The problem of “too much” renewable energy on a grid can be solved with blockchain, a technology most often associated with bitcoins. Blockchain will provide a transparent way for households and businesses to trade renewables with each other. Laurent Schmitt, Smart Grid Strategy Leader for GE’s Grid Solutions business, explains how it will work. Bitcoin is one of the most revolutionary ideas to come out of ...

Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI), a world-leading technology and services company dedicated to the resourceful use of energy and water, announced today that it has been honored as the 2016 Asia Pacific Smart Grid Solutions Company of the Year by Frost & Sullivan for its comprehensive smart grid solutions. The award was presented during Australian Utility Week and recognizes the company’s exemplary performance ...

Kamstrup is a world-leading Danish supplier of intelligent or “smart” energy and water metering solutions. The company produces intelligent metering systems that manage electrical and water consumption. It operates globally with own offices in 24 countries around the world. ScandAsia talked to Mr. Jesper Daugaard, Senior Vice President and head of Global Marketing, about Kamstrup and its engagement in Thail ...

Toshiba to develop new hydrogen production system for inexpensive fuel and energy Toshiba Corporation has revealed plans to launch Japan’s largest hydrogen fuel production system, relying on new alkaline water electrolysis technology. The endeavor aims to enable the production of inexpensive, high volume production of hydrogen, thereby making it more accessible to those interested in using fuel cells to gen ...

Corporate industrial holdings company Doosan has acquired Seattle-based 1Energy Systems, which develops the software platform needed to automatically integrate distributed energy resources (DER) into the grid. The acquisition, closed on 30 June for an undisclosed amount, gives the South Korean giant access to the US market with 1Energy being renamed Doosan GridTech and becoming a subsidiary of Doosan Heavy ...

The Indian government has committed 980bn rupees ($14.5bn; £10.9bn) to a flagship smart cities' programme, but the social entrepreneur behind the country's first smart village thinks they've missed some low-hanging fruit. City-dwellers tend to take electricity for granted, says Ashok Das, but for the roughly 200 million Indians living off-grid, access to power is a privilege, not a right. Mr Das says that m ...

Dubai, UAE - HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority ( DEWA ), conducted a ground-breaking ceremony for the first phase of the Smart Grid Station (SGS) at DEWA 's green vehicle workshop in Ruwayyah, in partnership with Korea Electric Power Company (KEPCO). This new achievement reflects DEWA 's efforts to achieve the Smart Dubai initiative, launched by HH Sheikh Moha ...

To encourage innovation in Smart Nation solutions and capabilities, SAS and Temasek Polytechnic (TP) have jointly launched a Smart Nation Sandbox Environment. Supported by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, the Smart Nation Sandbox Environment platform constitutes of SAS' data management and analytical architecture. TP will host the platform architecture and set forth the participation of end- ...

GE and LSIS collaborate in the smart energy segment in Korea • A comprehensive MoU to cooperate on power and smart energy solutions • Developing eco-friendly power products using g3 • Collaborating in manufacturing innovation for smart factory solutions KOREA and PARIS – April 14, 2016 – GE (NYSE: GE) and LSIS signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for comprehensive cooperation in power, smart energy, a ...

China's biggest power transmission company has signed deals with three Asia-Pacific investors to help push its ambition to build a cross-border energy super grid that will help combat climate change, integrate renewable energy sources and boost exports. The State Grid Corp of China has been urging authorities to give the go-ahead for more cross-country ultra-high voltage (UHV) power lines to connect coal an ...