Smart grid

Electricity Transmission

Hitachi Energy and Linxon Support National Grid in Achieving Sustainability Targets Through Pioneering 420 kV SF6-free Gas- insulated Switchgear Technology

Strengthening key power infrastructure in London while reducing carbon footprintZURICH, SWITZERLAND, Dec 22, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - Hitachi Energy and Linxon a…

Power Construction

Hybrid DC Microgrid Development Shows Progress

Image: TIGONProject TIGON, aimed at designing a hybrid AC/DC microgrid system has reported satisfactory progress at its mid-way point.Project TIGON, launched in…

United States

The 2023 North American Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference

ISGT NA 2023The fourteenth Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies, North America (ISGT NA 2023), sponsored by the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES), w…

Smart Grid

DCC Smart Meter Data to Enhance Energy Efficiency Schemes in UK

A new AI initiative by a tech firm has been announced, utilising the extensive data collected from smart meters in the UK to inform energy efficiency schemes.

Smart Grid

Blockchain Demonstrated for Smart Grid Cybersecurity

Blockchain has been demonstrated to validate communication among devices on the smart grid and thereby enhance its resiliency.

Smart Grid

Duke Energy and AWS Partner up on Smart Grid Solutions

Duke Energy and Amazon Web Services (AWS), are entering a multiyear strategic collaboration to accelerate the utility’s development of smart grid solutions, in…

Smart Grid

EIT Innoenergy and Redeia Enterprises Close Three Smart Grid Projects

Together with EIT Innoenergy, Red Eléctrica and Elewit – Redeia enterprises – have closed three grid projects as part of the Grid2030 programme, aiming to de…

Smart Grid

EIB and Endesa Sign €250mn Smart Grid Credit Line

Endesa and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed a €250 million ($249.8 million) smart grid credit line to boost Spain’s distribution network.

Smart Grid

E.ON Launches Digital Business to Manage Grid Complexity

Germany-based electric utility company E.ON has launched a subsidiary, E.ON One, in a digitalisation push.

Smart Grid

First Virtual Power Plant Inaugurated in Greek Energy Market

Driven by Greek electricity market reform, emsys VPP has announced the inauguration of the first Virtual Power Plant (VPP) into the Greek electricity market.The…

Smart Grid

Illinois Regulators Approve US Utilities’ Smart Meter Data Collaboration

The Illinois Commerce Commission has approved a smart meter collaboration that enables Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas to securely transmit natural gas meter da…

Iberdrola Renewables Investment Rises

Iberdrola invested almost €8bn globally in the first nine months of 2022, an increase of 14%, with 90% of funding allocated to renewables and smart grids.

Smart Grid

Digitalising Europe’s Energy Sector – The Strategy

The European Commission has released its action plan for digitalising the region’s energy sector to improve efficiency and renewables integration.

Smart Grid

Northern Ireland Smart Grid Demo Delivers Savings

Project Girona, Northern Ireland’s first smart grid project, was designed by The Electric Storage Company to demonstrate the potential benefits of a smart loca…

Smart Grid

FirstEnergy Brings 3-Year US Smart Grid Automation Project to a Close

As the grid implications of intense weather events become more obvious, an electric utility in Ohio has announced the completion of a smart grid automation proj…