Internet of Energy
A New Kind of Energy Consumption Needs a New Kind of Energy Provision
April 27th, 2018New Building to Grid Interface by EPFL Offers Unprecedented Optimization
January 23rd, 2018
Our Energy Future Is Not Just Green And Renewable – It Is Also Urban And Smart
Even moderate UN projections suggest that if current population and consumption trends continue, by the 2030s, we will need the equivalent resources of two Earths to support us – or maybe just one smart one. The current world population of 7.3 billion is expected to reach 8.5 billion by 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050 according […]
Virtual Power Plants: Our Energy Future is Distributed, Efficient and Intelligent
Supply and demand resources can work together rather than against each other in the modern energy system. New technologies and greater intelligence are redefining the supply – demand relationship; increasing efficiency, enabling distributed generation and reducing overall consumption. At the forefront of this evolution is the Virtual Power Plant (VPP). VPPs take advantage of information […]
Powering Future Cities Report Promotes Smart Infrastructure To Tackle Growing Energy Demand
“How much energy will we need to power our cities in the future? Where will that energy come from? How will it be distributed, stored and accessed?” These are the questions asked by a new report published by Smart Energy GB, which reveals the changing future energy demands of eleven major British cities. The Powering […]
Smart Building + Smart Grid + Storage = The Internet of Energy
Internet of Energy (IoE) is defined as and integrated dynamic network infrastructure based on standard and interoperable communication protocols that interconnect the energy network with the Internet allowing units of energy (locally generated, stored, and forwarded) to be dispatched when and where it is needed. The related information / data follows the energy flows thus […]
The Return to Climate Change Issues & CO2 Emission Levels
Will the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy and other “once-in-a-lifetime storms” experienced across the globe in the last 2 years, now force our politicians to ensure that we at least meet the CO2 reduction targets now in place? There is now serious concern that even these targets will not prevent an increase in global temperature […]
The Smart Grid is Dead, Long Live Smart Grid
The literal meaning of the expression “The King is Dead – Long Live the King is that the king has died, and it is hoped that the new king will live a long time. But the reasoning for the statement goes deeper. A speedy succession, to the throne was needed to avoid a power vacuum […]