Power to the people – how blockchain will democratise the energy market
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailWill blockchain help to democratise power generation and power consumption? It is a tangential, and tech-minded, question, which came out of the central narrative at European Utility Week 2018 in Vienna …
Electrification and digitisation of energy is key to hitting green targets, says Siemens
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe planet’s appetite for energy is growing; demand for electricity shows no signs of slowing. German technology company Siemens told European Utility Week 2018 in Vienna the only way the …
Siemens intros “game-changing” drone sensor system for power-line inspections
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailSiemens has unveiled a new drone-mounted multi-sensor system running artificial intelligence and machine learning for overhead power-line inspections. Combining a number of sensors and cameras, the new system enables power …
The hard ROI of smart street-lighting – seven ways for cities to make their money back
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailOnly one smart city use case stands up to close scrutiny: smart street lighting. The business case for parking and garbage, the other functions in the holy trinity of smart …
Portland General Electric targets smart grid test bed in 2019
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Nearly 20,000 customers will trial smart-home technologies including thermostats and water heaters Portland General Electric has announced plans to file a proposal to carry out a smart grid …
Itron handed upgrade of NV Energy’s demand response management system
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailNevada-based NV Energy has upgraded its demand response management system for improved load management capabilities and enhanced cybersecurity. Smart-city tech provider has handled the software in the modernisation project, which …
Miami leads global lists of smart streetlights deployment: study
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailA research study revealed that North America will have 14.4 million connected streetlights by 2023 Miami is the world’s number one city in terms of connected streetlights deployment according to …
Dell intros enterprise IoT bundles for resellers to target food, gas, manufacturing
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailDell Technologies will release a number of pre-integrated and pre-tested computer-vision and machine-intelligence bundles for its resellers to more easily cater to certain edge-computing and internet-of-things use cases. The bundles, …
Itron on track to fully integrate Silver Spring Networks business, says CEO
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailItron said it is seeing a high level of interest from customers for the firm’s new smart gas and water meters U.S. firm Itron, which focuses on technology solutions …
G20 countries ranked on progress towards the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe latest index of countries’ progress against the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) makes for grim reading. No country is on track to achieve the targets, set out by the …
