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An integrated, two-way communications and networking platform is essential to the Smart Grid. The space is getting crowded as vendors see the handwriting (and stimulus money) on the wall. Those competing include major players in the wireless, cellular, and networking worlds. As you’ll read in this section, some vendors are partnering up to fuse complementary technologies that offer a bigger piece of the total solution.
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Today Smart Grid powerhouses Cisco and Itron announced a strategic alliance to deliver a definitive IP-based communications platform. What does it mean for the rest of us? Jesse Berst offers some insight.
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An EPRI evaluation of portable electronic devices (PEDs) such as the iPod Touch or the Android has found that PED technology will present significant opportunities in the handheld meter/diagnostic device arena and will subsequently become a major component of the Smart Grid sensor market where data needs to be streamed, stored and selectively uploaded from a remote location to a centralized location. Click to download the executive summary. |
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On-Ramp Wireless and Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories successfully completed a field test demonstrating that wireless sensors can be connected throughout the electricity distribution grid, significantly reducing the time needed to isolate, repair and restore service to customers. |
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AT&T has agreed to offer Petra Solar's interactive solar electric systems which incorporate solar power generation and Smart Grid technology in one system. The offering will allow utilities to meet Renewable Portfolio Standards while investing in Smart Grid technologies. |
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GE just made a series of announcements that illustrate both the strengths and the weaknesses of its Smart Grid strategy. Take a look yourself and see if you agree with Jesse Berst that there may be individual strokes of brilliance in GE’s portfolio – but they are hampered by the lack of an end-to-end strategy to connect all the pieces. |
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4G wireless communications provider Alvarion explained its strategy to offer the most open and flexible platform for 4G networks using Time Division Duplexing by announcing support for the coming TD-LTE standard and incorporating it into its 4Motion solution. |
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As an ever increasing number of people around the world become connected by mobile communications networks, the challenges to providing electricity to these expanding networks are becoming greater as well. In particular, developing countries are seeing unprecedented growth in wireless subscribers, however many of the base stations in these areas are in remote locales that have limited or no access to grid power. Renewable energy from solar panels and small wind turbines offers a viable alternative to diesel generators in these remote off-grid sites, and a new report from Pike Research forecasts that renewable energy will power 4.5% of the world’s mobile base stations by 2014, up from just 0.11% in 2010. In developing countries, the percentage will be even higher – the cleantech market intelligence firm forecasts that 8% of base stations in those regions will utilize renewable power by 2014. |
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IEEE has produced its 1815 Distributed Network Protocol (DNP3) standard for electric power systems communications in record time. The group also announced the release of a draft standard for a common technical platform for distributed resources interconnection applications. |
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In this thoughtful commentary by Echelon CTO Bob Dolin we start at the world’s first Smart Grid project in Italy - and then follow a path that takes us past two-way communications and remote meter reading towards Smart Grid 2.0 and the benefits of intelligent energy management. How do we get there? What are the requirements? Dolin offers his point of view inside. |
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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. |
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The move from analog to digital TV created unused broadcast channels and now a rural electric cooperative in California has teamed up with Google and Spectrum Bridge to launch a Smart Grid wireless network trial utilizing those TV White Spaces. |
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With all the Smart Grid standards now in the works, which ones are most essential? Smart Grid expert Dr. Dale McMullin argues that a single set of standards for geospatial interfaces and encodings deserve a spot on your "pay attention" list. Find out why. |
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Broadband over powerline (BPL) has died a dozen deaths in the Smart Grid space, yet continues to dig itself out of each grave. In this article, former AEP executive and early BPL advocate Bruce Renz argues that its rightful role is in the transmission system. Click inside to see if you agree with him – and then vote in our Quick Poll regarding BPL prospects. |
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The Utilities Telecom Council and Verizon Communications will conduct a study of the communications and IT needs of U.S. utilities. The outcome is intended to be a report detailing how utilities and the telecommunications industry should deal with critical infrastructure communications in the Smart Grid environment. |
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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. |
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This white paper from Alverion makes the case that 4G wireless broadband technologies and, in particular, WiMAX are optimally suited to the requirements of smart grid applications, because they provide low latency, high throughput, support for the most advanced security protocols, and traffic management tools, including QoS. These features allow utilities to run a wide range of applications concurrently over the same network, while maintaining full control over how network resources are allocated across applications with different priority levels. |
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Verizon Wireless is getting more aggressive in its mission to corner a bigger share of the Smart Grid communications market, and betting it will get a longer reach from its partnership with other technology providers. |
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They’re calling it the largest residential smart meter deployment using public wireless networks so far in the U.S. Texas-New Mexico Power will use SmartSynch’s metering solution and AT&T’s public wireless network when it rolls out 231,000 units over the next five years. |
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Cisco announced the first components of its Connected Grid array of Smart Grid communications solutions designed to help utilities more efficiently and reliably get electricity from power plants to homes and businesses. |
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What's the National Broadband Plan have to do with the Smart Grid? In this video, Nick Sinai, who headed up the team that looked at Energy and the Environment on the National Broadband Task Force, talks about the potential that Smart Grid technology has to change how Americans use energy. ***** |
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IEC’s vast fiber network covers a large part of the Israeli electric grid. IEC was looking to cover all remote locations, however this required a huge investment, long term deployment and
substantial resources. They required a solution that would enable connectivity to all remote sites including last mile connections from the fiber network end point and large area coverage. The solution? Deployment of a wireless access infrastructure ideal for remote connectivity using Alvarion’s BreezeMAX base stations and CPE’s. |
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RF Mesh systems have been the choice for the vast majority of Smart Grid pilots and deployments in the U.S. But Jesse Berst is predicting that a small pilot project in Texas could have broad consequences across the industry – making cellular a viable option for municipals and smaller utilities. Click inside for his analysis (and your chance to weigh in on where Smart Grid communications is heading). |
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SmartSynch, a leader in the Smart Grid infrastructure space, has launched a coalition to promote interoperability among Smart Grid vendors. |
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WiMAX got a shot in the arm (two, actually) this week when GE announced its decision to use WiMAX 4G communications in a Michigan Smart Grid pilot project, and smart meter software company and WiMAX supporter Grid Net announced that Cisco has taken an equity investment in the company. |
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This article explains how satellite networking technology has developed rapidly and now delivers the combination of high performance, availability and security that can greatly aid smart grid efforts for the utility industry. Substation connectivity, distribution automation and smart trucks are three key areas in which a satellite solution can provide the most cost-effective communications solution. |
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