How data protection experience in the EU provides valuable lessons for Australia

We are all having to be more and more aware of data protection in our activities. The new Data Protection Impact Assessment Template for Smart Grid and Smart Metering systems is a pioneering method whereby industry has worked together with the European Commission to make compliance reliable and cost-effective. Meant first and foremost for the … Continue reading How data protection experience in the EU provides valuable lessons for Australia →

Developing an even smarter electricity grid

The digital world is transforming everything. Mike Orcutt writes on the MIT Technology Review website about the role the blockchain technology can have an important impact on smart grids. How Blockchain Could Give Us a Smarter Energy Grid On an electricity grid, electrons generated from the sun, wind, or other renewable sources are indistinguishable … Continue reading Developing an even smarter electricity grid →

The island of Ireland takes regional approach for energy transition

Colm Gorey writes on the Silicon Republic website about a research project underway that demonstrates battery-based energy storage on the Irish grid. This is important as Ireland and Northern Ireland continue to increase the deployment of renewable energies. All-Ireland project to stress-test renewable energy storage for smart grids An all-Ireland research project aims to … Continue reading The island of Ireland takes regional approach for energy transition →

Taking some leaps forward to ensure consumers benefit from smart energy systems

We seem to be moving in a million directions at once. All of us are excited by new technologies and this is certainly true concerning our energy systems. Increasingly the “smart grid” is coming into being and many of us stare in wonderment what is happening next. Yes, we have the smart grid now and … Continue reading Taking some leaps forward to ensure consumers benefit from smart energy systems →

What smart grids offer

Smart approaches to our energy transitions are gaining attention. Glen Martin writes on the Stanford University’s Precourt Institute for Energy website about the need for smart grids to help the transition to alternative energy. 'Smart grid' needed to shift electrical system to alternative energy Electrical grids are balky beasts, and nobody knows that better … Continue reading What smart grids offer →

Renewables in a smart world

Christine Hertzog, managing director of Smart Grid Library, recently wrote in The Energy Collective about the full range of issues that has to be explored in considering the future electricity fuel mix in the US. As natural gas and renewables become headline policy themes, it is useful do some comparisons. Renewable Energy and the … Continue reading Renewables in a smart world →

Activity on grid big data

Katie Fehrenbacher writes in the Washington Post about actions that are supporting the building of smart grids. This article is about a partnership in Sweden that could provide some valuable experience about managing data. European power giant E.ON partners with Ericsson on grid big data European power giant E.ON is building out a smarter … Continue reading Activity on grid big data →