...also has options that fit the Smart City plan of the Metropolitan Electricity Authority and the Provincial Electricity Authority. A "smart grid" is required as well as a system to control power and water consumption in the transport sector, he said ...

  The Kingdom of Bahrain Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) has announced a dramatic IT system overhaul as part of the country’s long-term goal of developing efficient energy management. In what is the Kingdom’s largest ever utility-based IT project, EWA upgrade includes automating key operational processes, initiating changes in customer service, and improving overall performance in keeping with Bahrain’s 2030 economic vision.  

  The United States Department of Energy and the Denali Commission have announced that five Alaska Native communities will receive technical assistance through the Strategic Technical Assistance Response Team (START) program designed to promote local clean energy and energy efficiency projects that advance energy self-sufficiency.

The Natural Sciences and Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has established the Smart Net-zero Energy Buildings Strategic Network (SNEBRN), a nationwide university initiative headquartered at Concordia that recently received $1 million in new funding from Natural Resources Canada (NRCan).

Opower is collaborating with National Grid Rhode Island to deliver the Home Energy Report program to all 425,000 residential customers. The program is designed to provide tips and insight consumers need to compare their energy usage to their neighbors and find ways to reduce consumption and lower their energy bills. National Grid is the first utility to provide the program statewide.

While residential demand response might be overrated, it is certainly demonstrating its usefulness in many parts of the country. An announcement from regional transmission organization PJM underscores DR's growing value for the industry.

May 10, 2013Assistant Secretary Hoffman Discusses Grid Modernization with the New York Times and E&E TV

During a New York Times conference on “Energy for Tomorrow: Building Sustainable Cities,” Assistant Secretary Hoffman joined ConEd CEO Kevin Burke, and Euroheat and Power CEO Sabine Froning for a discussion on “Think National but Power Local.” During an interview with E&E TV’s Monica Trauzzi, she discussed how Recovery Act funding is helping utilities achieve important results such as reducing peak load, deferring building of additional generation, improving operations and monitoring the health of the grid more effectively.

President Obama restated his interest in designating utility workers first responders while he met with a utility executive group to go over restoration planning after major storms. Not only is it a useful and practical solution for speeding up response to outages, it also represents an opportunity for the industry to make its case for the money needed for grid modernization because of the widespread interest in restoration issues.

May 10, 2013Southeastern visits local high school

Three employees of Southeastern Power Administration visited a local high school to discuss hydroelectric power and demonstrate power generation.

May 10, 2013Breakthrough Industrial Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Project Begins Full-Scale Operations

Captured Carbon from Industrial Plant to be Used for Enhanced Oil Recovery

May 10, 2013Energy Department Employee Recognized for Eliminating One Million Tons of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Dr. Silverman Finalist for the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal

May 10, 2013Energy Department Metallurgist Recognized for Development of Revolutionary Coronary Stent Technology

Dr. Jablonski Finalist for the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal

The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) is initiating a process that will enable companies to participate in an open competition to develop the new 500 [...]

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has selected Toshiba Corp. to lead the utility's advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) initiative as the prime contractor and system integrator [...]

...EnergyHub, we can help make the Mercury platform even more valuable to its partners and customers, while also extending the smart grid to today's intelligent connected home." EnergyHub President Seth Frader-Thompson said, "Alarm.com, along with its Dealer Partners ...

Berlin, Germany --- (METERING.COM) --- May 10, 2013 - A total of 18 technical measures are available towards overcoming the voltage and congestion limitations that arise with integrating higher shares of photovoltaics (PVs) and other distributed energy resources (DER), according to a new report from the PV Grid initiative.

From these, the high priority solutions for LV grids in Europe are:

London, U.K. --- (METERING.COM) --- May 10, 2013 - The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has awarded £21 million to entrepreneurs to help bring a range of new and innovative smart energy and other low carbon products to market.

30 projects have been awarded a share of up to £16 million under the first phase of the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund. The £35 million fund, which was announced in April 2012, aims to support energy efficiency technologies such as building control systems, advanced lighting systems and space heating and cooling technologies, alongside power generation and energy storage technologies including fuel cells, biomass boilers and heat pumps. Winning designs range from smart energy demand controls and innovative waste management solutions, to innovative ideas for installing insulation.

...country's generation and transmission network assets. In addition, Ventyx noted: The move is in response to a new national smart grid policy established by the Ecuador Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Resources, which requires the country's utilities to establish ...

In a 70 to 63 vote Tuesday, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed an omnibus bill that would require the state's investor-owned utilities to procure [...]

Navigant Research says that while the smart grid market is still immature, global smart grid investments will remain strong through the remainder of the decade. The white paper identifies 10 smart grid trends to watch throughout the year and beyond.