Washington State University (WSU) recently announced it will be the U.S. lead of a consortium of nationwide universities and industry partners in a five-year joint research project with India with the aim of advancing the Read More
An important component of the smart city is the smart building – a facility that incorporates advanced automation and integration to measure, monitor, control, and optimize operations and maintenance. In existing buildings, technologies are deployed Read More
Startupbootcamp partnered with EnergyAustralia for a Melbourne-based accelerator program for innovative startups seeking to commercialize smart energy ventures. The program will run for three months from January 2018, with places available for ten startups, who Read More
The French energy company Engie SA – along with Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University and France’s Schneider Electric SE – is helping build a small, self-contained power grid on Semakau Island – a small island off Read More
Researchers at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom (UK) have demonstrated that vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology can be used to take enough energy from idle electric vehicle (EV) batteries to be pumped into the grid and Read More
The city of San Diego is discovering that partnering with utility companies can provide numerous benefits for the city, residents, the energy companies, and other partners. “You can’t have a smart city without a smart Read More
Keele University in Staffordshire, United Kingdom has received 15m sterling in funding to create the largest smart grid test bed of its kind anywhere in Europe. The 5-year project, led by Professor Zhong Fan, seeks Read More
A smart grid pilot project in Rotterdam will connect 20,000 homes with renewable energy sources, such as wind turbines and solar PV plants, and storage systems by the year 2020. The aims of the project Read More
Smart Fintry, a community project based in the Stirlingshire village of Fintry in Scotland, has become the first smart village in the UK. Using the existing grid, wireless communications, and smart meters to balance demand Read More
Two cities in Taiwan were honored by the 2017 APEC Energy Smart Communities Initiative (ESCI) Best Practices at an award ceremony in Singapore: Tainan – a city on Taiwan’s southwest coast – received two awards Read More
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