A survey has shown that consumers with more knowledge about the smart grid are more likely to accept it. The survey,from the IBM Institute for Business Value,was conducted across 15 countries.9,000 people were surveyed.Consumers were ...
According to the Northeast Group’s annual smart grid report, smart meter deployments across 35 emerging markets in 2013 is expected to be more than double the number deployed in 2012. Growth is expected to continue within these ...
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Investment in smart grid improvements (such as smart metering, outage management and distribution management systems) by utilities companies in the US could have enabled Hurricane Sandy to be handled more effectively. Outages could have ...
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In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy,eight million people were without power at one time. Pepco,which serves the Washington D.C.area,has been using smart meters to locate which power networks went down.The meters automatically send the ...
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Spokesman Art Perez,from Guam Power Authority has stated that new smart meters will now be able to reconnect power to homes and businesses within a few minutes;this used to take several days or hours. In the past,technicians would have to ...
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UPL,a Cardiff-based utilities company and Opus Energy partner,is planning to create 70 new jobs following the acquisition of Meter-Mimic. Rhys Wynne,chief executive of UPL,said:"The acquisition fitted perfectly into our plans for ...
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Last week Opus Energy summarised a story from Pepco,which had used smart meters to help them restore power in Washington D.C.following Hurricane Sandy.Today,further examples of the benefits of smart meters in the wake of storms in the USA ...
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New research,published today by IMS Research,has shown that within the next 3 years 65%of UK homes will have a smart meter installed.This is a sharp increase from last year's figures of 4.23%of homes in the UK that had a smart meter ...
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GBI Research,the business intelligence provider,has published its in-depth research into the European smart grid market.The report,"Smart Grid Market in Europe to 2020-Advanced Grid Concepts and Intelligent Technology Pivotal to Achieving ...
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