Smart Meters

In the quintessential small English village of Chorleywood, the local health centre has placed its first patient on their Hydra network of smart electricity meters and is now monitoring the weight and blood pressure of the patient in their own home. The system uses Zigbee wireless technology to send readings from the devices to the […]

Memoori’s new report The Smart Grid Business in 2011 to 2016 shows that the step by step approach to developing the Smart Grid applied in the last 5 years is flawed. What would Leonardo Da Vinci Have Done? When Leonardo Da Vinci was obliged to finish off his first version of “Virgin of the Rocks” […]

Later this week we publish our Annual Report “The Smart Grid Business 2011 to 2016” and during the next 2 months we shall produce a series of posts taken from this study on the major issues and challenges facing the industry over the next 5 years. Vast Sums of Money will need to be Invested […]

This has been a quiet month for positive Smart Grid news, no sensational announcements on the financial and M&A; front that promise to unleash more funds or technological developments. Sadly the slow drip of unnerving news about sovereign debt in Europe and double dip recession has continued. The politicians are making ominous noises that the […]

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 […]

Smart Grid has been the recipient of many accolades this year; many thought leaders have extolled its enormous potential and value in delivering a worldwide low-carbon economy. In 2010 the business right across the globe has grown rapidly. Billions of dollars have been invested in new projects and the supply industry has developed through acquisition […]