Smart Grid

Smart Cities

State of the Smart Grid Business in 2013

March 6th, 2013
Smart Cities

Smart Grid Business Thrived in 2012 but Framework to make it Sustainable still not in Place

February 24th, 2013
Smart Cities

White Paper: MicroGrids Contribution to the Smart Grid

It is now becoming clear that the fundamental architecture of today’s electricity grid, based on the idea of a top down radial transmission system with unidirectional energy flows from large centralized power plants, is not the most appropriate to meet the needs of the low carbon economy. Micro-generation and micro-grids need to be incorporated into […]

Smart Buildings,Smart Cities

World Forum to Examine Latest Microgrid Advances and Opportunities

Interest in microgrids as a strategy for ensuring energy security and reliability is growing worldwide, especially in the wake of events such as Hurricane Sandy. Military installations, hospitals, data centers and remote off-grid regions that must have dependable power – no matter what – are increasingly turning to the microgrid paradigm.  This is helping to […]

Smart Cities

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 […]

Smart Buildings

Can Distributed Energy Help Keep the Lights on after 2015?

Britain is facing the rising risk of an energy shortfall within 3 years, Ofgem has warned as electrical generation will plunge to 4% spare capacity from its present level of 14%. Some 12GW of coal fired plants; equivalent to a sixth of the total generation capacity can now only operate for a limited number of […]

Smart Buildings,Smart Cities

Why Make Smart Buildings Smart Grid Compatible?

Over the last 20 years many billions of dollars have been invested throughout the world in making commercial and industrial buildings energy efficient. Much of this has been spent on more efficient HVAC hardware and further improving efficiency through DDC control systems. Initially the driver was to reduce operating costs through minimising energy consumption but […]

Smart Buildings,Smart Cities

Total World Sales of Building Energy Management Systems Hit $13.39b in 2011

Memoori highlights the growing market for intelligent building controls and the huge opportunity presented by interfacing Smart Buildings with the Smart Grid. The size of the world market for Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS); DDC controls that monitor and control environmental plant in industrial and commercial buildings was $13.39 billion in 2011 and Memoori forecasts […]

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