smart-grid Archives

dTechs files patent infringement lawsuit against BC Hydro and Awesense Wireless Inc.

By Publisher on February 21, 2017 Electronic Design Architecture

CALGARY, ALBERTA — (Marketwired) — 02/21/17 — dTechs epm Ltd. (dTechs) has commenced a patent infringement lawsuit against British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (BC Hydro) and Awesense Wireless Inc. (Awesense); both corporations located in British Columbia, Canada. In its statement of claim, dTechs alleges that both defendants have infringed its intellectual property. dTechs seeks a permanent injunction of that alleged infringement and damages."After numerous attempts to address th

Centrica, DTE Energy, Illinois Commerce Commission, Powerley, Toyota, and EPA to address demand response, distributed generation, and utility business models at Parks Associates– Smart Energy Summit

By Publisher on February 16, 2017 Internet, Picture Gallery

Over 300 executives to attend the eighth-annual event, February 20-22 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas

Parks Associates: Google, Vivint Smart Home, Carrier, and more address convergence of voice control solutions with energy management and whole-home solutions at Smart Energy Summit

By Publisher on February 14, 2017 Hardware

Forty-nine percent of U.S. broadband households want ability to monitor and adjust their home thermostat remotely

Semitech–s Multi-Mode PLC Platform Receives G3-PLC Certification

By Publisher on February 7, 2017 Networking

SM2400 Validated as Providing Flexible, Standards-Based Connectivity to Move the Smart Grid Forward

AutoGrid Announces Record Year with Two Gigawatts of Distributed Energy Resources Under Contract

By Publisher on January 25, 2017 Hardware, Picture Gallery

AutoGrid Flex extends its market leadership in the flexibility management software category with a second successive year of more than 350 percent growth in contracted grid-edge DER capacity

Smart Grid, Battery Storage and Efficiency Companies Raise $1.3 Billion in Venture Capital Funding in 2016

By Publisher on January 24, 2017 Hardware, Picture Gallery

Smart Grid companies bring in $389 million; Battery Storage companies secure $365 million; Energy Efficiency companies receive $528 million

Parks Associates: DTE and Powerley to Keynote Smart Energy Summit: Engaging Consumers

By Publisher on January 11, 2017 Internet

More than 80% of U.S. broadband households took energy-saving actions in 2016

Navigant Research Names AutoGrid a Leader in Virtual Power Plant Software

By Publisher on November 22, 2016 Internet, Picture Gallery

AutoGrid extends its market leadership in the flexibility management software category as the only vendor to be simultaneously positioned as a Leader on Navigant Research–s Virtual Power Plant (VPP) Software and Demand Response Management System (DRMS) Leaderboard reports

AutoGrid Adds Total Energy Ventures as a Strategic Investor in Its Series C-2 Funding Round

By Publisher on September 16, 2016 Internet, Picture Gallery

Funding Demonstrates a Growing Recognition That Flexibility Management Is Becoming the Energy Internet–s Killer App, Enabling Energy Companies to Increase Revenues and Serve Customers in New Ways

Brite Semiconductor and Power Line Communications Leader, Semitech Semiconductor, Collaborate on Industrial M2M SoC

By Publisher on June 23, 2016 Networking

SHANGHAI, CHINA and IRVINE, CA — (Marketwired) — 06/23/16 — (Brite), a leading ASIC/SoC design and turnkey solution provider, today announced the collaborative development of an industrial machine-to-machine (M2M) system on chip (SoC) with , a leading provider of power line communications (PLC) solutions that enable the transformation of the electricity grid into a smart grid. This SoC is designed to support M2M communication in the global industrial and energy transmission market via PLC/w