Energy & Grid Management
Smart meters: the unsung heroes
Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) has been in vogue for high end customers for the last several decades as it offered on-line monitoring of consumer consumption and behaviour patterns.
Energy & Grid Management
Addressing power quality in India
India’s power distribution companies Discoms are responsible for the supply and distribution of energy to a variety of consumers (industrial, commercial, agriculture,...
Energy & Grid Management
City of London smart city initiative
The City of London Corporation’s next step into Smart City IoT, a 12,000-unit smart street lighting deployment, was launched to the media in November 2019 at the Corporation’s head offices at the Guildhall.
Energy & Grid Management
Ed’s Note: We’re all in this together
It has been heartening to see the positive steps taken by multiple utilities around the world to reduce the stress on consumers by allaying fears of cut-off due to lack of payment, while reassuring them that services will continue unabated.
Energy & Grid Management
They will come from the East – the rise of smart...
There is however one concept that’s brought disparate technologies both to maturity, and cohesion, and will, in this decade, surround us in daily society, driven by the need to fight the ever more urgent climate change challenges facing the population: the smart city
Energy & Grid Management
Fault finding in low-voltage networks
Problems in medium voltage grids are usually handled by redundancies within the network setup, along with the implementation of appropriate switching measures, which generally ensure a relatively uninterrupted continuation of the supply.
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The changing face of India’s power sector
India is becoming an increasingly influential driver of trends in the global power sector, writes Kelvin Ross. With its energy demand set to double by 2040 and its electricity demand potentially even tripling, it will cement its role as a game-changer in global energy markets.
Energy & Grid Management
Africa’s power industry – insights in 2020
Perhaps more than in any other global region, Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic development remains tied to sustained growth in the power sector. The anticipated economic gains of the 2020s will depend in large part on bringing electricity to over 600 million people in the region that currently lack it, writes Steve Chakerian, a senior analyst at smart infrastructure market intelligence firm Northeast Group.
Energy & Grid Management
Smart, hyperconnected cities: environmental and financial benefits
At the helm of smart city projects are secure and resilient communication platforms, optimal utilisation of real-time data, effective planning.
Energy & Grid Management
PSEG steps up storm preparedness in New York
PSEG Long Island has announced Power One, a new initiative that aims to strengthen distribution lines across Long Island and the Rockaways regions of the state of New York, to harden the electric infrastructure.
