Smart Grids 101: Connectivity of the Future The Obama administration has included $3.5 billion in grid modernization in its budget for the 2016 fiscal year. On top of that, the smart grid IT market is expected to double by 2024 and the future for implementation of smart grid technology is all but certain, with cities … Continue reading Smart Grids 101: Connectivity of the Future
Homegrown encryption threatens millions of smart grid devices Millions of thermostats and other smart devices could be under threat thanks to poor encryption, new research has revealed. The Open Smart Grid Protocol (OSGP) is one of the most widely used smart grid networkings standards in the world, but in what could be a nasty blow … Continue reading Homegrown encryption threatens millions of smart grid devices
How IoT will change your life …………A better balance of power Take the smart grid, for example. This is the application of the IoT to the modernization of our ageing electric infrastructure. In many countries, the grid was built in the 20th century and has not been modernized to tackle the challenges of the 21st … Continue reading How IoT will change your life
Verizon pushes smart cities and smart farms WASHINGTON – Verizon Enterprise Solutions announced it will expand its foray into smart city and smart agriculture technology as part of the vaunted “Internet of Things” revolution. The carrier’s push into IoT makes business sense as many analysts predicted connected objects and machines will become a multitrillion-dollar industry … Continue reading #Verizon pushes smart cities and smart farms
Preparing for the Internet of Things ….IoT sensors, Gualtieri says, “emit live data such as motion, temperature, voltage, pressure, audio, video, position, and the list goes on and on.” Analyst firm Gartner meanwhile, estimates that there will be 4.9 billion connected ‘things’ this year, rising to 25 billion by 2025. If we are still in … Continue reading Preparing for the Internet of Things
Tech More: Internet of Things Energy Costs Energy Report Smart Grid A top Internet of Things device will help reduce energy use on a large scale One of the primary benefits of Internet of Things (IoT) devices is their ability to collect data that will ultimately help increase efficiency and mitigate problems before they occur. … Continue reading Tech More: Internet of Things #Energy Costs #Energy Report Smart Grid
The edge of intelligence: using smart grids for real-time decision making ……Smart meters and smart grid technology play an integral role in making the internet of things (IoT) possible in the utility sector. Today, these technologies are delivering tangible benefits to both utilities and consumers; however, while smart grid networks and devices do a fine … Continue reading The edge of intelligence: using smart grids for real-time decision making
The Standards-Based Microgrid Meets the Industrial Internet of Things Last week, the Industrial Internet Consortium — a group of more than 150 companies working on a common path toward ubiquitous, standards-based machine-to-machine communication — launched an ambitious project aimed at bringing real-time data analytics and control to the world of microgrids, and potentially, the grid … Continue reading The Standards-Based Microgrid Meets the Industrial Internet of Things
How forward-thinking utilities are adopting the Internet of Things Most utility companies have a plan to utilize technologies that are key ingredients of the Internet of Things (IoT). As an example, the Smart Grid Sensor market will expand rapidly in the coming decade, with revenues growing nearly ten-fold, according to the latest worldwide market study … Continue reading How forward-thinking utilities are adopting the Internet of Things
Industrial Internet Consortium Announces Smart Grid Testbed RESTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Industrial Internet Consortium® announces its first energy-focused testbed: the Communication and Control Testbed for Microgrid Applications. Industrial Internet Consortium member organizations Real-Time Innovations (RTI), National Instruments, and Cisco, are collaborating on the project, working with power utilities CPS Energy and Southern California Edison. Additional industry … Continue reading Industrial Internet Consortium Announces Smart Grid Testbed #IIoT
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