Elster Introduces Callisto Grid Performance System
Raleigh, N.C.-based Elster Solutions has announced the introduction of Callisto, a new grid performance system that the company says transforms how utilities optimize their advanced [...]
ABB Collaborates With Ambient, Announces New Grid Solutions
ABB and Ambient Corp. have announced the integration of ABB DistribuSense current and voltage sensors with AmbientPQM. The companies say the integrated product is a [...]
Mass. Utility Completes Trial Of Echelon's Edge Control Nodes
Echelon Corp., an energy control networking solution provider, TDJ Consulting, a consulting partner to utilities, and Concord Municipal Light Plant (CMLP), a Concord, Mass-based municipal [...]
Landis+Gyr Extends Contract With Indianapolis Utility
Landis+Gyr and Indianapolis Power & Light Co. (IPL) have announced that the two companies have extended their existing network management agreement for the utility's advanced [...]
Texas Instruments Unveils Integrated SoCs For Polyphase Smart Meters
Texas Instruments Inc. has introduced its MSP430F677x SoCs, fully integrated metering systems-on-chips (SoCs) designed for polyphase smart meters. According to the company, the MSP430F677x SoCs [...]
Honeywell, Opower Introduce Energy Management Platform
Honeywell and Opower have introduced their new Energy Management Platform, which combines Honeywell's Wi-Fi thermostat and Akuacom utility management software with Opower's interactive, cloud-based application [...]
CalAmp Announces Energy Management And Control Solution
CalAmp Corp., a provider of wireless products, services and solutions, has introduced CalAmp Energy Management and Control (EMC), a scalable load-control analytical solution for monitoring [...]
Bit Stew Systems Releases Grid Director 3.3
Vancouver-based Bit Stew Systems has released version 3.3 of its Grid Director smart grid analytics platform. The major emphasis of version 3.3, according to the [...]
T&D Equipment Market To More Than Double By 2020
The global transmission and distribution (T&D) equipment market is expected to reach $301 billion in 2020, increasing from $127 billion in 2012 at a compound [...]
Siemens Smart Grid And Proximetry Announce Partnership
Siemens Smart Grid says it has entered into a partnership with Proximetry, a network and device management software platform provider, to improve the management of [...]
Utilities Spent $14B Worldwide On Smart Grid Tech In 2012
Utilities worldwide spent $13.9 billion in 2012 - up 7% from the previous year - on smart grid technologies such as advanced metering and fault [...]
North American Utilities Planning Significant System Upgrades
Newton-Evans Research Co. has released highlights of findings from its newly published study of energy management system (EMS), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system, [...]
Solar Project Receives CPUC Approval; Energy Storage Cited As Key Benefit
SolarReserve, a U.S. developer of large-scale solar power projects, has received unanimous approval from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to sell power from its [...]
Report: Smart Grid Consumers Need More Info.
Most consumers like smart technology and would be willing to participate in energy-saving programs, but they need more education, says a new report by the [...]
S&C Introduces Array Of New Smart Grid Solutions
Chicago-based S&C Electric Co. says it has introduced new smart grid solutions to improve the efficiency and performance of utility power systems. The additions to [...]
National Grid Closes $40M Investment In Clean Line Energy
National Grid, a major energy company that operates in the U.K., Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island, has closed its previously announced $40 million investment [...]
Silver Spring, AutoGrid Partner On Demand Response Optimization
AutoGrid, a developer of advanced analytics software for the energy industry, and Silver Spring Networks, a networking platform and solutions provider, have announced a strategic [...]
Comverge Unveils Customer Engagement, Smart Grid Solutions
Norcross, Ga.-based Comverge Inc. has introduced SmartConsumer, a customer engagement solution that integrates software and services to help utilities reduce base load by educating and [...]
Energate's CCDR Solution To Operate Over Sensus' FlexNet
Energate Inc. has announced that its Consumer Connected Demand Response (CCDR) platform for a two-way residential demand response solution has been qualified to operate over [...]
Orlando Utilities Commission Completes MDM Deployment
Atlanta-based Red Clay Consulting and Oracle have completed implementation of Red Clay's SmartGridONE (SG1) offering powered by Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management at the Florida-based [...]