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Jumbled regulation at heart of Australian smart grid market dip 30 Jan 2013 | 08:43 pm
Précis: A new Frost & Sullivan study predicts that Australian smart grid revenues will actually shrink by more than a third over the next few years. We look at the reasons why and if there is a chan....
Distribution automation: why it needs more interoperability 23 Jan 2013 | 09:40 am
Précis: Interoperability has mostly been a concern for advanced metering infrastructure deployments. But now it is also becoming a challenge for distribution automation. Why should you care if y...
Demand response: Faroe Islands wind project serves valuable lessons 9 Jan 2013 | 09:59 pm
Précis: When Faroe Islands power company SEV switched off its Sund Power Plant in November 2012 it shone a light on how demand response could help better integrate wind power on the grid. You could....
Energy storage for PV: meeting new operator demands 19 Dec 2012 | 08:32 pm
Précis: Efficient and cost effective energy storage is the only thing standing between PV as an uncertain, intermittent energy source and one that is constant and dispatchable. Take a look at Ac...
Home energy hubs: ‘utilities have underestimated how much data processing power they really need’ 10 Dec 2012 | 12:26 pm
Précis: Data lies at the heart of any smart grid. But as customers create and demand new data streams through home energy hubs, is there a danger of overload? You have worked out how much data y...
Large & hybrid energy storage options: what's available now for a growing renewable energy mix? 5 Dec 2012 | 07:34 pm
Précis: Projects such as the £34m Northern Isles New Energy Solutions (NINES) project are showing a greater need for large-scale demand side management and hybrid energy storage as renewable energy ....
ENISA recommendations: does Europe measure up? 28 Nov 2012 | 09:06 pm
Précis: The European Network and Information Security Agency has 10 proposals to make smart grids more secure. Now it is up to the industry to put them into effect. If you think your power grid ...
Social housing smart meter project to test behavioural change 21 Nov 2012 | 04:56 pm
Précis: If it could be proved that users could slash their monthly bills without spending a cent, energy efficiency might become the next big thing to consumer energy and power efficiency. An EU pro....
New European efficiency laws: what opportunities will it bring to smart grid and meter companies? 15 Nov 2012 | 08:49 am
Précis: The new European Commission Energy Efficiency Directive will be a welcome boost for the continent’s smart grid aspirations. But if some EU members are looking at this half-heartedly in the f....
Number of regulated revenue decoupling utilities triples under Obama: how energy efficiency is paying off for US utilities 7 Nov 2012 | 05:36 pm
Précis: At the beginning of the Obama administration, only five states decoupled electric utilities’ revenues from profits. That number has now tripled, the direct result of a little-noticed adminis....
