China Minsen Meter Co., Ltd., founded in June 2009 with investment of around 7.5M USD, is devoted to R&D, manufacture and sales for utilities wireless intelligent meters and utilities information management related products.... more
Colorado Springs Utilities has selected Ecologic Analytics’ meter data management system (MDMS) to further enhance its local distribution network of more than 535,000 electric, gas and water endpoints for approximately 310,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers.
IT company Telvent and transmission and trading software solution provider Open Access Technology International, Inc. (OATI) have announced the strategic integration of Telvent’s advanced data acquisition and distribution management smart grid solution suite with OATI’s solutions for smart grid and energy markets.
New Zealand state-owned electricity company has selected analytic software and solutions provider Martin Dawes Analytic’ Lavastorm Analytic Engine to ensure the accuracy of tariffs, the company has announced.
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
... more
