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PG&E customers who don’t want ‘smart meters’ can now ‘opt out’
(Type: Article | Section: Business | Category: United States, Laws & Regulations, Smart Grid Infrastructure, Smart Metering, Latest News)
Date Created: Wednesday, 01 February 2012The California Public Utilities Commission has approved modifications to Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s “smart metering” program which provides for an option for customers who do not want to have wireless ...
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10 awards were up for grabs at this year's European Smart Metering Awards 2012. Seven for industry Solution Providers and three for Utilities.
(Type: Article | Section: EcoSeed Exclusive | Category: Press Releases)
Date Created: Wednesday, 01 February 2012On the the 26th of January 2012 Utilities, Solution Providers & industry experts came together for the annual Smart Metering UK & Europe Summit, and the European Smart Metering Awards ceremony. The summit ...
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Flexible and in three languages: Vario releases its solar calculator for Android in English, German and Italian
(Type: Article | Section: EcoSeed Exclusive | Category: Press Releases)
Date Created: Monday, 23 January 2012Holzgerlingen, 23.01.2012. The solar yield calculator app of Vario green energy is now available for Android smartphones. An iPhone version of it already exists. House and roof owners can calculate with ...
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U.K.’s £11.7-bn smart meter plan boon for utilities – not consumers
(Type: Article | Section: Business, Europe, Laws & Regulations, Smart Grid Infrastructure, Smart Metering, Latest News)
Date Created: Wednesday, 18 January 2012Britain’s Public Accounts Committee is doubtful that utilities will pass on the benefits gained from a government plan to install smart meters in every home and building in the country by the end of the ...
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Industry leaders convene for the first time to address cyber security threats faced by SCADA and Smart Grid
(Type: Article | Section: EcoSeed Exclusive | Category: Press Releases)
Date Created: Tuesday, 17 January 2012London - On the 26th and 27th of April 2012 representatives from Europe’s leading energy and utility companies will convene in London at the SCADA & Smart Grid Cyber Security Summit 2012. This gathering ...
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Landis+Gyr acquires Ecologic Analytics
(Type: Article | Section: Business | Category: Europe, Smart Grid Software, Latest News, News Briefs, News Briefs Business, News Briefs Smart Grid)
Date Created: Tuesday, 10 January 2012Landis+Gyr A.G. has acquired Ecologic Analytics after buying all of the remaining stocks of the smart meter data management company for an undisclosed sum. Ecologic has been operating for 10 years in Minnesota ...
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ComEd files 10-year, $2.6-billion smart grid program for Illinois
(Type: Article | Section: Business, United States, Smart Grid Infrastructure, Smart Metering, Smart Grid, Latest News)
Date Created: Sunday, 08 January 2012... includes a $233-million plan dedicated for system upgrades and smart grid technologies in 2012. ...
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Virginia Department of Military Affairs Selects Schneider Electric for Energy Savings Project
(Type: Article | Section: EcoSeed Exclusive | Category: Press Releases)
Date Created: Sunday, 08 January 2012DALLAS – January 6, 2012 – Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, announced today it has been selected for installation of an $11.2 million energy savings performance contracting ...
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Smart meters for water utilities valued at $29.9 million by 2017
(Type: Article | Section: Business | Category: United States, Other Smart Grid Technologies, Latest News, News Briefs, News Briefs Business, News Briefs Smart Grid)
Date Created: Thursday, 05 January 2012Increased use of “smart” meters, this time for the water utilities, will lead to $29.9 million in sales by 2017 compared with $10.3 million in 2011, a study from market analyst Pike Research showed. ...
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Global smart meter shipments hit 19.2 million 3Q 2011
(Type: Article | Section: Business | Category: Asia, Europe, United States, Smart Metering, Latest News, News Briefs, News Briefs Business, News Briefs Smart Grid)
Date Created: Tuesday, 03 January 2012Global smart meter shipments reached 19.2 million in the third quarter of 2011, a 5.3 percent increase over the second quarter of 2011 with North America’s Landis+Gyr maintaining a leadership position ...
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SageGlass provides vital daylight control in Immanuel Bible Church’s new multi-function atrium
(Type: Article | Section: EcoSeed Exclusive | Category: Press Releases)
Date Created: Tuesday, 03 January 2012MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 3, 2012 – The Immanuel Bible Church in Springfield, Virginia, has installed SageGlass® dynamic glass to enable state-of-the-art daylighting control as part of a multi-year, multi-million-dollar ...
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A Smart Pelican and 50 Christmas Trees - An M2M smart meter from Eseye and White Solar monitors the electricity used at Christmas Tree Festival
(Type: Article | Section: EcoSeed Exclusive | Category: Press Releases)
Date Created: Wednesday, 14 December 2011... The new Pelican smart electricity meter is measuring how much electricity the lights on the 50 Christmas trees in the Festival are using. ...
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With the right laws, grid can take on renewable energy, E.V.’s – M.I.T.
(Type: Article | Section: Politics, Laws & Regulations, Smart Grid Infrastructure, Smart Grid, Latest News)
Date Created: Wednesday, 07 December 2011The United States electric grid can accommodate the expected surge of renewable energy projects and use of electric vehicles within the next two decades, provided that proper policies supporting these ...
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Siemens continues smart grid expansion, buys software maker EMeter
(Type: Article | Section: Business, Europe, Smart Grid Infrastructure, Smart Metering, Smart Grid, Latest News)
Date Created: Tuesday, 06 December 2011Siemens Industry, Inc. has bought California smart meter software maker EMeter Corporation, as it continues expansion plans in the smart grid space announced two years ago. EMeter is a 13-year-old company ...
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Hassle-free permitting aim of $12 million U.S. rooftop challenge
(Type: Article | Section: Politics, Laws & Regulations, Funding & Incentives, Photovoltaic, Latest News)
Date Created: Thursday, 01 December 2011The United States Department of Energy awarded $12 million in funding to the winners of the Rooftop Solar Challenge which promotes solar energy deployment by making it more accessible and affordable and ...
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PG&E asks C.P.U.C. to start work on six smart grid projects in California
(Type: Article | Section: Business | Category: United States, Smart Grid, Latest News, News Briefs, News Briefs Business, News Briefs Smart Grid)
Date Created: Sunday, 27 November 2011Pacific Gas and Electric asked the permission of the California Public Utilities Commission last week to begin constructing six new smart grid pilot projects to benefit both the utility and its customers ...
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Hawaii and Japan confirm $37 million smart grid experiment in Maui
(Type: Article | Section: Business | Category: United States, Smart Grid Infrastructure, Smart Grid, Latest News)
Date Created: Wednesday, 23 November 2011The governor of Hawaii and the president of Japan’s leading industrial development center signed an agreement on Tuesday to officially make a joint smart grid project to be built in the island of Maui. ...
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Indiana electric cooperative uses Landis+Gyr smart grid technology
(Type: Article | Section: Business | Category: United States, Smart Metering, News Briefs, News Briefs Business, News Briefs Smart Grid)
Date Created: Thursday, 17 November 2011Warsaw, Indiana electric cooperative Kosciusko REMC will be deploying Landis+Gyr’s Gridstream RF mesh network technology to its member-customers over an 18-month period beginning next year. The product ...
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European Smart Metering Awards
(Type: Article | Section: Events, Events Smart Grid)
Date Created: Friday, 11 November 2011Following on from the massive success of the 2011 Awards, the European Smart Metering Awards (January 26th 2012, London) has become the industry’s leading awards ceremony. Recognising achievements and ...
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Metering & Smart Grids Caribbean 2012
(Type: Article | Section: Events, Events Smart Grid)
Date Created: Thursday, 10 November 2011Metering and Smart Grids Caribbean is the place for leaders of the metering and smart grids businesses to craft the future strategy of the power industry’s game-changer. This event has a truly international ...
