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International Broadband Electric Communications (“IBEC”), a leading international provider of Broadband-over-Power Lines (“BPL”) communications technology, and the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) today announced a joint Smart Grid Broadband-over-Power Lines Communications Pilot Program. |
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Radio Waves, Inc., The Leader in Microwave Antenna InnovationTM, announced a new line of SP microwave antennas called the SPX-1.8NS series which covers from 1.7 – 1.9 GHz. These antennas cover a number of services including the Canadian smart grid network band of 1800 – 1830 MHz and the U.S. federal government band of 1755 – 1850 MHz. The frequency range of 1.7 – 1.9 GHz also covers some international bands utilized for public safety and other government applications in certain countries. The new SPX-1.8NS series of microwave dishes is available in all sizes from 1 foot to 8 feet in diameter. |
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Electric utilities can more quickly adopt smart grid capabilities by combining intelligent distributed sensing from CURRENT Group with an Internet Protocol-based solution from Verizon. Under a new agreement, the two companies are enabling real-time power consumption and analysis communications between electric companies and sensors deployed on their networks. |
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SmartSynch, Inc., a smart grid infrastructure company utilizing standard IP communications via public wireless networks, has been selected by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) as the smart metering solution provider for Generation PartnersSM, a distributed renewable generation program offered by participating local power companies that distribute TVA power. TVA is the nation’s largest public power company, providing energy to large industries and power distributors that serve approximately 9 million consumers in seven southeastern states. |
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PCN Technology is now releasing its newest Grid MicroCircuits™ product. Based upon the company’s core open standards patented conductive media technology, this product delivers advanced IP Enabled (TCP/IP) Ethernet functionality on existing serial twisted pair RS-485 networks. |
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Tantalus Systems Corp. announces that Johnson City Power Board (JCPB) has selected Tantalus for a system-wide Smart Grid communications network. |
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Electric, gas, and water utilities have installed more than five million Sensus FlexNet™ communications system endpoints the company announced today. Sensus’ customers include large Investor Owned Utilities, small municipalities, and rural electric cooperatives. |
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Tantalus Systems Corp., a market leader in two-way, real-time Smart Grid data communications, today announced that is has raised $14 million in equity to fund its ongoing penetration of energy efficiency solutions into co-op and municipal utilities. The financing was led by Redpoint Ventures and included several current investors in the company. |
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Dominion, one of the nation's largest producers of energy, announced today that it has invested in Power Tagging Technologies Inc., a company with the potential to improve the flow of information on the smart grid.
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AT&T has announced a teaming agreement with Silver Spring Networks to deliver 3G wireless communication services to Silver Spring’s utility customers throughout the U.S. Today’s announcement is the latest expansion of AT&T’s efforts with smart grid technology in the M2M (machine to machine) communications space. |
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ADTRAN, Inc., a leading supplier of next-generation networking solutions, today announced an IEEE 1613-compliant model of its industry-leading OPTI-6100® Multi-Service Provisioning Platform (MSPP). Components of this OPTI-6100 platform have been designed and tested to comply with the IEEE 1613TM, “Standard Environmental and Testing Requirements for Communications Networking Devices in Electric Power Substations” standard, which outlines the guidelines for equipment operation in the presence of electromagnetic interference. The additional compliance validation will expand applications for the OPTI-6100 in the utility industry and allow customers to benefit from the many operational efficiencies of this platform. |
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In preparation for its smart grid initiative, Imperial Irrigation District (IID) is using mobile geographic information system (GIS) technology from ESRI to conduct a thorough field collection of data about its overhead and underground facilities. |
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It was announced today that the CURRENT® System Optimization solution suite has been named by VentureBeat as one of the Top 10 innovations driving the future of the Smart Grid. The award recognizes technologies that help achieve the primary goals of a Smart Grid: de-carbonize the grid; facilitate data transmission and the monitoring of power use, and drive increased efficiency and conservation of power.
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Power Plus Communications (PPC), Europe’s leading provider of broadband powerline communications for smart metering and smart grids, is poised to capitalise on its success in continental Europe with a move into the UK market. |
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CURRENT has released and is demonstrating the industry’s first comprehensive Smart Grid solution for primary and secondary transformer stations with utility partner ELMŰ at EUTC in Budapest, Hungary. Smart Transformer Station (STS) consists of a complete portfolio of Smart Grid infrastructure hardware and software products providing flexible solutions for communications, sensing and analytics, advanced metering, device, data, and event management.
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ECI Telecom, global provider of networking infrastructure solutions, has added built-in support for interfacing with teleprotection equipment through optical fiber links. ECI’s BroadGate® micro-Multi-Service Provisioning Platform (µMSPP) now supports the IEEE C37.94 standard for teleprotection to meet the unique communication networking challenges of power utilities that are ready to transition to smart grid technology. |
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Trilliant Incorporated, a leader in delivering Smart Grid solutions that enhance energy efficiency, utility operations and renewable resource integration, today announced that it is to provide communications headend software to British Gas as part of the first phase of the utility’s smart metering activities. |
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GE Energy Services announced today that SP AusNet, one of Australia’s largest utilities, will be the first in the world to implement GE’s WiMAX fourth-generation (4G) smart grid solution. Working with other top-tier technology and telecommunications companies, GE is introducing a game-changing smart grid solution to deliver revolutionary security and reliability benefits to nearly 700,000 Australian households, while helping SP AusNet prepare for the future of smart grid innovation—from plug-in cars to solar on rooftops. |
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Greenbox Technology Inc. is demonstrating an integrated Internet service that lets consumers view, interpret, and act on their everyday utility consumption. Have they succeeded at creating a truly useful portal? Click to read why it scores 85 out of 100 on the SGN Smart Grid Scorecard. |
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Award-winning power engineer Erich Gunther is back with another in-depth Tech Take. He’s outdone himself this time, with a review that acts as an excellent introductory tutorial to Substation Gateways and their importance to the Smart Grid. He also looks closely at Cybectec’s Substation Modernization Platform family and awards it an 85 out of 100 on the SGN Smart Grid Scorecard. |
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Power engineer Erich W. Gunther gives the Triangle Microworks protocol stacks an outstanding 88 out of 100 on the SGN Smart Grid Scorecard. He notes that the products support only standards-based solutions – a key SGN scorecard attribute. Click to read why it scores so high – but why it is not enough on its own to guarantee success. |
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Technology expert Erich Gunther says Trilliant’s SecureMesh communications is a standards-based way to rapidly deploy mesh networks in dense urban environments. But can it scale? Click to read why SecureMesh rates a 74 out of 100 on the SGN Scorecard. |
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Itron has taken an open-architecture, standards-based approach to its OpenWay® product suite that creates a network infrastructure for advanced metering and Smart Grid applications. With its technology and interface-driven approach, Itron provides a platform for a utility to deploy a true multi-vendor AMI solution. |
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Utilities have always operated in harsh environments. Protecting sophisticated digital electronic devices is difficult. RuggedCom’s design of its routers deserves consideration. Physically tough with multiple configuration options, it offers a viable solution for the Smart Grid. However, flexibility comes at a price, so read what you need to do to make it work. |
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Power engineer Erich W. Gunther gives the Smart Energy Network from Silver Spring Networks an outstanding 81 out of 100 on the SGN Smart Grid Scorecard. He even calls it "groundbreaking." Click to read why it scores so high (and where it still has problems). |
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