Nippon Gas to upgrade 850,000 gas meters with smart capabilities
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Japanese utility firm Nippon Gas (NICIGAS) announced plans to upgrade 850,000 gas meters with smart capabilities in 2020 using a retrofitted gas meter reader developed by UnaBiz and Soracom, …
Senet, MeterSYS to deliver LoRaWAN smart city solutions
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailWater metering is one of the fastest growing LoRaWAN market segments Cloud-based software and services platforms provider Senet is partnering up with MeterSYS, a company specializing in advanced smart city and …
Rocky Mountain Power appoints Itron to upgrade smart grid capabilities
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailIoT system provider Itron has signed a deal with Rocky Mountain Power to deploy new smart meters and smart grid capabilities. The electric company, serving customers in Idaho, Utah, and …
Airtel, Vodafone Idea to launch NB-IoT in India soon: report
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailVodafone hunting first commercial NB-IoT deal Indian telecommunications operators Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are currently getting ready to launch commercial NB-IoT services in the Indian market in the coming …
Metering is at the “heart” of the energy transition, says IoT maker EDMI
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailEDMI, owned by Osaki Electric Company in Japan, has major smart metering deals with water, gas, and electric utilities in Asia and Europe. The Singapore-based company makes IoT modules for …
The ‘beauty’ of broadband powerline (BPL), and the advance of Germany’s energiewende
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailGermany has a good model for the adoption of renewable energy resources. The country has an aggressive decarbonisation agenda as part of its energiewende (‘energy transition’). It shut down seven …
Itron to connect 240,000 smart electricity meters in Western Australia
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailItron has a deal with givernment owned utility Western Power in Australia to connect around 240,000 electricity meters. Western Power, in Western Australia, will gain visibility into the operation of …
Mass deployments in APAC to take smart water meter market past 400m by 2026
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAsia Pacific accounted for 42 per cent of the total installed base of smart water meters in 2018; its share will rise in the coming years as water utilities in …
Colorado Springs Utilities selects Landis+Gyr for smart meter system
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail U.S. utility Colorado Springs Utilities has selected Swiss company Landis+Gyr to replace the utility’s metering system with an advanced IoT network technology, capable of supporting the next generation of …
Making Industry Smarter: Energy & Power | Why the home is the heart of the new energy internet
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSmart meters have provided a read-out on energy consumption and a window on energy usage. They have brought insight and control to the field of energy management, both sides of …
