Remote EV Charging Payments from American Express
American Express wants to enable automated remote payments between EV's and charging stations. The system would initiate a communications handshake from a charging station to a remote payment system. This handshake would be in response to…
GRIDDY is Automating Their Energy and Utility Platform
A new patent application publication by GRIDDY Holdings LLC (GRIDDY) offers some insight relating to the development of an automated utility marketplace platform. The platform, which includes support for a mobile application and machine…
The University of California is Looking at Transaction-Based Energy Controls
A recently published patent from the University of California suggests they are looking to address issues faced with achieving energy savings with buildings. A transaction-based control system has been developed to reduce energy waste due…
Sony and Power Storage Management
Sony has been issued a patent for a power storage management system, enabling users to better understand their energy needs. The system enables users, through a mobile device, to directly communicate with their power storage device and…
Siemens to Unveil New Smart Grid Diagnostic Suite
Siemens is set to unveil its Grid Diagnostic Suite during the European Utility Week. It enables smart grid and electricity grid operators to quickly access information from devices connected anywhere in the smart grid. By employing both…
Thailand’s Smart Grid Initiative
At the upcoming Future Energy Show Thailand 2019, Thailand's Smart Grid Initiative will be center stage. Currently, Thailand is the leader in renewable energy installed capacity for Southeast Asia. Their Smart Grid Initiative has three key…
China to Educate its Grid with AI
China is planning on establishing a nationwide smart power grid, employing technologies including 5G and artificial intelligence (AI). The plan has been outlined by the State Grid Corporation, the largest utility company in China.…
Michigan solar production opened to developers
Michigan's Consumers Energy and multiple solar energy developers have agreed over how Consumers Energy contracts power from third parties, opening the way for a large-scale solar build-out across the Lower Peninsula. Under this agreement,…
The Energy Industry and Open Source
Google. Facebook. Amazon. Tech giants known for their continuing development of innovative solutions to modern problems. In order to face an ever-increasing number of challenges, these companies and others have turned to open source…
General Electric Opens New Smart Grid Lab
General Electric (GE) just announced the opening of its new smart grid lab in Qatar focusing on training individuals in the areas of cybersecurity, smart cities, integration of renewable energy, energy management systems, distribution grid…
NAD Grid Issued First Patent
NAD Grid, an energy-blockchain technology company focusing on electric vehicles (EVs), was issued its first patent for facilitating electricity services. NAD Grid's energy platform includes a product called ampUP, an iOS application for an…
Honda: Evaluating The Potential of Its Recent Renewable Energy Purchase
Honda recently announced plans to cover 60 percent of its North American electricity use from manufacturing plants with renewable energy. Beginning in the fall of 2020, Honda will purchase 530,000 MWh per year from the Boiling Spring Wind…
Samsung is Giving Users More Control of Their Energy Management
Samsung is no stranger to the energy sector. Currently, Samsung supports a number of energy technologies including solar, wind, and energy storage. In addition, Samsung offers utility, industrial, and community energy solutions. With its…
Huawei Launches 5G and AI-based Energy Solutions
Huawei, at the World Energy Congress 2019, announced the launch of several energy solutions making use of 5G and AI technologies. Huawei collaborated with over 70 energy ministers, 500 energy company CEOs, and a multitude of other…
Wanted: A More Secure Smart Grid
Smart meters, smart grids, smart distributed energy resources (DERs), smart energy management, and demand response technology share a common thread: all of these systems communicate with other parts of an electrical network, including…
Landis+Gyr Partners with Utilidata for North American Market
Landis+Gyr, a global leader in integrated energy management solutions, recently combined forces with Utilidata, an industry leader in energy management solutions. Their goal: provide groundbreaking grid management through the deployment of…
World’s First Solar Road Fails to Meet Projections
In 2016, the first "solar road" in France was inaugurated. However, two years later, the project is neither efficient nor profitable. From issues with installation and a large number of broken panels, the solar road's capabilities were…
5G’s Role in a Safer, Flexible and More Reliable Power Grid Industry
Recently, at Huawei's 5G is ON summit, a number of discussions took place concerning the role of 5G and potential applications to the smart grid sector. With the shift from safe power supply to reliable power supply, power grid companies…
ABB is power selling
ABB has been actively narrowing its business focus, and most recently began the sale of its power-conversion unit that helps telecom and tech companies run infrastructure and use energy more efficiently. The unit had been acquired last…
Verizon connecting the ground and the sky
Verizon is using what it is known for—its 4G LTE network and cloud connections—to help utility companies use smart grid technology. Its Grid Wide Utility Solutions program is a cloud-based software platform that incorporates next…
New patent applications suggest Uber is going electric
Uber has only one patent family with three documents in the Energy Financial Settlement sector, but two of them—divisionals of the other—were published last week. They all relate to controlling the charging of electric vehicles based on…
Sony getting charged up
Joining the trend, Sony's first electric vehicle-related patent application in the Energy Financial Settlement sector was published last week. The document is directed to calculating tax for EV charging based on the tax jurisdiction,…
Eaton believes eMobility could be a $4 billion business
Eaton created its eMobility division at the beginning of 2018, and the company believes that the technology could be a $4 billion business. The company intends its eMobility division to have a focus on trucks. This new division and recent…
Widespread energy privatization
Louisiana is moving toward entering a complex deal with a company controlled partly by Johnson Controls that could lead to the widespread privatization of energy systems at state buildings. The agreement, if approved, would let the company…
Creating a digital twin of the grid
Utilidata and Sense have partnered to create the first-ever digital twin of the electric grid that maps power flow, voltage, and infrastructure from the substation to the home. The model enables unprecedented levels of grid visibility…
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