In a world of rising energy prices, pressure on resources and economic uncertainty we simply cannot afford to miss the huge opportunities offered by greater energy efficiency. That is why the coalition government is acting now to make ...
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Australia-based Percepscion will unveil today what it says is the first certified smart grid integrated electric vehicle charger,according to a report in Electronics News.Using the Zigbee communications protocol,the Charge IQ system can ...
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The South East Health Technologies Alliance (SEHTA) has launched a UK Healthcare Innovation Hub, which will act as a meeting point for entrepreneurs, academics, researchers and policymakers to develop new and innovative healthcare concepts. ...
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Approximately 200,000 people in Maryland were left without power in wake of hurricane Sandy on Oct.30 2012.Three days later only 700 houses were still left without power.Jeannette M.Mills at Baltimore Gas and Electricity observed that the ...
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China Smart Meter Industry Report, 2012-2015 released by ResearchInChina analyzes the market situation, development tendency and competition pattern of smart meter industry from the angle of bid invitation of State Grid Corporation of China ...
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Ofcom has outlined its proposals for using the gaps between allocated frequencies to boost connectivity across the UK and opened a consultation to investigate the implications. "White space" is the gap between frequencies of radio ...
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Gartner is urging CIOs to change their IT budget to support a nexus of change arising from cloud, social, big data and mobile technology. The analyst expects traditional IT will have to split its budget to support these emerging ...
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Most of the smart meters deployed around the world today are being used for little more than collecting power billing data—in other words,they're remote-control cash registers.But smart meters can also help utilities find nested power ...
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The latest country to announce that it will be rolling out smart meters is Australia.The news will be announced today by the Australian government,with the aim of reducing energy bills. Speaking about the announcement,Australian Energy ...
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A vast majority of Americans are still unaware of smart meters and the smart grid,according to two recent surveys.The surveys also suggest utilities may need to further engage and educate consumers about the potential benefits of grid ...
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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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Flagler County Fire Rescue Chief Don Petito wants to quash myths that"smart meters"cause fires,as Florida Power and Light continues with installations across the county. Petito said the new meter,which uses digital technology,has already ...
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Privacy is relative.We often think we have more of it than we do.So,it appears,are smarts. Witness the reaction of otherwise reasonable,intelligent people to those smart meters that utilities are installing across Florida and the ...
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New smart meters will reduce the amount of time it takes to reconnect a customer's power from hours or days to mere minutes,said Guam Power Authority spokesman Art Perez. Older meters required GPA to send staff out to the customer's home ...
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Technically speaking,there are many advantages to swapping analog utility meters for digital smart meters.Smart meters provide real time feedback to the utility company about energy consumption,reducing costs and generating valuable data ...
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