Electric vehicles spread around the world
May 18, 2012Paris, France --- (METERING.COM) --- May 18, 2012 - Electric vehicles (EVs) are popping up on streets around the world, as different cities promote the vehicles in a variety of ways, a new review by the International Energy Agency (IEA) has found.
Urban programs are seen as critical by the IEA for reaching the target of 20 million EVs worldwide by 2020, in order to increase energy security and reduce CO2 emissions.
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Intel slashes emissions, but misses water and waste targets
May 17, 2012Intel soundly beat its greenhouse-gas emissions goals, but missed several other targets: It consumes more water and creates more chemical waste than previously, instead of less. Are its new goals more realistic?
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PG&E reaches 9m smart meter milestone
May 17, 2012San Francisco, CA, U.S.A. --- (METERING.COM) --- May 17, 2012 - Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has recently reached the 9 million smart meter milestone – and with 93 percent of installations complete across Northern and Central California, most customers now have access to the energy and cost saving benefits of these smart meters.
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Engine Could Boost Fuel Economy by Half
May 17, 2012Delphi says its diesel-like engine runs cleanly on gasoline.
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Danish Intelligent Energy Alliance established
May 16, 2012Frederiksberg, Denmark --- (METERING.COM) --- May 16, 2012 - The Danish Intelligent Energy Alliance (DIEA) has been established with the aim to help Denmark become among the first countries to ensure an effective conversion of its power system to a smart grid.
The Alliance, an initiative of the Danish Energy Association (DEA), is comprised of energy companies and companies in the energy industry.
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Smart grid partnership between Kamstrup and Tekla
May 16, 2012Skanderborg, Denmark and Espoo, Finland --- (METERING.COM) --- May 16, 2012 - Kamstrup A/S and Tekla Corporation have developed a solution integrating Kamstrup’s advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) with Tekla’s distribution management system (DMS) to increase the amount of information utilities receive on their distribution networks.
The combined solution has already shown the value with a couple of common customers, where the systems have been integrated using a third part middleware software component.
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Sustainability through software: Q&A with SAP's Peter Graf
May 15, 2012In advance of SAP's largest user conference this week, Chief Sustainability Officer Peter Graf spoke with GreenBiz about decoupling emissions from revenue growth, employee engagement and what's next.
A123 Systems Reports More Bad News
May 15, 2012The company is losing money fast. It hoped to raise money to stay afloat.
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Guidelines for smart grid project cost-benefit analyses released in Europe
May 15, 2012Brussels, Belgium --- (METERING.COM) --- May 15, 2012 - Guidelines for conducting a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) of smart grid projects in Europe have been released by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy (DG-Energy).
The guidelines, based on the methodology of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), offer a step-by-step assessment framework for cost-benefit analyses, with assumptions tailored to the European context.
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ENAMC to deploy Itron advanced data collection system in Algeria
May 15, 2012Ain Defla, Algeria and Liberty Lake, WA, U.S.A. --- (METERING.COM) --- May 15, 2012 - Algeria’s ENAMC (National Company of Measurement and Control Instruments) is to deploy Itron’s large scale, C&I advanced data collection system over the next 18 months to support the modernization of the electricity network and enable commercial and industrial clients to better manage their electricity consumption.
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