Posts Tagged ‘smart grid technology’
16 May 2012
US smart grid specialist Ambient has been selected to take part in a UK project as part of the Low Carbon Network Fund programme.
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2 February 2012
Water companies are starting to wake up to the potential of using smart technology as part of the upgrade process for an ageing infrastructure.
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16 January 2012
UK smart grid specialist Flexitricity has received an undisclosed amount of finance from existing investor Archangel Informal Investments to fund new activity.
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12 January 2012
US technology company Honeywell has formed an agreement with the Tianjing Economic-Technological Development Area to implement a smart grid response project in China.
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28 November 2011
UK utility Scottish and Southern Energy Power Distribution has received approval from the regulator Ofgem for a £64m low carbon network project in the Thames Valley and Shetland islands.
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13 October 2011
Global IT giant IBM has joined a consortium to help develop a smart grid distribution network fed by at least 50 per cent renewable energy.
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13 September 2011
US smart grid infrastructure and software solutions developer Current has raised $13m through a funding round.
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7 September 2011
US utility the American Waterworks Company has partnered with smart grid developer Enbala Power Networks to allow real-time communication between water plants and power companies.
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10 August 2011
US energy storage developer Beacon Power has been awarded a $5m grant towards the construction of a 20MW flywheel storage facility in Hazle Township, Pennsylvania.
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28 July 2011
UK energy efficiency technology developer RLtec has raised $4m financing from investment company the Ombu Group which now has a controlling stake in RLtec.
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18 July 2011
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement has begun a public consultation on a draft Environmental Assessment that considers the environmental and socioeconomic impact of issuing renewable energy leases in designated Wind Energy Areas in the Atlantic Ocean.
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15 July 2011
Belgium transmission system operator Elia has partnered with Google, Marubeni, Good Energies and Atlantic Gird Investments for the $5.5bn Atlantic Wind Connection project.
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11 July 2011
Energy Technologies Institute invests £8m to ease renewable grid connections
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1 March 2011
Sainsbury’s has entered a ten-year deal with clean technology company RLtec to provide smart grid technology in over 200 stores, expected to save 10,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year in the UK.
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2 October 2009
Massachusetts, US-based energy harvesting wireless sensor network provider EnOcean has validated its wireless lighting controls, manufactured by Canada's Echoflex Solutions, and demonstrated significant energy savings in independent testing, according to a statement.
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18 September 2009
Swiss smart metering firm Landis+Gyr, in cooperation with German software group SAP, is offering energy utilities a new dimension in the transparency and availability of energy data.
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19 August 2009
Maine, US-based electric utility, Bangor Hydro Electric Company submitted an application for federal stimulus funding from the US Department of Energy to bring smart grid advancements to its electricity customers. Bangor Hydro is requesting $4.3m in grant funding for its proposed $8.8m smart grid project.
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