15 Mar 2012
Utility privacy in the spotlight … while data focus shifts to customer information and billing … and smart grid benefits worth trillions, but still cost billions!
Engerati: SDG&E privacy policy
Jenni McCann of Engerati writes that San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, Canada released a joint paper on how SDG&E integrated “Privacy by Design” into its smart grid initiative.
“Privacy by Design” is essentially a rule book for IT operators on data handling and its principles are summarized as – “privacy by default in all...
15 May 2012
Japan sounds alarm bells at electricity shortages… Smarter innovations stand to overshadow AMI … South Korean lawmakers unite for carbon trading vote … China courts EU green energy leaders
Prensa Latina: Japan admits to seriousness of energy crisis
Prensa Latina reports that Japan’s Minister of Industry, Yukio Edano, acknowledged his country may face an unprecedented energy crisis. The minister’s admission comes after Japan retired the last of its 54 nuclear plants on May 5, 2012, thereby losing about 30% of its electricity generation.
Edano said there...
19 Jan 2012
Russia’s economic growth has put a great deal of pressure on its electricity grid. This is especially true of the industrial sector. The extra strain has caused periodic power outages. The government has put a plan in place, aiming to improve the country’s energy efficiency.
The country’s electricity consumption increased from 675 billion KWh, in 1998, to 983 billion KWh, in 2008. This resulted in major regional grid constraints. The country’s Energy Strategy aims to relieve this pressure by introducing better technology and more competition to the energy industry. A 2008 World Bank Group report shows that Russia could increase its energy efficiency by about 45%. This could save the country US$80bn annually.
The Federal Grid Company (FGC), 70% owned by...
09 Feb 2012
DistribuTECH – home of the energy press release … and time to probe energy trends for the year ahead … a great show makes for excellent media …
Smart Grid News: DistribuTECH Buzz
The Smart Grid News Team wrote a comprehensive, three-part article highlighting the major announcements made at the DistribuTECH conference. This series proved to be a very valuable index of the big news that came out of the event.
Part one covered the following press releases:
Itron apps help utilities maximize value of smart grid data
Glen Canyon wins 1.5 million virtual AMI deployment in China
New Opower Marketplace...
08 May 2012
The Japanese Smart Homes Standardization Group chose the widely acclaimed G3-PLC protocol, as one of the communications platforms for Japan’s smart meter projects for home area networks.
What happened
Rajani Baburajan at TMCNet.com reported that Maxim Integrated announced its G3-PLC protocol has been recommended as one of the communications platforms for Japan’s smart meter projects for home area networks (HANs).
Following the submission by the Smart Home Standardization Study Group, Japanese electrical utilities will use the G3-PLC protocol to establish communication between a smart meter and a home energy management system (HEMS) in HANs.
In an announcement to Utility...
31 Jan 2012
The recent hacking of German smart meters by two researchers has, again, highlighted the urgency to create a sound security program.
What happened
German smart meter provider, Discovergy, is red-faced after two...
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