Schneider Electric’s innovative Microgrid-as-a-Service (MaaS) business model ...

Mar. 20, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

GRID20/20®, Inc., a leading distribution transformer monitoring provider and Dominion Voltage, Inc. (DVI), a ...

Mar. 20, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer