Beyond GDPR compliance: Responding to the data proliferation challenge

Transmission & Distribution

Beyond GDPR compliance: Responding to the data proliferation challenge

The General Data Protection Regulation is here. What are the stumbling blocks to compliance and what are the opportunities for data innovation?

Challenges around distributed energy resources and sustainability

Energy Generation

Challenges around distributed energy resources and sustainability

In the modern quest for more sustainable, low-emission energy, distributed energy resources are a main depository of hope to achieve this goal.

Drones and robots combine for transmission line monitoring

Energy Retail

Drones and robots combine for transmission line monitoring

Canada’s Hydro-Québec has developed LineDrone for transmission and distribution line lifecycle management.

Communication resiliency: Advantages of cellular for substation traffic

Energy Retail

Communication resiliency: Advantages of cellular for substation traffic

How can you keep your remote terminal units transmitting data? Invest in cellular as your primary or secondary communication technology, says MultiTech and Cherry & White.

UK gas crisis – 5 lessons

Energy Generation

UK gas crisis – 5 lessons

A potential gas supply crunch in the UK provides lessons towards building resilience and decarbonising the gas grid.

Smart microgrids and power reliability on Greek island of Tilos

Energy Generation

Smart microgrids and power reliability on Greek island of Tilos

A Greek smart microgrid project is testing a local battery storage system for multiple use cases including island grid stability.

How a smarter meter design enables massive savings in material usage

Energy Retail

How a smarter meter design enables massive savings in material usage

A consortium of Dutch utilities challenged the industry to make more sustainable smart meters. Engerati finds out more about the Fair Meter project.

The importance of utilising interoperability on smart grids

Energy Retail

The importance of utilising interoperability on smart grids

Systems interoperability is beginning to be seen as a necessity for utilities, especially as it is paramount for implementation of a smart grid.

Europe 2040 – a vision of the future power system

Energy Generation

Europe 2040 – a vision of the future power system

New interconnections are at the heart of a 2040 fit-for-purpose power system for Europe.

White paper – Making data pay dividends for utilities

Transmission & Distribution

White paper – Making data pay dividends for utilities

This week’s featured download comes from Teradata, and looks to optimise data usage to combat shrinking utility revenues.

Will the tech giants become electricity retailers?

Energy Generation

Will the tech giants become electricity retailers?

Looking five years ahead, expect new players such as the tech giants to enter the electricity retail sector, says TSO chief Ben Voorhorst.