Industrial Internet of Things brings opportunity, but ripples in the road ahead

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Industrial Internet of Things brings opportunity, but ripples in the road ahead

Data integration and analytics are the biggest challenges facing the Industrial Internet of Things.

Baringa and Electricity North West working together to deliver a new Network Management System

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Baringa and Electricity North West working together to deliver a new Network Management System

Resilience in a changing energy system

Energy Retail

Resilience in a changing energy system

Extreme weather, the energy-water-food nexus and cyber attacks are energy leaders’ most critical emerging risks.

Attacking utilities: An insider’s look at the SnoPUD cyber intrusion

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Attacking utilities: An insider’s look at the SnoPUD cyber intrusion

Takeaways from a successful infiltration at SnoPUD are shared by Billy Rios, WhiteScope, LLC and NexDefense ICS Cybersecurity Fellow.

Week in smart metering – Storage on the grid

Energy Generation

Week in smart metering – Storage on the grid

Cost effective storage should lead to relieving pressure on energy security, writes Claire Volkwyn, editor, Metering & Smart Energy International.

Cellular IoT – a new paradigm for utility communications

Energy Retail

Cellular IoT – a new paradigm for utility communications

Modern mainstream cellular IoT technologies bear the promise of inexpensive, ubiquitous and standardized solutions for utility applications.

Japan ploughs billions into Africa’s electricity sector

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Japan ploughs billions into Africa’s electricity sector

Japan is to invest $30 billion in Africa’s critical infrastructure over the next three years.

China ups the ante in Nigerian power infrastructure

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China ups the ante in Nigerian power infrastructure

Foreign investors plough billions of dollars into Africa’s energy sector as its vast potential is recognised.

North American utilities pioneer self-healing grids

Energy Retail

North American utilities pioneer self-healing grids

New smart grid technologies are opening the way for ready to implement self-healing grids.

Internet of Things comes to Netherlands and South Korea

Energy Retail

Internet of Things comes to Netherlands and South Korea

LoRa LPWANs have been deployed nationwide in The Netherlands and South Korea for the Internet of Things.

GridEx – Is enough progress being made protecting critical infrastructure?

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GridEx – Is enough progress being made protecting critical infrastructure?

GridEx enables utilities to exercise and demonstrate their response to simulated coordinated cyber and physical security threats and incidents.