Many countries around the globe are working feverishly to modernize their electric grids. Sharing knowledge helps everyone, and the news and resources in this section can help do that.
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CURRENT has had a rough time of it in the U.S., but is making inroads in Europe. The company has been selected by Spain's Iberdrola to provide advanced metering, transformer supervision and network communications there this year.
Honeywell has been signed to launch China's first smart grid demand response project. The company will demonstrate its automated demand response technology at office buildings, government and commercial facilities and industrial plants to reduce demand during peak load conditions.
A comprehensive grid optimization study being undertaken by the German government is urgently needed since the country has opted to abandon nuclear, says SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst. Learn how the study's results could influence Europe's future role in smart grid.
Want to see the future of smart grid storage? Look to China, which just completed a project that uses a 36 MWh energy storage system to integrate 140 MW of wind and solar, making it the country's largest smart grid storage facility and, as SGN Analyst Jesse Berst suggests, a potential template for smart grid storage efforts in the U.S. Click to learn why.
Ecuadorian utility Electrica de Guayaquil has completed installation of more than 600,000 smart meters in Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city. It will be the first of many Latin American installations to come this decade, we predict, as attention shifts away from North America. The system uses Itron meters, communications and meter data management.
Energy consulting, testing and certification will be the focus of a new global company being formed by DNV and KEMA. It looks like a good strategic match. Click to find out why, and for more on the new company's vision.
Africa's largest electricity provider has picked Comverge to create and co-manage the continent's first open market for demand response resources. There's more inside about this important pilot project.
New research from the ARC Advisory Group suggests the SCADA market for electricity transmission and distribution is among the most rapidly growing control system markets in the world. Click to see which country the report says will be the driving force in SCADA technologies by 2020.
Add Taiwan to the growing list of countries in the Asia Pacific region that intend to become major forces in the smart grid. The government there plans to invest an additional $4.3 billion in smart grid beginning in 2012. Click inside to learn what Taiwan hopes to achieve.
UCLA's Smart Grid Energy Research Center, established to develop and test new smart grid technologies, has a new partner – the Korea Institute of Energy Research. Read the story for what to expect from this international collaboration.
We've long made comparisons between the Internet and the smart grid. Now a Japanese consortium is working to develop large-scale grids that handle power like the Internet handles data. It's a brilliant concept; find out why inside.
More good news on the smart grid front: A new study from Northeast Group identifies 25 emerging countries with whopping potential for being the next wave of smart grid deployments. SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst has a prediction on what that could mean in the next five to 10 years.
Telvent is making its first foray into the Australian smart grid market through partnerships with an electric utility and a gas utility to replace their existing SCADA systems with its multi-utility single platform. Click inside for more on this latest trend indicator.
The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission has a handy tool for keeping track of the more than 200 smart grid projects throughout Europe. It's a project inventory in interactive map format intended as a platform for sharing the results of research projects. Click inside for more on this convenient smart grid resource.
There's been fairly constant grumbling about the less than sprightly pace of the U.S. cyber security standards process – but for better or worse we're not alone. Click inside for security expert Andy Bochman's take on progress in Europe.
Silver Spring Networks and Cable&Wireless Worldwide have agreed to participate in the Ecoisland Partnership, the UK's largest energy sustainability smart grid project to date. SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst introduces the story with some thoughts on what this partnership might say about SSN's European market strategy.
Brazil's smart grid market is in its infancy, notes this report from Research and Markets. Power utilities are running pilot projects, several technologies are being tested by different manufactures and policies and regulations are being defined, which translates into a potentially large market. The report addresses the crucial elements for making smart grid a growing and profitable market in the region, as well as legislation and government incentives.
GE's PowerOn distribution management system will be used by the Flemish electric and gas distribution utility EANDIS to help improve grid and operational efficiency and integrate renewable energy to help meet the European Union’s goal of 20 percent carbon reduction by 2020.
Mitsubishi Electric has begun full-scale testing with a variety of smart grid and smart community technologies in Japan, from demand and supply balancing to microgrids and energy saving programs for consumers. There's more on this decidedly renewable energy-centric project inside.
Brazil will be the next major market for smart meter sales, and Echelon has its foot in the door early thanks to its somewhat different approach. SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst has a few comments inside.
Seven major car makers, two from the U.S. and five German-based, have agreed to adopt a single fast charging technology, meaning their EV customers can use the same charging stations. The diverse group says common charging is good for customers and good for them and good for the industry too. So what does it mean for the smart grid? Some thoughts inside.
Within a few short years, China will be the biggest market for EVs in the Asia Pacific region — it's expected to account for almost half of the region's total sales by 2015, says Pike Research. And while Japan and other countries have relatively mature and successful EV adoption initiatives and programs, Pike says global EV industries should take advantage of the wealth of opportunities in China. Read why inside.
How a keystone pipeline from Alberta, Canada to Port Arthur, Texas could provide a backbone for the smart grid has captured TMCnet.com contributor Carl Ford's attention. Find out why inside.
The French government announced it will deploy 35 million smart meters throughout the country over the next seven years. Meter maker Itron, which participated in a successful French pilot project that led to the decision, says it's ready to roll if selected for the massive countrywide initiative. Read more on the story inside.
If you think the big prize in Brazil is the World Cup, think again. Innovation Observatory ranks the country in the top 10 globally for smart grid investments with plans to install more than 60 million smart meters in the next decade or so. And that's just for starters. Click inside to learn more about this emerging star in the smart grid arena.
We're getting mixed signals about the vitality of the smart grid market. On the one hand, the recent DistribuTECH conference was one of the most successful ever. On the other, a well-known Wall Street analyst recently told his clients that the smart metering sector is "facing several headwinds," including weak regulatory support in the U.S. and delays in European adoption. Taking the pulse of the smart grid industry is this week's Tuesday Topic.
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