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Siemens Energy, Inc. - Siemens Energy has received an order worth approximately EUR30 million from Dubai-based Federal Electricity and Water Authority (FEWA) as part of power supply network expansion. more...
Residential 'microgrid' community to inform smart grid market model
KEMA - KEMA has partnered with Dutch energy research center ECN, advanced software company Humiq and utility Essent to create a living smart grid demonstration community. more...
ABB wins $22 million power orders in India
ABB Inc. - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth $22 million from Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited (HVPNL), a state-owned power utility in northern India to provide four turnkey substations for the regional grid. more...
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KEMA - KEMA (www.kema.com) completed its analysis of the smart energy market in Texas. more...
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Monitoring System for Overhead Line Conductors. Meeting the demands of a changing power environment

Blogger Photo By LIOS Technology - Providing sufficient electrical power reliably requires ongoing monitoring of temperatures within overhead transmission lines that are more susceptible to atmospheric more...

MASDAR, A GLOBAL RENEWABLE ENERGY HUB

Blogger Photo By Shehu Khaleel - Looking at recent local and international commitments, it is our view that the world has reached a tipping point in more...

Smart Grid: The Game

Blogger Photo By Elisa Wood Lisa Cohn - By Elisa Wood January 14, 2010 ? In his best seller "Outliers," Malcolm Gladwell shows that it is not equipment more...

Now and before

Blogger Photo By Jose Gambande - If we say the computer technology (and IT technologies) has revolutionized the ways, forms of communication, relationships, etc.. between human more...

Comunications levels

Blogger Photo By Jose Gambande - From top to bottom, levels of communication detailed in the diagram of the previous post are: - SCADA high level: more...
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Reshaping the Customer Relationship through Smart Grid

 Mar 18, 2010 - 12:00 ET - Your City

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Securing Applications across a Multi-Tier Smart Grid Network

 Mar 30, 2010 - 1:00 P.M. EST - Internet

This webinar discusses how an integrated multi-tier communications network can be partitioned into virtual network domains to ensure end-to-end security and QoS for Smart Grid applications. more...
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KEMA's 21st Executive Forum

 Mar 30, 2010 - Mar 31, 2010 - Irving, TX - USA

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Smart Forecasting for a Smarter Grid

By Michael Price
Most successful smart metering programs focus on business process management to maximize benefits (e.g., operational improvements) enabled by an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI). Improved data visibility, frequency, and quality enabled by AMI technologies, can enhance more...
Filed Under Grid Operations

Tangled Network: Transmission or Meter Investments

By Kate Rowland
It's as old a debate as the chicken and the egg, and as complicated as the Gordian knot. Should utilities tackle transmission or customers first when making investments in a smarter grid? more...
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Regulation and Smart Energy: Dealing with Uncertainty

By Bart Thielbar
Industry professionals are overwhelmed with calls for smart grid implementations and many utilities are moving in that direction. They are doing so, however, with much uncertainty regarding cost recovery and even more uncertainty regarding any more...
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The Smart Grid Ready Framework, Part 2

By Larsh Johnson
The Smart Grid Ready Framework is a strategic application blueprint that helps ensure grid management implementations deliver business value as expected. The framework is defined by five components. more...
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The Smart Grid Ready Framework, Part I

By Larsh Johnson
The smart grid is a rapidly evolving combination of new intelligent networks, information systems and regulations. The promise of smart grid is to allow utilities and consumers to manage energy generation, distribution and usage in more...
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