New York teams with local, global firms to R&D energy storage
October 30, 2014 -- The State of New York will partner with nine firms taking part in energy storage R&D projects to bring new clean energy storage devices to the marketplace, NYSERDA said...
View ArticlePG&E opens first of three grid-control centers in Fresno
October 30, 2014 -- Pacific Gas& Electric (PG&E), the IOU that serves most of Northern California, yesterday cut the ribbon at its $28.5 million electric distribution control center in Fresno,...
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November 12, 2014 -- Lansing starts AMI pilot this month . . . Apex CoVantage picked for Minnesota AMI . . . Ontario grid to see big battery storage . . . Direct Energy launches TOU price programs . ....
View ArticlePepco to run DR pilot using EV-charging gear
November 12, 2014 -- Washington, DC-based IOU Pepco is running a DR test using EV-charging technology provided by Itron and ClipperCreek, Itron said last week. ClipperCreek makes grid-ready EV charging...
View ArticleERDF to use Schneider software to balance grid in Lyon
November 12, 2014 -- Major French electric utility ERDF (Électricité Réseau Distribution France) hired Schneider Electric to deploy its StruxureWare Flexible Resources Operation software in the French...
View ArticleSalzburg, Austria, picks Atos for full AMI rollout
November 12, 2014 -- Austrian electric utility Salzburg AG picked IT firm Atos' subsidiary Atos Worldgrid to help upgrade its 470,000 power meters to smart meters and install the associated AMI...
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November 13, 2014 -- Snupi integrates sensors with Nest . . . Amzur offers open-source dashboard
View ArticleGE, Quirky offer new smart home sensors, controls
November 13, 2014 -- Quirky, a New York City-based product innovation site that commercializes popular submissions from its inventor community, and its mega-partner General Electric (GE) Tuesday...
View ArticleBMW designs street light retrofit that charges EVs
November 13, 2014 -- The BMW Group, based in Munich, Germany, revealed the centerpiece of its "Light and Charge" pilot -- a high-efficiency LED street lighting system that doubles as a charging station...
View ArticleRES Americas builds 2 big storage plants near Chicago
November 13, 2014 -- Renewable energy storage firm Renewable Energy Systems (RES) Americas is building two grid-scale, energy-storage projects outside of Chicago after acquiring them from Glidepath...
View ArticleBPA to use AutoGrid DR optimization, management
November 13, 2014 -- Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) in America's Pacific Northwest picked AutoGrid Systems' DR optimization and management system (DROMS) to schedule and automate events, and see...
View ArticleItron, Tantalus device lets existing AMR run as AMI
November 13, 2014 -- Tantalus and Itron announced the availability of a combined solution that lets municipal and cooperative utilities migrate to two-way AMI without losing some 95% of existing...
View ArticleBRATTLE: ERCOT power storage investments can work
November 13, 2014 -- Report finds iffy scenarios, offers strategy for success: An Oncor-commissioned report by the Brattle Group found that deploying 3,000-5,000 MWs of storage in ERCOT would save...
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November 14, 2014 -- World Bank funds Vietnam smart grid . . . App helps users plan ice-based storage . . . UK to help fund community solar
View ArticleHawaiian firm buys vanadium flow batteries from Imergy
November 14, 2014 -- Hawaiian renewable energy firm Energy Research Systems signed a purchase order for four "ESP5" vanadium flow batteries from Imergy Power Systems, the latter firm said yesterday....
View ArticleTexas A&M campus in Doha launches smart grid center
November 14, 2014 -- Texas A&M University's campus in Doha launched the Smart Grid Center Qatar (SGC-Q) extension office Wednesday with an event attended by local industry leaders. The center will...
View ArticleTech Mahindra teams with Open University, Milton Keynes
November 17, 2014 -- Indian IT and consulting firm Tech Mahindra announced Thursday a partnership with Open University and the Milton Keynes City Council to research smart grid and broader "smart city"...
View ArticleElster to resell smart lighting using own brand awareness
November 17, 2014 -- Elster Solutions, a provider of smart grid and energy management systems with headquarters in Raleigh, NC, agreed to resell smart lighting systems from DimOnOff, a supplier of...
View ArticleSchneider to deploy grid management for Faroe Islands
November 17, 2014 -- Schneider Electric was picked to supply grid management technology for T&D operations by SEV, the main energy supplier to the Faroe Islands, the France-based grid technology...
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