Managing precious resource to produce energy and reducing carbon emissions require leading edge solutions to understand all aspects of energy production and its delivery, its use by customers and finally, its financial reconciliation with revenue completeness.
PRI has invested in all these aspects when developing its electricity and gas metering products as well as, radio and p... more
Pee Dee Electric Cooperative, S.C USA, is preparing for a Smart Grid future by implementing Aclara’s Meter Data Management System (MDMS) and ENERGYprism® customer-engagement software to meet growing consumer interest in household energy management.
A new compact module complying with the KNX-RF (Konnex over RF) specification for home and building control has been launched by RF module design and manufacturing company Radiocrafts AS.
New Zealand’s transmission grid owner Transpower has initiated discussions with interested parties on a multi-million dollar demand side initiative in the upper North Island to help defer investment in new assets.
By 2020 demand will play an active part in the process of system balancing and market price formation in Ireland’s single electricity market, according to a new consultation paper from the island’s regulatory authorities.
LXSZ series wireless remote smart valve-control wet water meter is high-tech mechtronics product. This series meter uses advanced wireless transmission technology. Through microelectronic control circuits, it converts the pulse signals of traditional mechanical meter into electrical signals. Then the metering data is transmitted to background platform through GPRS network automatically, or it can be collected b a hand-held unit from outside of the houses and after that downloaded to a computer through USB port. ... more
The U.S. Congress has abandoned yet another climate bill. Gridlock in this august body looms large come November, dampening hopes of effective energy legislation in the foreseeable future. America is stuck. Yet deregulation, a concept all but renounced by the country a decade back in the wake of California's energy crisis, holds the potential to unlock the gates to climatic heaven.
The world is preparing for the coming age of the electric vehicle (EV, which is used in this article to apply generically to all forms of electric vehicles). Major manufacturers are ramping up production with aggressive sales goals. Utilities and municipalities are laying the foundation for the new infrastructure. Governments at all levels are participating in the promotion of electric vehicles – and are putting massive tax funded dollars behind their support.
Standardisation of multi-utility
smart metering systems is a
high priority task all over the
world. Although many standards
are already in place, they have
to be integrated into a coherent
suite, identified gaps have to
be filled, new requirements
have to be considered, and
new technologies have to be
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