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Since then, it has expanded to provide communication to over 4,200 distribution substations. This supports smart grid applications such as electricity and water smart meters and the automation of the distribution network. “One of the key factors for the success of smart cities is the ...
We are excited to be partnering with NVIDIA and the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund to accelerate the deployment of this advanced technology and bring technological innovation to energy distribution.” A member of NVIDIA Inception, a program designed to nurture cutting-edge startups, Utilidata recently announced that the company is working with NVIDIA to develop a ...
Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC) released its Q2 2021 edition of The 50 States of Grid Modernization. The quarterly series provides insights on state regulatory and legislative discussions and actions on grid modernization, utility business model and rate reforms, energy storage, microgrids, and demand response. The report finds that 47 states, as well as ...
The LA100 analysis stops short of making specific policy or project recommendations but identifies no-regrets investments the city can consider now to reap potential benefits to reliability and greenhouse gas reductions in the coming decade: namely, deployment of new solar, wind, batteries, and transmission within and outside of the city paired with upgrades to the local ...
In the first nine months of 2020, there were 15 transactions compared to eight transactions in 9M 2019. Smart Grid Smart Grid VC funding in Q3 2020 was $368 million in 11 deals compared to $194 million in 14 deals in Q2 2020. ...
Combining these technologies will illuminate both consumer behavior and grid operations, leveraging innovative grid-edge hardware to create a complete, holistic picture of electric distribution and demand.“Smart grid technologies are changing how utilities manage the distribution system. ...
"These smart investments in New York's electric grid will enable the integration of renewable resources that improve resiliency, ensuring a secure, reliable system for years to ...
The Energy Market Methods Consortium (EM2) is designing standards to quantify energy flexibility at both the meter and the grid, and for ensuring customer privacy when using smart meter data. ...
Joi Scientific, whose mission is to make clean and affordable hydrogen energy available to all, is to co-develop with New Brunswick Power a hydrogen production system to enable the world’s first electricity grid that uses hydrogen as a baseload. The major electric utility in Canada’s Eastern Maritime province, NB Power is re-architecting its operations to create a ...
A report authored by economists at global economic consulting firm The Brattle Group reviews the business case and cost recovery mechanisms for grid modernization investments in the U.S. Prepared for the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), the Brattle report reviewed 21 recent grid modernization investments and conducted 10 case studies to ...
The report finds that 44 states and the District of Columbia took actions related to grid modernization during 2018 (see figure below), with the greatest number of actions relating to energy storage deployment, advanced metering infrastructure rules, utility business model reforms, smart grid deployment, and distribution system ...
Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation, to develop a distribution product that turns grid-edge devices into fully integrated tools for enhanced management at the edges of the electric grid. Distribution technologies like this allow for optimal distribution energy management, resulting ...
Themed “Don’t Stop Believin’,” this EIU explores, among other things, various approaches to grid modernization by utilities around the nation. Grid modernization has moved to the forefront of utility planning as utilities, customers, and regulators seek to enhance customer engagement, improve reliability and resiliency, and more ...
Major growth factors for the market include the need for effective management of smart grid operations, modernization of aging grid infrastructure, and the need for specialized service providers who can offer cost-effective services. However, the high initial cost for deployment of smart grid technology solutions ...
SMUD and OSI have also formed a strategic technology partnership to develop and deploy industry-leading capabilities for Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS). "ADMS is a foundational step for SMUD in support of the shift from a one-way centralized distribution system to a two-way decentralized distribution system for management ...
The challenge seeks to identify innovative technologies that can improve energy generation, storage and distribution to the benefit of both space exploration and life on Earth. ...
With this successful smart grid project, Alpiq is strengthening its position as an innovative energy services provider. ...
The advanced visibility and the overlaid controls provided to utilities will have major implications regarding how the grid is monitored and controlled. As energy competition from distributed energy resources, reduced consumption and increasing peak demand rates impact a utility's on-going sustainability, utilities must look toward the future and proactively ...
This, as a way to test and perfect a distributed smart grid that will considerably increase the renewable share of energy in the market. Per its unique business model, Kingo identifies households that will benefit from its energy solutions in off-grid communities and installs efficient solar generators on-site, free of charge. ...
” While the increased connectivity of industrial control systems enabled by the smart grid will drive significant benefits in the form of safety, productivity, improved quality of service and operational efficiency, 88 percent agreed that cybersecurity is a major concern in smart grid deployment. ...