A group representing some of America’s top business leaders is calling for the U.S. government to develop a national energy strategy, including a more than tripling of the current investment level on R&D into clean energy.
The American Energy Innovation Council (AEIC), whose members include Bill Gates, chairman and former chief executive of Microsoft; Norm Augustine, [...]
As we noted a while back, the energy industry is becoming a lot like the telecoms industry.
From what was traditionally national grids, the energy sector is going increasingly cross border. The notion is not new since subsea power transmission cables have been in place to deliver energy from power rich markets to power starved countries, [...]
The recent heatwave that hit New York City was mitigated by some smart technologies from the utility company, Con Edison.
According to various reports, such as this one, the utility was able to avoid a potential brown or black out because it was able to control the consumption of electricity from some 20,000 homes and businesses. [...]
The Obama administration is reportedly readying the announcement of an international smart grid effort that will help establish international standards for smart electricity networks.
The International Smart Grid Action Network, or ISGAN, will promote standardisation of smart grid technologies through voluntary government participation, according to various reports such as this blog post. International cooperation on smart [...]
Broadband networks built using an utility’s own powerlines has been pegged as a challenger to the use of wireless networks, namely LTE and WiMAX, for smart grid applications.
According to this post in IEEE Spectrum, next generation wireless networks are vying for the share of the smart grid market, but utilities have other options, including putting [...]
I got this letter in my inbox from a company in Yemen in response to my coverage of Eltek Valere’s solar-optimised Smartpack Controller. It seems like they are looking for a solution that works with an existing telecoms solar system.
Anyone who can help Mr Bawazir should respond to him directly. Please note that Green Telecom [...]
PRESS RELEASE: Energy Management is Critical Component of ReVISION House Vegas
Boston, MA and Las Vegas, NV – (June 29, 2010) Powerhouse Dynamics, a home energy management company, verified today that the ReVISION House in Las Vegas, NV is a net-zero energy home. Powerhouse’s eMonitor has been tracking the home’s circuit and appliance-level energy usage, as [...]
Nokia Siemens Networks has entered into a partnership with Helsingin Energia, the public utility for the City of Helsinki, and power and automation technology group, ABB, to jointly develop, test and install a smart grid in the new Kalasatama district of the city.
From the onset, the project will focus on adding flexibility into the electric [...]
Hutchison Telecom’s Indonesian unit, PT Hutchison CP Telecommunications, is deploying PEM (polymer electrolyte membrane, also called proton exchange membrane) fuel cells as backup power systems for its network throughout the Indonesian Island of Sumatra.
The PEM fuel cell products are being supplied by IdaTech, a Bend, Oregon-based company specialising in the design, development and manufacturing [...]
Telecoms power specialist, Lineage Power, has entered a merger agreement to purchase all the outstanding shares of PECO II.
“Together, the combined product portfolios and nationwide support infrastructure creates one of the largest and most capable professional services organizations for telecom power in North America,” Lineage Power, a Gores Group company, said. “PECO II’s high standards [...]
Recent tweets
Nokia Siemens Networks is looking to revolutionise the mobile network with is Liquid Radio architecture, which not only promises to re-architect today’s base station infrastructure, but also to ultimately bridge the gap between highly specialise (and expensive) telecoms equipment and commoditise (cost competitive) computer components. Green Telecom Live talks to Mike Murphy, head of Technology [...]
Interview with Telenor Connexion: Inside the world of M2M
Telenor Connexion, the unit of the Telenor Group focused on the machine-to-machine market, has been developing and deploying M2M applications for customers for the past decade. Green Telecom Live speaks with Gwenn Larsson, head of marketing at Telenor Connexion, about what makes M2M different from the rest of the mobile industry and the kinds of [...]
Verne Global outlines Iceland data centre plans
Two years after we first published the Icelandic government’s plans to promote the building of data centres on its shores, a venture capital-backed start tup, Verne Global, is looking to make it a reality.
Verne Global, backed by General Catalysts from Boston, Novator in London and the Wellcome Trust, is now constructing a wholesale data centre [...]
Next gen data centre architecture Part 2: Cisco’s Unified Computing
Cisco this month unveiled what some company executives dubbed one of the biggest announcements for the network equipment maker – ever. With the announcement of its Unified Computing, Cisco officially enters the computing space, although not quite as previous speculation in the industry had outlined. Instead of just producing its own blade server, Cisco unveiled [...]
Next gen data centre architecture Part 1: Juniper’s single switching fabric
In the past couple of weeks, cloud computing has really taken off, with both service providers, server makers, and switching vendors all making big announcements on service deployments and new gear designed for cloud operating environments.
Specifically, both Juniper and Cisco made significant announcements in their vision of a next generation data centre environment that can [...]