Latest Smart meter Stories
LONDON, Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Legislation and standardisation are set to catalyse the advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) market in Europe. Market participants are working towards standardisation and fulfilling regulatory requirements for the development of smart meters and AMI to begin mass rollouts. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.energy.frost.com), European Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Market, finds that the AMI revenue in Europe is...
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Atmel(® )Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller (MCU) and touch technology solutions, today announced the company has signed an agreement with Exegin Technologies Limited, a leading supplier of ZigBee® network stacks, to jointly offer integrated wireless communications solutions for smart grid applications. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120530/SF15228LOGO) In this agreement, Exegin will license its...
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BRIDGE Energy Group, the leading Utility business consulting and systems integration solutions provider, today announced the results from their Utility industry survey on outage management. BRIDGE surveyed over 14,000 utility employees about their views and experiences in outage management. Results show that 53% of respondents plan to upgrade or replace their existing OMS in the next one to two years. Additional initiatives...
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo., Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Xtensible Solutions, LLC (www.xtensible.net), a leading provider of enterprise integration and information management services for utilities worldwide and subsidiary of Doble Engineering Company, today announced that they will be working with Oracle to develop an Industry Data Warehouse and Analytics Solution to address the increasing demands of utility real-time analytics. Utilities around the globe have been investing in...
Open Access Technology International, Inc. (OATI) finishes Phase I of the OATI Smart House, installing next generation technology to optimize energy usage. Minneapolis, Minnesota (PRWEB) January 21, 2013 Open Access Technology International, Inc. (OATI) is pleased to announce the completion of Phase I of its Smart House. The OATI Smart House laboratory was designed to test and demonstrate Smart Grid technologies for improved energy efficiency, technology interoperability, enhanced grid...
SYDNEY, Jan. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- While several Australian electricity distribution utilities have progressed toward smart grid implementation, they are reluctant to substantially invest any further in smart grids due to the lack of specific payback periods. These reduced investments, along with unsatisfactory performances of smart grid technologies when tested in real application environments, will restrict the smart grid market's growth in Australia. Nevertheless, demand is...
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and Simple Energy announced today the three winning schools in the San Diego Energy Challenge school competition. The San Diego Energy Challenge contest gave SDG&E customers in the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) boundaries the chance to compete on behalf of their chosen SDUSD middle school to win cash grants. Participating customers earned points for their school of choice by saving energy...
DALLAS, Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Parks Associates today announced executives from Duke Energy, Reliant, PlanetEcosystems, and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) will participate in the interactive session "The Role of Energy Providers in Home Energy Management" during the fourth-annual Smart Energy Summit: Engaging the Consumer, February 25-27 in San Antonio, Texas. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120725/MM46080LOGO-a) "Our research shows the U.S. market...
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON), the world's leading energy control networking solution provider, and ELO Sistemas Eletronicos, one of the largest meter manufacturers in Brazil, today announced that ELO is completing the deployment of a 3,400 unit pilot - the Parintins City Project - with Eletrobras, This utility is one of the largest in Latin America, serving over 3 million customers. ELO's solution consists of a dual mode smart...
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Atmel(® )Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, and Wasion Group, a leading supplier of advanced energy metering products and solutions, today announced the two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop smart electricity meters and data concentrators utilizing highly integrated power line communication (PLC) solutions developed by Atmel. (Logo:...
