smart electricity grid News
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Electric vehicles and smart grids: First EU-US Interoperability Centre opens for business
The first of the twin centres designed to promote common standards in electric mobility and smart grids on both sides of the Atlantic was today inaugurated near Chicago. Converging standards and interoperability between smart grids and electric vehicles will allow for deeper penetration of renewable energies in the electricity systems, thus facilitating the way to a low-carbon economy. Technology ...
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Administrator Jackson visits Raleigh, announces $200 million investment to develop smart electric grid in Carolinas, Florida
U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson visited Raleigh today to announce a $200 million grant for a smarter, stronger and more efficient electric system in North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. The funding, announced at a press conference with Lieutenant Governor Walter Dalton and Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker, is part of President Barack Obama’s announcement yesterday of the largest single ...
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Commission publishes 4th list of Projects of Common Interest - making energy infrastructure fit for the energy union
Today, the European Commission adopted the fourth list of Projects of Common Interest (PCI) for implementing cross-border energy infrastructure in the EU. This list reflects the importance of infrastructure for the energy union and represents a careful balance among its three key objectives: sustainability, affordability and security of supply. Under the Trans-European Network-Energy (TEN-E) ...
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EU Energy Transition: New Roadmap for R&I in Smart Networks
The European Technology and Innovation Platform Smart Networks for Energy Transition (ETIP SNET) recently released its new ten-year Research & Innovation (R&I) Roadmap, 2017-26. The Roadmap provides a system view to the entire energy transition by addressing a scope larger than smart electricity grids: It also encompasses interactions with the gas and heat networks and focuses on ...
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Clean Energy Innovation Fund Invests In Greensync To Help Create The Smart Electricity Grid Of The Future
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed $5 million to an innovative Melbourne-based company aiming to bring smart technology solutions to the energy grid of the future, as part of an $11.5 million Series B capital raising by GreenSync. The CEFC investment is through the Clean Energy Innovation Fund, which finances emerging Australian technologies and businesses that have the ...
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S&C Electric Company Expanding U.S. Manufacturing Operations
S&C Electric Company, a leader in smart and resilient electrical grid solutions, this week (March 21) announced the expansion of its U.S. manufacturing footprint with a 275,000-square-foot facility in Palatine, Illinois, approximately 25 miles from S&C's 47-acre Chicago headquarters and manufacturing campus in Rogers Park. The company employs 3,500 team members globally and more than ...
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US$100bn could yield 2 million US `green` jobs - report says
A $100 billion U.S. government investment over two years could create 2 million 'green' jobs in such industrial sectors as steel and construction, environmental and labor groups said on Tuesday. 'From the point of view of the steelworkers union, the view is quite simple, that a energy efficient green economy creates jobs and it can create jobs in America,' said Leo Gerard, international ...
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Silver Spring Networks Integrating Distribution Automation Into Baltimore Gas and Electric Smart Grid
November 4, 2016 -- Silver Spring Networks recently announced that Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) will leverage its Silver Spring IPv6 smart grid platform to connect new devices in their distribution system. The existing Silver Spring multi-application platform will connect approximately 3,000 automated reclosers and 4,800 capacitor controls to enhance BGE's Smart Grid across its 2,300 square ...
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Growth Opportunities in US Smart Grid Market 2012-2017: Trends, Forecast, and Market Share Analysis
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Growth Opportunities in US Smart Grid Market 2012-2017: Trends, Forecast, and Market Share Analysis ...
By ReportLinker
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Growth Opportunities in Global Smart Grid Market 2012-2017: Trends, Forecast, and Market Share Analysis
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Growth Opportunities in Global Smart Grid Market 2012-2017: Trends, Forecast, and Market Share Analysis ...
By ReportLinker
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G8 summit will test leadership of world’s richest nations - WWF
Leaders of the world’s wealthiest industrialized countries gathering in L’Aquila must commit to keep global average temperature rise well below 2 degrees Celsius in order to prevent climate change from threatening the future of our planet, WWF says ahead of the G8 summit. The meeting taking place in L’Aquila from July 8-10 will be a major test of leadership and commitment, and will show whether ...
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Masdar and GE announce world’s first ecomagination centre at Masdar City
Masdar announced today that GE will be an anchor partner in Masdar City. In a joint Masdar-GE agreement, the two companies outlined plans to house a new Ecomagination Centre, focused on sustainable business solutions and to form a broader R&D relationship that will support the development and deployment of new and innovative technologies. This centre is part of a multi-faceted strategic ...
By MASDAR
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eMotorWerks and Nayax Partner to Deliver Smart-Grid Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Recognizing the need for affordable, smart-grid enabled charging options with flexible payment methods for EV charging, eMotorWerks has teamed with EV Meter, a subsidiary of Nayax, for the development of JuiceStation, an Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) platform that is designed to provide smart grid energy intelligence for convenience stores, service stations, and shopping centers. The ...
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Greentech Media Announces The Networked EV 2011: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles
Greentech Media, the industry-leader for news, market research and conferences in the green technology business-to-business market, announces The Networked EV 2011: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles on October 20, 2011 in San Francisco, CA at the PG&E Auditorium. The Networked EV 2011 will bring together the thought-leaders of the electric vehicle, smart ...
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West Coast Green welcomes industry luminaries to landmark 2010 event
West Coast Green, the world's leading interactive conference on green innovation for the built environment, today unveiled several of the distinguished speakers at the upcoming West Coast Green 2010 event including executives from Intel, IBM and the California Energy Commission. Taking place at San Francisco's iconic Fort Mason, September 30 through October 2, West Coast Green 2010 will set the ...
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Black & Veatch to Design, Build Canada’s First Electric Smart Grid
As the electric industry addresses growing demands for lower carbon footprints and heightened reliability and resilience, a Canadian community is entrusting Black & Veatch to transform its power system into a technology-driven, enhanced smart grid meant to lower consumer costs and slash greenhouse gas emissions. Billed as the first such community-wide utility effort in Canada, the Sault Smart ...
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Common rules and Infrastructure needed to complete Energy Market
An integrated EU energy market is the most cost-effective way to ensure secure and affordable supplies to EU citizens and mitigate climate change. A completed internal energy market could bring net economic benefits between 16 and 40 billion euros each year. Substantial progress has been achieved to date but in order to reap full benefits more investment is needed in strategic cross-border ...
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Professional Solutions for the Global Energy Market at CIGRE 2018
LumaSense Technologies, Inc. provides an innovative suite of temperature and gas sensing products designed to allow customers to continuously monitor substations, Load Tap Changers (LTCs) and transformers. These products provide early warnings for countermeasures to reduce failures and serious damages. As the global demand for energy increases, energy generators and providers need asset ...
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Smart Grid Security Market - Growing Energy Needs of the Urban Population
The analysts of a new business and commerce study by Transparency Market Research have detected a fragmented competitive landscape in the global smart grid security market, attributing the scenario to the presence of a large number of players who are catering to regional and domestic demands. Regional players have a stronger presence in the developed countries across the world. That being said, a ...
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NYSERDA Announces Up to $30 Million in Funding for Third Round of Future Grid Challenge
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) this week announced up to $30 million in funding is being made available in the third round of the Future Grid Challenge for projects that identify solutions to the technical challenges of integrating renewable resources into the electric grid. Up to $3 million per project is available for single or team providers that propose ...
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