Distribution Management Systems
ABI Research: Stimulus Funding Will Speed Electrical “Smart Grid” Upgrades
The $4.5 billion in matching funds allocated to "Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability" by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) includes a significant boost to “smart grid” and smart metering initiatives, aimed at updating the seriously ageing U.S. electrical infrastructure. ...
U.S. Energy Service Providers Revamp Control Rooms
Visualization specialist Barco (Brussels, Belgium) installed more than 200 display cubes in U.S.-based utilities and process control rooms in 2008. Major...
Intergraph Unveils New Capabilities for Smart Grid Operations
Intergraph (Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.) has expanded its smart grid capabilities to enable utilities to not only view but also control their entire distribution...
Oracle is Turning Information into Power
Oracle has announced the results of the Turning Information into Power research report, which surveyed 604 U.S. consumers and 200 U.S. utility managers....
Rio Grande Electric Moves Mapping into Digital Realm
Rio Grande Electric Cooperative (Brackettville, Texas, U.S.) improved its mapping and communication capabilities by securing better access to geographic...
Smart Electricity Meters Continued Growth in 2008 Despite Economic Downturn
The latest data from IMS Research shows that shipments in 2008 of smart electricity meters grew by over 15% from 2007. ...
FERC Accelerates Smart Grid Development with Proposed Policy, Action Plan
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) accelerated development of a smarter grid for the nation’s electric transmission system last week with a proposed policy statement and action plan that would help set the “rules of the road” of a modern grid that would help bring long-term savings to consumers. ...
Maryland Researchers Develop New Alternative Energy Storage Systems
Researchers at the Maryland NanoCenter at the University of Maryland, College Park, have developed new systems for storing electrical energy derived from alternative sources that are, in some cases, 10 times more efficient than what is commercially available....
NERC CEO: Electric Industry has “Responsibility to Succeed” on Renewable Integration
Rick Sergel, president and CEO of the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC), urged the electric industry to focus on solutions to the technical challenges posed by large-scale integration of renewable resources in his keynote address at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s technical conference. ...
Italy's Acea Distribuzione Selects Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management
Acea Distribuzione S.p.A (Rome, Italy) selected Oracle Utilities (Redwood Shores, California, U.S.) Meter Data Management to provide a centralized, robust...
PSE&G Deploys Intelligent Switching
In this Day and Age of Digital Everything, Customers Perceive Momentary Outages, or as equally disruptive as short outages. With this in mind, Public...
IBM to Implement 70 Million Euro Smart Grid System for Malta
The Maltese National Electricity and Water Utilities Enemalta Corp. (EMC) and Water Services Corp. (WSC) have selected IBM for a 70 million euro, five-year...
Understanding Energy Infrastructure Through Spatial Information
Renewable Resources, Especially Variable Generation, Require A Dancing Partner, a resource that can complement increasing penetration of wind and solar,...
Siemens Energy Installs SCADA/EMS System for APS
Siemens Energy (Alpharetta, Georgia, U.S.) announces the successful installation of its Spectrum Power 3 SCADA/EMS (supervisory control and data acquisition/energy...
Lockheed Martin Invests in Smart Grid R&D at Penn State University
Lockheed Martin has partnered with Penn State University to develop innovative solutions for the energy sector. ...
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