Trends and current news about innovative technological issues related to ICT-enabled smart grid
Utility-led "Free Electrons" accelerator programme selects 12 innovative energy startups. Opportunities for innovation in the energy sector have never been greater. The changes the sector is undergoing with energy decentralisation…
1. REserviceS 2. aDSM 3. Hybrid-VPP4DSO 4. IndustRE 5. Flexiciency 6. Market4RES 7. eBadge 8. FUSE-IT 9. BestRES 10. Best PATHS 11. Electra 12. EVA+ 13. Flex4Grid 14. Future Flow…
European emissions from coal fell by an impressive 11% in 2016, according to analysis of new figures published by the European Commission this week.At the end of March, the European Commission…
There are many different factors to consider when putting together a solar street light proposal. Not many people know all the considerations required, but here is a list of a…
Peter Carlsson worked as Tesla’s head of supply chain up to 2015 and has since co-founded Nordic energy firm Northvolt AB. The firm has today (7 March) received a €3.5m…
Denmark, Finland, Sweden and the Netherlands have the most advanced digital economies in the EU followed by Luxembourg, Belgium, the UK and Ireland. Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Italy have the lowest…
The MAS²TERING Community consists of selected groups or individuals that contribute either directly or through similar topics surrounding prosumer community technologies, listed as follows: ADVISORY GROUP – a group of smart…
The MAS²TERING project can be sumarized as: Impact Methodology Pillar 1 – Interoperability Pillar 2 – Security and Reliability Pillar 3 – Holonic Architecture & Distributed Optimization Pillar 4 –…
National Grid’s new demand response programme claims to help business customers save thousands of dollars in electricity.US electricity and natural gas delivery company National Grid has put into place the…
InterFlex aims to deploy smart grid technologies at industrial scale in five countries. As the custodians of the distribution system, the distribution system operators (DSOs) are impacted more than any…
The European Union and Norway are home to an estimated 2,400 distribution system operators (DSOs), according to industry association Eurelectric. Not all are operating in a new eco-system of on-site…
New white paper highlights how energy companies can streamline grid assets investment. The shift away from centralised power generation to distributed energy resources raises new complexity for utilities and independent power…
A pioneering £1m battery storage system in Somerset will transfer power to the local electricity network after linking directly to a nearby 1.5MW solar park. The newly-opened Copley Wood facility…
EU member states have approved a €90m grant for a compressed air energy storage project in Larne in Northern Ireland. The grant is part of €444m funding proposed by the…
The French Parliament has approved a draft law aimed at inciting electricity auto-consumption for households or companies generating electricity, usually from solar panels. The draft had been finalised by a…
The integration of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Internet of Things (IoT) into the energy sector has been instrumental in automation along with real-time data processing. The electricity utilization…
The EnOcean Alliance is a consortium of more than 400 companies that standardize and develop intelligent building solutions integrating energy harvesting wireless technology. Together, IBM and the EnOcean Alliance will…
as part of the 14th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence (DCAI’17) a smart grid clustering workshop is being co-organized by participants of Fuse-it and MAS2TERING projects. This special session…