News and Press Releases from Smart Grid Observer on Environmental XPRT

Trilliant and Saigon Hi-Tech Park Sign Deal for First Smart City Project in Southeast Asia

Trilliant, a global provider of IoT and smart energy communications solutions, signed a deal on August 15 with Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) to deploy Southeast Asia's first smart city project. Trilliant will install light-emitting diode (LED) lights, ...

Sep. 22, 2017

FERC Issues Final Rules to Enhance Bulk Electric System Resilience, Reliability

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently (9/20) approved two final rules and issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) addressing mandatory standards intended to support the resilience and reliability of the nation`s bulk ...

Sep. 21, 2017

eMotorWerks Partners with EDF in Expansion of JuiceNet Internet of Things Electric Vehicle Charging Technology

Further expanding its reach as a leader in internet of things electric vehicle charging solutions, eMotorWerks recently announced a new partnership with EDF. The partnership, based on due diligence from EDF Innovation ...

Sep. 21, 2017

PG&E Partners with Valley CAN and IBEW to Connect Underserved Communities with Electric Vehicles

Pacific Gas and Electric Company recently announced a new pilot program in partnership with Valley Clean Air Now (Valley CAN) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 684 and 100 to provide free electrical panel upgrades ...

Sep. 20, 2017

Siemens and PAS Announce Global Strategic Partnership To Provide Essential Industrial Control System Cybersecurity

Siemens, a global engineering and technology leader, and PAS Global, a leading provider of industrial control system (ICS) cybersecurity solutions, recently announced an agreement to provide fleet-wide, real time monitoring for control systems. By ...

Sep. 20, 2017

The Most Efficient Form of Renewable Energy

The renewable energy sector is growing fast. Its strength lies in its diversity and its numerous tangible benefits. This infographic explores the different types that are currently in use. Learn more about how they work and how experts determine ...

Sep. 19, 2017

Energy Service Companies Can Save New Yorkers Billions Of Dollars - According To New Data Filed With The Public Service Commission

A report filed today (9/15) with the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) showed that energy service companies (ESCOs) can save New York energy consumers billions of dollars on energy costs. The data from 2011-2016 indicates that if one tenth ...

Sep. 18, 2017

Silver Spring Networks Announces Agreement with Acuity Brands to Forge Smart City and IoT Development

Silver Spring Networks recently announced that Acuity Brands, through its subsidiary Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc., is a new technology and channel partner. Acuity Brands' field sales organization will deliver Silver Spring's technology for smart ...

Sep. 12, 2017

Cybersecurity in the Energy & Utility Sector

IBM recently released an IBM X-Force report highlighting analysis of energy and utility (E&U) customer data. The E&U sector is responsible for critical infrastructure that keeps society running, including fuel, electricity, drinking water, ...

Sep. 12, 2017

Duke Energy Renewables Purchases One of the Largest Solar Projects in New York

Duke Energy Renewables is acquiring the 24.9-megawatt (MW) Shoreham Solar Commons project on Long Island from Invenergy. The project, currently under construction by Invenergy, is located in Brookhaven, New York, about 60 miles east of Manhattan. It ...

Aug. 15, 2017

Schneider Electric and Claroty Partner to Address Safety and Cybersecurity Challenges

Claroty, an innovator in Operational Technology (OT) network protection, and Schneider Electric announced recently (8/7) that they are partnering to address safety and cybersecurity challenges for the world's industrial infrastructure. Under the ...

Aug. 8, 2017

Landis+Gyr and Mueller Systems to Develop Water AMI Module

Landis+Gyr has announced an agreement with Mueller Systems to integrate Landis+Gyr`s latest RF Mesh IP communications technology in Mueller Systems advanced water AMI module. This project will provide utilities using Landis+Gyr`s Gridstream AMI ...

Aug. 3, 2017

Trilliant Networks and Stark Finalize Deal for SMETS1 Solution Throughout the United Kingdom

Trilliant Networks, provider of the most widely used AMI solutions in the UK, and Stark, a leading independent energy data and services provider, finalized a deal enabling the delivery of a SMETS1 solution leveraging Trilliant`s Smart Metering ...

Aug. 1, 2017

Startup Companies Selected for the Ameren Accelerator

Ameren Corporation recently announced the seven companies that have been selected to participate in the Ameren Accelerator, an innovative public-private partnership with the University of Missouri System, UMSL Accelerate and Capital Innovators, that ...

Jul. 31, 2017

Regulators Accept Hawaiian Electric Companies` Plan to Reach 100% Renewable Energy

The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has accepted the Hawaiian Electric Companies` plan charting the near-term actions that will lead to 100 percent of Hawaii`s power generation needs coming from renewable resources by 2045. The Power ...

Jul. 21, 2017

Bay State Wind Receives First Offshore Wind Site Assessment Plan Approval in the United States

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued its first approval of an offshore wind Site Assessment Plan (SAP) to Bay State Wind, a utility-scale offshore wind project in Massachusetts located 15 nautical miles south of Martha`s Vineyard ...

Jul. 20, 2017

Hydro One to Acquire Avista to Create Growing North American Utility Leader

Highlights: Establishes one of North America`s largest regulated utilities with over C$32.2 billion (US$25.4 billion) in assets and a leader in electricity transmission and distribution as well as natural gas local distribution businesses ...

Jul. 20, 2017

EPCOR Completes Advanced Metering Deployment in Edmonton

Landis+Gyr announced completion of an innovative multi-year grid modernization project with EPCOR that included deployment of the Gridstream® AMI solution for advanced metering infrastructure and grid management in Edmonton, Alberta. EPCOR ...

Jun. 22, 2017

Aclara and Enbala Form Strategic Alliance

Aclara Technologies and Enbala Power Networks announce a new strategic alliance through which Aclara adds Enbala's Virtual Power Plant (VPP) technology to Aclara's utility solution suite. Aclara is a leading supplier of smart infrastructure ...

Jun. 22, 2017

SMUD and Simple Energy Partner to Deliver Innovative Marketplace

SMUD, the sixth-largest community-owned electric service in the nation, has announced a new partnership with Simple Energy, the nation`s leading provider of utility-branded marketplaces. At launch, SMUD`s new marketplace will offer customers in the ...

Jun. 19, 2017