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Kaluza brings flexibility for V2G deployment

Intelligent energy firm Kaluza is adding flexibility to UK utility Western Power Distribution (WPD) using a mix of domestic storage and transport devices including domestic vehicle-to-grid (V2G) chargers. Through [...]

Sparkmeter raises $12m to bring smart energy to underserved communities

Washington start-up SparkMeter has closed a $12m series A financing round. The company provides grid management services, equipment and software that increase access to reliable electricity in underserved communities [...]

Getting more out of smart meters

Bjoern Reinke, director of data and data science at Haven Power, explores the use of AI and machine learning in combination with smart meters, and how this is helping [...]

MDL simulator tests smart grid components

Researchers and manufacturers can test the performance of electric vehicle, photovoltaic and smart grid components using a high-power-density grid simulator from UK firm MDL Technologies. The four-quadrant, regenerative Chroma [...]

Nokia deploys optical network for Chinese utility

The State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), the largest utility in the world, is deploying a programmable and agile optical network using Nokia’s IP. The deployment should allow SGCC [...]

Senators call on FERC to support smart-grid tech

Twelve Democrat senators in the USA, led by New Mexico’s Martin Heinrich (pictured), have called on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to support incentives that promote the use [...]

Schneider power meter uses IoT technologies

Schneider Electric has announced a high-density power meter that uses IoT-enabled technologies, including Modbus, SNMP and Bacnet TCP/IP, so users can better manage power consumption, optimise uptime and allocate [...]

Fornetix secures million of smart meters for ADD-Bulgaria

Maryland security company Fornetix is to provide encryption management for ADD-Bulgaria on millions of IoT-based smart meters in Eastern Europe. ADD-Bulgaria is a technology company providing intelligent products for remote [...]

Genus supplies 1.5m smart meters to EESL

Indian electricity metering provider Genus Power has supplied 1.5m smart meters to state-owned utility EESL (Energy Efficiency Services Ltd). Genus Power claims to be the largest supplier of smart meters [...]

SSE transforms London bus garage into virtual power station

Scottish energy provider SSE has transformed a north London bus garage to create a virtual power station, generating electricity from buses when not in use. In what is claimed to [...]

Eyesight and Globo monitor oil and gas fleet drivers

Israeli AI computer vision firm Eyesight Technologies is working with French telematics provider GloboConnect to develop a driver-monitoring device for the oil and gas fleets industry. The device will combine [...]

Landis + Gyr signs five year smart meter deal with Smud

Smart meter maker Landis + Gyr has signed a five-year contract with Sacramento Municipal Utility District (Smud) that extends the Swiss company’s status as the California utility’s exclusive advanced [...]