Utility Infrastructure News
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Bentley Issues Call for Nominations for the Year in Infrastructure 2019 Awards Program
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, today announced its call for nominations for the Year in Infrastructure 2019 Awards program. The awards, which are judged by independent juries of industry experts, recognize infrastructure projects for digital innovations that ...
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Fluence further strengthens its Board with appointment of Non-Executive Director Paul Donnelly
Fluence Corporation Limited (ASX: FLC) is pleased to announce that Paul Donnelly has been appointed to the Company's board as a Non-Executive Director. Paul's appointment fills a casual vacancy left by the recent retirement of Robert Wale. Mr. Donnelly is an accomplished financial services executive with international experience across all aspects of capital markets, with particular skills in ...
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Water tariffs will need to rise by 5.9% a year to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, new GWI report finds
A new market report published by GWI has found that water tariffs will need to increase by 5.9% each year in order to generate the $449 billion of annual investment required to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal on water and sanitation by 2030, and maintain existing infrastructure. The report comes at a time when the funding model for water infrastructure is evolving to incorporate more ...
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NextEnergy, Wayne State University, And TechTown Launch Technology Innovation Consortium
Clean technology innovation accelerator NextEnergy, part of a national network of accelerators focused on deploying solutions that create smarter, cleaner and more livable cities, announced it is participating in Detroit Urban Solutions, a new consortium with Wayne State University, start-up incubator TechTown, the City of Detroit, and others."Innovation consortiums like Detroit Urban Solutions ...
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Integrated Drone Solution Enhances Utility Asset Data
Black & Veatch and Aeryon Labs announced recently (10/24) that they have launched an end-to-end asset management inspection solution leveraging drone technology for global energy clients. Aeryon's commercial unmanned aerial system (UAS) hardware, software and services enable the capture of critical infrastructure condition data that is integrated by Black & Veatch into a utility's ...
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AWWA launches Buried No Longer® tool, highlights WIFIA during Infrastructure Week
As part of its observance of Infrastructure Week, the American Water Works Association announced the launch of its new Buried No Longer® (BNL) tool. The BNL online tool offers water and wastewater utilities the opportunity to accurately forecast the cost of their water and wastewater pipe repair and replacement needs. It provides cost estimates and financial deferrals based on inputted data ...
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Duke Energy's latest Sustainability Report details cleaner energy investments and an aggressive goal to reduce carbon emissions 40 percent by 2030
A modernized generating fleet and additional investments of $11 billion in cleaner energy are spurring Duke Energy to establish an aggressive carbon dioxide reduction goal: 40 percent from 2005 levels by 2030. The goals are spelled out in the company's 2016 Sustainability Report, which was issued on 4/27. View it online. "As technology and customers' expectations evolve, Duke Energy is ...
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Con Edison Projects Would Make Region`s Ride to Electric Vehicles Smoother
Con Edison is looking for innovation partners to make it easier for New Yorkers to switch to electric vehicles, which are becoming an increasingly good value as technology improves. The energy company is proposing to invest up to $25 million on demonstration projects that would test strategies for increasing the number of electric vehicles (EVs) in the region by making charging convenient and ...
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Oracle Utilities Launches Smart Grid and IoT Device Management Solution in the Cloud
Oracle recently introduced Oracle Utilities Operational Device Cloud Service (ODCS), a new cloud offering that is designed to enable utilities to further automate the management of their grid assets and devices, at a total lower cost of ownership. The utilities industry is going through tremendous transformation as a result of IoT and increasing distributed energy resources. The United States ...
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Utility leaders elevate water infrastructure at AWWA event on Capitol Hill
More than 140 water utility leaders from throughout the United States embarked on 352 meetings with members of Congress this week to elevate the importance of investing in water infrastructure. The utility leaders were part of the American Water Works Association's Water Matters! Fly-In, an annual event at which water issues are front and center in the halls of Congress. Collaborating with ...
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Entergy Selects Accenture to Provide Advanced Metering Solution
Accenture recently announced that it has been selected by Entergy Services, Inc. to provide an advanced metering solution to enhance grid reliability and customer service with digital technologies. This includes more efficient billing and field maintenance, faster outage detection to bolster network reliability and greater data and analytics capabilities. Working with OMNETRIC Group, Accenture's ...
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Through to the finals
Garic is celebrating the fantastic news that it has been shortlisted for two leading construction industry awards. “As one of the UK’s largest plant and welfare facilities suppliers, we are absolutely delighted to be through to the finals of the Builder & Engineer and Construction News Specialists awards,” commented Neil Richardson. “We have had an incredible 12 ...
By Garic Ltd.
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Private Water is on the verge of a comeback
The market for private sector participation in the water sector is on the threshold of significant change. How can those looking to deploy capital and those selling their expertise into the sector make the most of these opportunities? Private Sector Participation in Water report published by Global Water intelligence (GWI) presents readers with a crucial insight into the emerging trends to drive ...
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Xylem follows up Sensus buy with Visenti acquisition
US-based water technology giant Xylem has revealed that it has bought Singapore-based water analytics firm Visenti Solutions, in tandem with its $1.7 billion acquisition of smart meter giant Sensus which closed earlier this week. Xylem has been working with Visenti since 2012, providing sensors for the latter’s analytics programmes for PUB in Singapore. Visenti, which was spun out of a ...
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FirstNet Leadership to Present Opening Remarks at Penton’s IWCE’s Critical LTE Communications Forum on November 2 in Chicago
Penton’s IWCE’s Critical LTE Communications Forum, a new business technology conference focused on mission-critical LTE network solutions, today announced that First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) leadership will present the Opening Remarks on Wednesday, November 2 at 9:05 a.m.The Forum is scheduled for November 2-3, 2016 at the McCormick Place in Chicago in tandem with ...
By Informa PLC
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Kansas City’s Middle Blue River Green Infrastructure Receives Envision® Platinum Sustainable Infrastructure Award
Kansas City’s Middle Blue River Green Infrastructure projects, owned by KC Water, recently received the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) Envision Platinum award. The Middle Blue River Green Infrastructure projects are the 20th overall sustainable infrastructure award from Envision. The Middle Blue River Green Infrastructure projects were designed to reduce combined sewer ...
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Funding time is running out. We can help make the most of your spending.
The Clean Water and Wastewater Fund (CWWF) is a federal program designed to support the rehabilitation and modernization of drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure. Through the CWWF, $569.5 million is being provided through federal infrastructure funding. The Province of Ontario is cost-matching contributions up to a maximum of 25% of total eligible costs. For 20 years, Pure ...
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Breaking Down the $10B Market for Smart Meters and Analytics Through 2021
The global market for smart meters (also known as advanced metering infrastructure) isn’t just growing, it’s getting more complicated -- and while utilities don’t always keep up-to-date with the investments to manage this technology complexity, they can’t put them off forever. That means big spending ahead on for the data management and analytics software needed to make ...
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“Clearing the Air” News Round Up
Welcome to the “Clearing the Air” News Round Up post from OMI Industries. We have compiled the latest industrial odor control news stories for your reference, arming you with the right information to keep your facilities odor-free. If you have any news that you would like our team to cover, please fill out our contact form and we will strongly consider running your story. ...
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Phosphate monitor protects Cumbrian lake during restoration
Novel phosphate monitoring technology from OTT Hydrometry is helping the South Cumbria Rivers Trust (SCRT) to improve water quality during a project to restore a lake in the north of England. Funded by United Utilities, the Elterwater Remediation Project has been created to improve water quality by increasing water flow through the lake and dramatically lowering residency time. Background ...
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