energy reliability software News
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Eaton Updates Energy Management Software to Simplify and Improve Power System Reliability
Power management company Eaton today announced the release of the latest version of Power Xpert Insight software. The power and energy monitoring software provides a dashboard view into real-time energy usage, efficiency and power quality for facility, energy, information technology and health care managers. The upgrade builds on the robust platform by providing users with enhanced alarm ...
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New Eaton software advances energy management to reduce facilities’ energy costs, improve system reliability, support sustainability
Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton today announced the release of Power Xpert Insight software, a power and energy monitoring software that helps customers reduce energy consumption, control costs, and improve the reliability of their facilities. Power Xpert Insight software provides the big picture on energy usage, efficiency, and power quality for facility, energy, information ...
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Hawaiian Electric Utilities Accelerates the Connection of New Distributed Energy Resources with GridUnity
GridUnity, a pioneer in distributed energy analytics software-as-a-service, recently announced Hawaiian Electric’s rapid expansion of its software to help the three electric utilities efficiently and reliably connect new distributed energy resources (DER) to the grid. The Hawaiian Electric utilities are methodically transforming and automating their operations to reach the target of 100% ...
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Schneider Electric to Help Enable Energy Resiliency at USMC Logisitics Base
Schneider Electric recently announced it has been awarded a subcontract from Constellation, a subsidiary of Exelon Corp., to support the development of smart controls as part of an energy savings performance contract at the U.S. Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) in Albany, Georgia. Energy security and resiliency is a priority for military installations tasked with keeping personnel safe through ...
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GE and Arenko to Build One of the World’s Largest Energy Storage Facilities in the UK
Arenko has selected GE to deliver a 41MW battery energy storage system capable of responding quicker and more effectively than traditional energy technologies to meet real time demand of consumers. The new energy storage system will supply on demand power to approximately 100,000 UK homes and contribute to reducing energy bills for UK households and businesses. GE notes that this critical energy ...
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Department of Energy Announces First-Ever Grid Software Competition
U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry this week announced the launch of the Department of Energy's first-ever Grid Optimization (GO) Competition. The GO Competition, created by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), is a series of challenges to develop software management solutions for a reliable, resilient and secure American electricity grid. Today marks the beginning of GO ...
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NV Energy Announces New Smart Grid Sensor Initiative
NV Energy has announced a new reliability improvement program that utilizes sophisticated sensing technology comprising smart grid sensors and software to monitor remote substations and distribution power lines throughout Nevada. The aim of the project is to provide greater reliability of the electric supply for NV Energy's customers as well as millions of tourists. b The new grid-monitoring ...
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Itron Announces Comverge Acquisition
Itron announced on 5/8 that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Comverge by purchasing its parent company, Peak Holding Corp., in a cash transaction valued at approximately $100 million. The acquisition combines a world-leader in gas, water, electricity and smart cities solutions with a longtime leader of demand response, which is seen as expanding the scope of smart ...
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Duke Energy to mobilize first-of-its-kind microgrid-integrated fleet electrification center
Duke Energy has announced it will build a first-of-its-kind performance center that will model and accelerate the development, testing and deployment of zero-emissions light-, medium- and heavy-duty commercial electric vehicle (EV) fleets. The site will be located at Duke Energy’s Mount Holly Technology and Innovation Center and will incorporate microgrid integration. “Electric fleet ...
By Duke Energy
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VELCO and IBM Research Announce the Creation of Utopus Insights
Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO) and IBM announced the creation of Utopus Insights, Inc., based in Valhalla, NY. Utopus Insights is a new company that will strive to be a leading provider of the next generation of intelligent energy solutions. VELCO, an electric transmission company owned by in-state electric distribution companies, will be an investor and strategic partner of Utopus ...
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CSP real-time dispatch model hikes revenues by over 15%
New software combining dispatch algorithms with probabilistic forecasting could reduce CSP bid prices by a quarter and spur fresh U.S. CSP deployment, Mike Wagner, Principal Investigator at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), told New Energy Update. On October 1, NREL launched a new three-year study into optimized CSP dispatch software that allows real-time operations of CSP ...
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Fluence Mosaic Intelligent Bidding Software for Energy Storage Launches in ERCOT Wholesale Markets
Fluence Energy, a leading provider of energy storage products and services, this week (Feb 22) announced that Fluence Mosaic , an intelligent bidding software for grid-scale energy storage and renewable assets, has launched in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) wholesale power market, starting with over 350 MW of battery-based energy storage assets scheduled to commence operations ...
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Faith Technologies and Schneider Electric To Build State-Of-The-Art Microgrid
Faith Technologies, a leading electrical planning, engineering, design, and installation expert, in partnership with Schneider Electric, has designed and built a state-of-the-art, clean energy microgrid at the Gordon Bubolz Nature Preserve in Appleton, Wisconsin.The advanced microgrid uses a 200 kW solar photovoltaic energy (solar panels); a 30 kW hydrogen fuel cell; a 100 kW lithium-ion battery ...
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U.S. DOE Awards Grant to ComEd, Partners to Advance "Energy Internet"
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science has awarded a $1.05 million grant to energy company ComEd, the University of Denver, Virginia Tech and software specialist BEM Controls to create an energy internet that will enhance building energy management and benefits to occupants.The award provides funding to commercialize a blockchain-based transactive energy platform developed by BEM ...
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FirmGreen Launches Research & Development Lab in U.S.
FirmGreen announces the launch of FirmGreen Labs, its Green Energy Research & Development facility in Kokomo, Indiana, a suburb of Indianapolis — host city to Super Bowl XLVI. Kokomo, known as the ‘City of Firsts’ because of the large number of patents awarded its citizens over the last 100+ years, continues that history of innovation as home to FirmGreen’s first ...
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Wärtsilä and Eolian Complete the Largest Merchant Battery System in the World at 200 MW
The technology group Wärtsilä has reached commercial operation date (COD) for two major interconnected energy storage systems in South Texas totaling 200 MW and owned by Eolian L.P. (Eolian), a portfolio company of Global Infrastructure Partners. The Madero and Ignacio energy storage plants will be operated using Eolian software, enabling full participation in the Electric Reliability Council of ...
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Bloomberg New Energy Finance Honors Ten New Energy Pioneers
Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the world's leading provider of news, data and analysis on the clean energy and carbon markets, today announced its selections of 2011 New Energy Pioneers at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit in New York City. In its second year, the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Pioneers program identifies companies from across the world that are ...
By Bloomberg
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Schneider Electric and PG&E Announce Solution on Microsoft Azure to Maximize Grid Resources
Schneider Electric and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) recently announced the deployment of a distributed energy resource management system (DERMS) on Microsoft Azure to more effectively maintain grid reliability, and accelerate customer adoption of distributed energy resources (DER) such as electric vehicles, energy storage and rooftop solar. Maintaining reliable energy service has ...
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Bloomberg New Energy Finance Selects 2013 New Energy Pioneers
Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the leading provider of independent insight, data and news on the transformation of the energy sector, today announced its selection of the 2013 New Energy Pioneers. The winners were recognized on stage at the sixth annual Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit in New York City. This year’s winners (listed in full below) represent a broad range of sectors ...
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Frost & Sullivan Award Emphasises PSI Group´s Unswerving Focus on Customer Value Enhancement
Based on its recent analysis of the ICT for smart energy market, Frost & Sullivan recognises the PSI Group, the largest energy control system software provider in Germany, with the 2012 European Customer Value Enhancement Award. "PSI's products deliver increased quality and reliability of energy supplies, and thus bring added value to end customers in the energy market," noted Frost & ...
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