Siemens, Teradata Developing Big Data Solution for Energy Utilities
Siemens smart grid division and Teradata Corp. have forged a strategic partnership to provide energy utilities with a big data platform that provides status and network activities overview. The data infrastructure enhances Teradata’s utilities logical data model, an analytics platform providing answers to queries, access to data, wide data application and quick communication with clients and [...]
Battelle and Midwest utility AEP have developed open source software using code from an Energy Department national laboratory for a smart grid project in Ohio, Greentech Media reports. Jeff St. John writes the organizations are aiming to develop the program for utility planning and forecasting Jason Black, Battelle grid systems research leader, told the website [...]
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Cisco is providing an electric utility a communications network for a pilot program aimed at implementing a new smart grid, the company said Tuesday. National Grid, which provides power to 3.4 million Northeast customers, selected Cisco’s network to work with Itron’s smart grid system for the project, which Cisco said is scheduled to deploy in [...]
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Cisco & Waterloo University Announce New Smart Grid Research Chair; Nitin Kawale Comments
November 6, 2012 No CommentCisco Systems and the University of Waterloo have announced an agreement to establish a Cisco Systems research chair in Smart Grid, which will promote research development and innovation in the use of technologies and solutions for smart power grids. “This collaboration with Cisco will help the university continue its research… in these areas and build innovative [...]
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Verizon and Trilliant Deliver Next-Generation Public Network Smart Metering
September 14, 2011 No CommentVerizon Wireless and Trilliant announced Trilliant’s next-generation CellReader has been certified as compatible with the Verizon Wireless network. The CellReader “under-the-glass” communications module on Verizon’s network gives utilities easily deployed two-way AMI solutions that allow scheduled and on-demand access to all meter data. CellReader modules can integrated into existing meters. Trilliant’s CellReader employs the ANSI [...]
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ABI Research Projects $39.5 Billion Will Be Spent on Smart City Technologies by 2016
September 9, 2011 No CommentABI research reports that the $8.1 billion spent on smart city technologies in 2010 is projected to reach $39.5 billion by 2016. There are currently 102 smart city projects worldwide including 35 in North America all containing the six dimensions for a smart city: smart economy, environment, governance, lifestyle, transportation and community. Holyoke, Massachusetts makes [...]
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The California Public Utilities Commission recently adopted privacy rules for household smart meters to protect consumers from cyber intrusions that could compromise the security of energy use data and other private information. The decision marks the first of its kind for ensuring security measures. As part of its efforts to build a smart grid for [...]
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A White House smart-grid policy framework released this week has identified cybersecurity among the top priorities in the U.S. transition from an outdated electricity distribution system to a smart grid, InfoSecurity reports. The policy paper also details other priorities, including enabling cost-effective smart grid investments, supporting innovation in the electricity sector, and enabling consumers [...]
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Lockheed Martin today announced it has been selected to provide Idaho Falls Power with cybersecurity support for its utility smart grid operations. The firm will support the power utility as it adopts a citywide, two-way communications Advanced Metering Infrastructure system, allowing the utility to securely gather and examine energy readings from advanced energy meters. Lockheed [...]
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