Verizon Wireless is providing the wireless infrastructure two trials in Texas conducted by load management tech firm, Consert Inc, and two utilities, Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative and Pedernales Electric Cooperative.
The two electricity cooperatives, in partnership with the Lower Colorado River Authority, is testing a system where data from Consert’s platform of Home Area Network and energy [...]
Russia is reportedly prepared to build a subsea cable that will pipe electricity to power-stricken Japan following the devastating earthquake that damaged a major nuclear power plant in Fukushima and caused widespread panic in the region.
According to the voice of Russia report, the project to link the Russian island of Sakhalin to Hokkaido was unveiled [...]
Google’s Atlantic Wind Connection subsea power cable project to connect offshore wind farms will be allowed to generate a return of up to 12.59%, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said.
The project, featuring two parallel power cables extending out some 250 miles off the US east coast, is expected to harness wind energy from offshore turbines [...]
Ericsson has won a deal to supply its hybrid powered base stations for Digicel Pacific in Papua New Guinea. The company says that the solution will bring cellular access to rural regions in the country for the first time.
The solution, which combines solar panels, rechargeable batteries and diesel generators, will allow the operator to migrate [...]
A couple of French inventors have developed a photovoltaic film solution for cell phone screens. The inventors are named Louis Deblois and Joel Gilbert and their company is called, Wysips.
According to the associated report, the solution will fully charge a phone in 6 hours, while a 1-hour charging will yield 30 minutes of talk time. [...]
Schneider Electric has identified five main triggers for the deployment of smart grids.
With renewable energy, consumers can produce their own energy and access a ‘greener’ energy mix
Flexible distribution enables a more responsive and stable electrical network
Active energy efficiency and energy management make energy visible and allow individuals to act on
their consumption
Electric vehicles are revolutionizing the [...]
What does the intersection of wireless and smart grid mean to our future energy needs and consumption? Accenture’s Senior Manager and Co-Lead Vaibhav Parmar looks at the way wireless can provide energy in the future.
video: Smart Grid Makes for Smart Wireless | CTIA-The Wireless Association® Blog.
I got this comment on my post from Robert Williams on the news that a major utility company in the US has had to offer the option to ‘dumb’ their wireless smart meters due to health concerns. While the information represents a one-sided view, I thought the information is so good that it deserves a [...]
GSGF endorses IEA global smart grid roadmap, increased collaboration between governments and the private sector at Clean Energy Ministerial
April 4, 2011 – Abu Dhabi – The Global Smart Grid Federation (GSGF), an international organization dedicated to promoting best practices and accelerating the deployment of smart grid around the world, [...]
An experimental program is being launched at Chicago’s tallest skyscraper, the Willis Tower – formerly the Sears Tower, to deploy new solar panels that will replace windows.
The new program will use so-called, high power density photovoltaic glass units developed by start up Pythagoras Solar, which preserves daylight and transparency while reducing heat absorption and producing [...]
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 [...]