McAfee says it will?sign an informal agreement with a major European utility company to establish a set of privacy and security standards before the wider rollout of smart meters. The strandards will aim to help protect consumer data ...
Tags: McAfee, MOU, Smart Meter Data
First, it was Smart Meters. Now, it’s Advanced Meters coming to your home soon. Southern California Gas company is rolling out its new advanced meters with the schedule having them installed in Tulare County in early 2014. Gas ...
The city of Johannesburg power utility City Power is to install smart meters to help it provide an efficient service. Sicelo Xulu, MD of City Power, said customers who use over 1000kwh per month will be provided with smart meters. ...
Tags: Smart Meters, eters
The ZigBee Alliance named Tobin Richardson as its new chairman and chief executive, replacing Bob Heile, who was named chairman emeritus and chief technologist of the group. With the passing of the torch, the group is poised for expansion ...
May 14, 2013 - According to a recent survey by Navigant Research, consumer support for solar and wind energy, though still high, has fallen steadily over the last three years. Favorable impressions of solar energy fell from 77% in 2011 to ...
Tags: Consumer Support, Wind Energy, Solar Energy
Panasonic has developed a tiny, low-power chip for sensor networks and Internet-connected appliances, which it says is the first to support a broad range of frequency bands. The new chip, which measures about 5 millimeters square, can ...
Consumers are attracted to the ‘smart home’ applications that smart meters open up, according to a report by O2. A YouGov poll commissioned by O2, revealed 60 per cent of consumers felt the idea of a ‘home of the ...
Tags: Instruments&Meters, Customers, Smart Home
Ofgem has approved an industry code-of-practice designed to protect consumers during the smart meter roll-out. “With the roll-out of smart meters getting fully under way next year, it is essential that householders and businesses ...
Tags: Smart Meter, Meters
Just as the mobile world seems to be finding peace and harmony around LTE, the age-old feud between GSM and CDMA is flaring up again. Now, the battleground is M2M (machine-to-machine) communications, the emerging use of wireless to link ...
Tags: software, Computer Products
A new Navugant study suggests that the market for ZigBee-enabled energy products is at a crossroads. According to the report devices based on ZigBee’s wireless communications technology have gained significant momentum in the energy ...
Renesas has introduced fast waking 32bit microcontrollers made on low power zero wait state flash process. Called RX111, the devices include USB 2.0 support for host, device, on-the-go (OTG), and battery charging. There are multiple ...
Tags: Renesas, Flash Process
An event concerning the energy and electronics sector, Smart Grids Paris, runs from 4 - 6 June at CNIT Paris La Défense. It promises to examing "key issues that affect the industry both up- and down-stream of smart meters", such as ...
Tags: Smart Grid, Consumer Electronics
Broadband Technology 2000 has signed a rep and distribution deal with US start-up GreenVITY, which develops powerline comms (PLC) to Zigbee and Zigbee to PLC bridge ICs. The chips conform to the HomePlug Green PHY specification supporting ...
Tags: Broadband Technology, chips
The government's vision to have every home in the UK equipped with smart energy meters is getting closer. Next year comes the mass rollout stage but in the meantime, three remaining bidders are battling it out for the right to provide the ...
Tags: Smart Meters, Electrical, Electronics, Meters
Off-the-shelf consumer handheld computers are showing up in some of the most precarious of workplaces. For instance, about 1,700 NextEra Energy wind turbine technicians recently began using Apple's iPod Touch handheld devices to help them ...
Tags: Ipod Touches, Computer