Smart Meters
Kenya Power to deploy 55k smart meters for business customers
Kenya Power is rolling out a smart meter project targeting 55,000 small and medium enterprises across the country to enhance customer satisfaction.
New technology
P2P energy trading blockchain solution developed by Mitsubishi Electric
Mitsubishi Electric and Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a new blockchain technology for peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading.
IOT
Nottingham selects IoT platform for Clean Mobil Energy project
England's City of Nottingham has selected OpenRemote to optimise its electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure.
Customer Services & Management
Utilities to invest nearly $700m in customer experience technologies by 2029
Utilities expected to expand their investments in customer experience and management technologies analytics by 9.6% per annum through 2029.
Smart Meters
City of Columbus builds smart utility network for 1.2 million residents
In the US state of Ohio, the City of Columbus Department of Public Utilities has partnered with Sensus to improve customer services for water and electric customers.
Electric Vehicles
Nova Scotia Power to pilot electric vehicle to grid integration
Canadian utility Nova Scotia Power has been awarded funding to establish solutions for an electric vehicle (EV) smart grid–integrated system.
Smart Meters
Canadian gas utility selects Itron’s automated meter reading system
In the Canadian province of British Colombia, Pacific Northern Gas has selected Itron to modernize its natural gas distribution system.
Energy & Grid Management
Heat pump flexibility pilots in Germany
German transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT is to pilot heat pumps and blockchain in providing flexibility to the national power grid.
IOT
Accenture positioned as a leader in Microsoft Azure systems integrators
Accenture named in the Everest Group PEAK Matrix for System Integrator Capabilities on Microsoft Azure Services, 2021 report.
Business
European transmission operators to collaborate on greenhouse gas emissions reductions
A group of eight European transmission system operators (TSOs) are to develop a joint plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
