Venture capital flows for industrial IoT startups – 2018’s biggest bets on Industry 4.0
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailA slew of enterprise funds and venture capital has been staked on the enterprise-facing internet-of-things (IoT) sector in recent months, as vendors have got a better grasp of the technology …
Water utilities and LPWA networks to bring new growth in smart meter market
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailGrowth in smart meter shipments by water utilities during the next decade, alongside higher sales of smart gas meters, will offset a decline in smart electricity meters, which have underpinned …
How cold storage firm Lineage Logistics used IoT tech to reduce energy by 34%
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFood cold storage operator Lineage Logistics has engaged IoT solution provider ndustrial.io and carrier AT&T to reduce annual energy usage by 34 per cent and annual energy costs by $4 …
What is Society 5.0? Japan’s model for a digitally-inspired ‘imagination society’
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail“The kaleidoscope has been shaken, the pieces are in flux.” It is a phrase written for a different time, and another sphere – a generation ago, which seems like a …
Itron secures two IoT contracts in Latin America
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail The U.S. firm will deploy its solutions for a Brazilian utility and four Costa Rican electricity cooperatives U.S. firm Itron said Brazilian utility Elektro will deploy its Gen5 …
Power to the people – how blockchain will democratise the energy market
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWill 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
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe 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
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSiemens 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
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailOnly 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
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail 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 …
