Electrical Distribution
The Eclipse Beats Solar Power But Is Tackled By Energy Storage
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August 3rd, 2017
If ABB And IBM Conceived A Smart Grid Baby…
If Swiss firm ABB, a leader in power and automation technology, and US computer giant IBM, a leader in artificial intelligence, had a power grid baby together – it could be really smart. Last week, at Hannover Messe 2017, the two companies announced a strategic collaboration that brings together ABB’s digital offering, ABB Ability, with […]
Why Should Facilities Managers Care About the Smart Grid?
“Work done addressing Smart Grid has been central to the last decade’s most significant technology developments; from Internet of Things to Web services and Building Automation to Big Data Energy Analytics,” said John “Jack” McGowan, CEM Principal at The McGowan Group. In an article for Automated Buildings, McGowan points out that too much of the […]
Remember When They Said Our Smart Grid’s Could Be Vulnerable To Cyber Attack?
An investigation is underway over a cyber attack on Ukraine’s power grid last month. The attack, which plunged the northern part of the capital, Kiev, into darkness, is part of a series of strikes on its energy and financial infrastructure, the head of the state-run power distributor said. This event follows a major cyber-attack on […]
Analysts are Slashing Their Forecasts; But Smart Grid Will Weather The Economic Storm Better Than Most
This is a very scary time for the world economy as it makes little progress to overcome the aftershock from the 2008 financial meltdown.The future for just about everything is being heavily marked down, so it’s hardly surprising that analysts are giving the thumbs down to the market valuation of Smart Grid players. They are […]
Where Should We Start When Developing A Smart Grid
Where ever we are going we start from where we are now and that point in the Smart Grid industry is very different across the world. Surprisingly, no where more than in the world’s developed countries. In Northern Europe the electrical transmission network is robust and reliable, as much of it, for some years has […]
Will Smart Grid Shine Bright in 2011
2010 has been a stellar year for the Smart Grid industry; sales revenues have increased, investment has boomed and consolidation through acquisition and merger has produced a much stronger base of vibrant companies, capable of meeting the technological challenges that lie ahead. On the back of improving world economic trading conditions and a continued emphasis […]