2015 – Issue 4

A quick run through the articles in this edition highlights the growing intersection between the traditional power grid and digital technology. Enhanced communications bring many benefits to utility companies, but additionally, introduces vulnerabilities.

Buying energy ahead of time is not a new concept. We buy gasoline for cars and batteries to power lights that way, for instance. But prepaying for electricity is not that common in many...

In the next few decades, electricity consumption will nearly double as the world's population approaches 10 billion people, the middle class in emerging economies adopt new electronic devices, urbanization accelerates and transportation goes electric, writes...

European Utility Week is the annual landmark event for the entire smart utility market, accumulating over 10,000 smart energy stakeholders. The event comprises an exhibition and conference and is a truly dynamic environment in which...

The overall objective of the three-year eBADGE European project is to propose an optimal pan-European intelligent balancing mechanism that is able to integrate VPP systems by means of an integrated ICT that can assist...

Gibraltar’s Electricity Authority (GEA) is finalising a smart grid project, which will see modular smart meters, G3-PLC communication modules and data concentrators installed, along with supporting meter data collection and management systems. Speaking to Metering...

Bold visions call for intelligent solutions, says Diehl Metering. The new market hall in Rotterdam is an architectural milestone that brings a high quality of living and enjoyable shopping under a horse-shoe-shaped roof –...

Metering & Smart Energy International spoke with Perry Stoneman, head of sectors for Capgemini, about the drive to transform utilities and the three pillars of transformation. The drive to digitally transform any business must be...