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This week's short takes from Council Partners and Advisors…New submersible S&C Electric product promotes resiliency: Communities at risk from rising sea levels due to climate change and/or severe weather and flooding will want to take note of a...
Article - 04/25/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Payments, Transportation, Finance and procurement
We all love coffee shops that lets us connect our laptop or tablet to their free WiFi hotspot. But in the future, it may get even better. Wireless technology may enable us to charge our laptop and battery-dependent devices as we slurp our latte. The...
Article - 04/25/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Connectivity
When smart cities encourage residents to adopt new technologies – say energy efficiency upgrades – there may be resistance. Residents may not have the upfront money to pay for them. They may be reluctant to adopt something unfamiliar to them. They...
Article - 04/18/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Finance and procurement, Financing and procurement tools
Council members are on an international roll in this week's spotlight. Scroll down to read about Enel's new pact in China, Itron's water technology roll out in Saudia Arabia, Alstom's transformer swap in India and ABB's work on a smart grid pilot in...
Article - 04/16/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater, Instrumentation and control
When U.S. utilities watch trail blazers for signs about what's next, they often look to stalwarts like Duke, CenterPoint and the three California IOUs. Great examples, to be sure, but they might want to cast their eyes overseas from time to time....
Article - 04/09/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Analytics
By Alan SnookPresident, GRID/2020In recent years we've seen severe storms impact electric grids around the world. We’ve seen large population centers endure power outages which extend for uncomfortably long periods. And in the face of it all we've...
Article - 04/04/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Instrumentation and control
Scroll down for this week's short takes from Council members...National Grid provides smarter, more reliable energy in Worcester: Council Global Partner National Grid launched the technology phase of its Smart Energy Solutions Program in March and...
Article - 04/02/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Transportation, Water and wastewater, Analytics, Instrumentation and control