Headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, SmartSynch smart grid contributions include devices that IP-enable the electric grid using existing cellular networks. SmartSynch's smart grid portfolio includes its standards-based SmartMeter and GridRouter devices. SmartSynch smart grid solutions and services also help utilities and other companies needing remote communications and control functionality for products ranging from solar panels to plug-in hybrid vehicles.
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Our latest look at smart grid announcements from around the world proves the adage that variety is the spice of life. Click for a look at some intriguing announcements about smart grid alliances, technologies and growth trends – including an international partnership that is using simulation technology to pinpoint the value and benefits of smart grids.
"Utility customers are demanding more options and this is a combination that just makes sense," said Stephen Johnston, SmartSynch chief executive officer. Listen to more of his discussion of his company's acquisition by Itron.
Itron's acquisition of SmartSynch yesterday changes the rules of engagement in the ongoing smart grid communications wars. With its own flavor of RF mesh networking together with SmartSynch's cellular focus, Itron becomes the first vendor that can say to utility customers "you can have it your way." Click for more from SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst on this game-changing development.
We're highlighting the smart grid companies SGN readers nominated as Smart Grid Companies to Watch in 2012. Click for the fourth installment featuring five companies that have made it through the first cut and will move on to the voting round.
Cellular advocates now have the big win they have been seeking for so long. Consumers Energy has selected SmartSynch to provide smart meters to its 1.8 million customers in Michigan. SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst has deal highlights - including why this could be a real game changer - inside.
Battelle has picked the SmartSynch GridRouter™ communications module to be the Home Energy Manager (HEM) component to complement its Active Demand Management System (ADM). Read Jesse Berst's take on what it will mean if all goes smoothly with AEP Ohio's gridSMART® Demonstration Project which will incorporate Battelle's ADM system.
To America's utilities: You think threats are coming from one direction. In the short-term, they may actually be coming from another. Jesse Berst suggests if you are prepared, you may be able turn those threats into partnering opportunities and new revenue streams.
SmartSynch announced last week it will offer utilities a prepayment option with its smart meters. Then came EcoAlign suggesting that, based on its consumer survey, prepay could be the first customer-facing benefit enabled by the smart grid. One problem: Sources tell us adoption rates for prepaid electric service in the U.S. are extremely low—like less than 1%. So again, what's the point?
Smart grid provider SmartSynch, in conjunction with prepaid electric provider PayGo, will give utilities the ability to offer their customers another choice in how they pay their bills: a prepayment option. While electric prepay adoption rates are incredibly low in the U.S., SmartSynch says as many as 40% of the country's electric utilities are considering it.
You had your turn, now it's ours. The SGN staff has added a few names to the nominees for smart grid companies to watch in 2011. Click inside to see who we selected and why.
It's time to dig out your crystal balls and predict next year's smart grid superstars. We want to hear about companies you think have the potential to rise about the noise and make things happen in the smart grid space next year. And for inspiration, we've got an update on the 10 companies SGN readers picked to watch in 2010.
Brave utilities that are pioneering smart grid technologies get a hats off today from smart grid security expert Andy Bochman, who lauds their guts and willingness to take a few calculated risks.
Energy management pilots conducted by Duke Energy in both businesses and universities have been a positive testing ground for SmartSynch's IP-enabled GridRouter smart grid communications solutions.
The nation's largest cell phone companies made a show of force this week in a "combine-and-conquer" bid to become the preferred method for smart grid communications. In the U.S., private, purpose-built RF mesh networks have dominated the market, as embodied by the sector’s leader, Silver Spring Networks. Now cell companies are making a united effort to argue that public, cellular networks are a better way to go.
Security expert Andy Bochman says there'll be trouble (that's trouble with an "s" as in security) when cars and the grid eventually get together. But he's optimistic that we can figure out those security issues and that cars will be as safe (or safer?) than they are today.
SmartSynch and Sprint have introduced a new residential utility meter that allows utilities to automate the electric grid with AMI, demand response and SmartSynch's network management. The combined capabilities will mean continuously updated energy use data will be available to both utilities and customers.
A proposal for a 350-mile underwater transmission backbone to link future offshore wind farms miles off the East Coast looks promising and could make it easier and cheaper to bring clean energy to the mainland, industry and government officials say. But they also agree technological, regulatory and other challenges could be daunting.
Five years after being pummeled by Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters, the future for New Orleans schools looks a lot brighter, and greener, thanks to a lot of help from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and federal disaster money.
With the solar industry gathered in Los Angeles this week, expect a flurry of product announcements and enthusiasm about where things are headed. But the gray cloud hovering over utilities is how to support higher penetration levels and get more value from distributed assets like photovoltaics. We’ve pulled together research from EPRI plus recent developments that help shine light on the issues.
SmartSynch and Verizon have introduced a smart grid solution for the residential utility market they say will make smart meter deployments faster, easier and more scalable.
SmartSynch, Inc., a Smart Grid technology company utilizing standard IP communications via cellular networks, has been selected by Memphis Light, Gas and Water(MLGW)—the largest three-service public utility in the nation—as the solutions provider for its three year Smart Grid Demonstration Project launched earlier this year. SmartSynch will provide approximately 1,000 participating households with SmartSynch SmartMeters™ that will automatically read and record hourly information about their energy usage and the cellular network services to enable two-way communications between MLGW, the smart meter and participating customers.
SmartSynch, Inc., a Smart Grid technology company utilizing standard IP communications via cellular networks, has entered into a co-marketing agreement with Central Service Association (CSA), a member-owned utility consortium comprised of 130 members across a nine state region that includes the entire Tennessee Valley Authority service area.
Nothing is more crucial than getting Smart Grid standards in place, especially in communications. But the communications space is highly complex, both technically and politically. As our friends from EPRI explain in this exclusive report, we are getting down to crunch time. Different factions are drawing lines in the sand and different groups are vying to be in charge. The next few months could determine the direction of Smart Grid communications for years or even decades to come.
Arch Rock announced what it says is the first AMI and grid communications platform based completely on industry-standard IP networking, security and data collection protocols.
Data management experts from Accenture answer questions from participants in our High Performance in Data Management webinar. In this segment: Is Smart Grid management being added to network and system management application platforms, such as HP OpenView, WhatsUpGold, Nagios, or other NMS products/platforms?
Three new demonstration projects caught our attention - a smart grid effort in Albuquerque's business district, a rapid recovery transformer study in Texas and a trial involving low voltage current sensor technologies in the UK. They also got us to thinking: At this stage in the smart grid build out, if you could design a demonstration project, what would it entail? That's our latest Tuesday Topic; click for the details.
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