Smart Grid
Energy Storage Considers the Implications of Investment Tax Credits Drop in 2017
October 15th, 2015Honeywell Focuses on Growing Energy Management Software & Data Analytics Portfolio
October 12th, 2015Fortune’s Conference Highlights Commercial Internet of Things Energy Savings
Last week, Austin Texas played host to the Fortune Brainstorm E conference, which showcases the people, companies, ideas, and strategies that will bring about transformational change in the business world. The conference explored the disruptive technologies and the new business models that will be needed to thrive in this age of rapid change. Apple, Facebook, […]
Big Data Lays the Foundation for the Smart City of Chicago
Chicago has put in place a innovate set of strategies to become a true Smart City in the future. The city has a range of plans and initiatives that aim to strengthen Chicago’s role as a leader in IoT technology. Its growth as a “city of data” provides a glimpse into the transformational understandings we […]
Cryogenic Energy Storage to Challenge Battery Storage in Buildings?
Liquid air energy storage (LAES), also referred to as cryogenic energy storage (CES), is a long duration, potentially large-scale energy storage technology that can be located at the point of demand. While the technology has been known for more than 100 years, only recently has it been widely seen as a promising energy storage option […]
A Growth Spurt for Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems
A 2013 Memoori Report outlined that one of the main drivers for interfacing and integrating Smart Grid with Smart Buildings is to take advantage of distributed energy that is available in the many hundreds of thousands of smart buildings and industrial sites around the world. It stated that this development should be achieved through energy […]
LichtBlick: Smart Buildings to Form Decentralised Power Plants of the Future
Just a year or two ago, LichtBlick, a Hamburg based supplier of environmentally friendly sources of electricity, was seen as a niche player in the energy sector, hardly known to the country’s conventional energy suppliers. Recently, however, representatives from large power groups such as E.On, RWE and EnBW have been flocking the company’s headquarters to […]
Flywheel Energy Storage Technology Continues to Gain Momentum
Energy storage has long been touted as the last piece of the energy puzzle, that it would enable off-grid and micro-grid independence and allow renewable energy to take a primary role in the energy mix. However, current storage systems are yet to take a firm and cost effective grip on the market. Despite the continued […]
Tesla Smart Home Battery Systems set for Europe and Beyond
Tesla’s Powerwall smart home based energy storage device will go on sale in the United States later this year, and the company has suggested it will roll out the product internationally some time next year. Germany, for example, is seen as a key market for the product because it has among the highest take-up of […]
Edison’s Dream Reawakened: Direct Current may Edge Out Alternating Current in Smart Buildings
Electricity in power grids and buildings is distributed as alternating current (AC) today. This is due to a historical decision based on AC’s better capability for transmitting power over long distances. This decision, taken in the late 19th century, lives on in the 21st century as a disadvantageous requirement for a high number of AC/DC […]
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