An insightful TMCnet article about Dynamic Communications to Optimize Smart Grids
Consumers have increasingly come to expect uninterrupted power. In her article, Mae Kowalke explains why, in order to keep pace with this demand, power utilities should start turning to the power of the smart grids. She explains how the key to smart grids is a dynamic communications network and shows that, despite the cost involved [...]
Are you still questioning the relevancy of IP/MPLS for the Smart Grids?
If you still ask ‘why an IP/MPLS Network Makes Sense for Smart Grids’, we strongly advise you to read the latest TechZine’s article and the explanation of Fai Lam, Director, Portfolio Marketing, Alcatel-Lucent. Although the implementation of a smart grid means different things to each power utility, the need to extend reach and performance to [...]
Toothpaste and telecoms: where does Saxony get its energy for innovation?
During a bit of idle, late night surfing, I came across (as you do), the inventor of modern-day toothpaste. Of course, ancient Egyptians cleaned their teeth with some kind of paste, and the Chinese invented the toothbrush. But apparently it was left to pharmacist Ottomar Heinsius von Mayenburg, from Dresden in the German state of [...]
The A to Z of LTE for the utilities industry
Today, the 4G technology called Long Term Evolution (LTE) is gaining lot of traction counting already more than 80 LTE commercial services, and another 144 expected to be operational by the end of 2012 as reported by The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) in June 2012. So after the excitement and massive adoption by telcos, [...]
Creating your Smart Grid: a How-To Guide
In the world of electricity delivery, there’s the grid. And then there’s the smart grid. Smart is better! By enhancing the power delivery process and collecting real-time data from within the electrical grid and from consumers, utilities can operate more efficiently and cost-effectively than ever before. A How-To Guide “Creating Your Smart Grid” shares numerous [...]
E-mobility in the context of electric energy distribution grids
By Ralph Ballentin1, Detlef Hartmann2, Dieter Kopp3, Thomas Loewel1, Matthias Sund1, Wolfgang Templ4 Mobility is an important aspect in our daily life and has a deep impact on a multitude of societal factors. For nearly 120 years, we have been heavily relying on fossil energy sources. This trend may not be sustainable in the coming [...]
Can we predict the future of the Smart Grid?
By Michael Roney, Editor, GridTalk Is the Internet the biggest invention since the telephone? Perhaps. In fact, it could even be bigger. Just look at the Internet we know today. It has radically changed our lives, just like the telephone, but has done so on a scale exponentially more all-encompassing, complex and powerful. In fact, [...]
AltaLink, Canada: Sharing experience about IP transformation
Clint Struth, Principal Engineer – Telecommunications, and Cory Struth, Network Architect, AltaLink Management Ltd. revealed during an interview how to maintain and improve critical network technology in a market environment where TDM and ATM availability is declining and costs are escalating, and also where service requirements of power utilities and consumers are increasingly becoming IP-based. [...]
EPB Chattanooga: customers at the center of the Smart Grid’s future
As the Smart Grid revolution plays out over the next 15 to 20 years, customers are likely to be the driving force and chief beneficiaries of new energy-centric applications that will fundamentally change their lifestyles. “These days we’re used to instant information, to quick response, and to having control over a lot more things in [...]
With: H. DePriest, President and CEO, Electric Power Board of Chattanooga (EPB) - 05 Dec 2011
Anticipating the future’s Smart Grid economy
The world’s overall energy demand expected to rise by nearly 40 percent between now and 2035 according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Power providers need to be prepared with the right communications and service platform for the future’s Smart Grid economy, but what will that look like and how much will it cost? Is [...]
With: R. Krishnaswamy, Vice President, Energy Practice, Frost & Sullivan - 05 Dec 2011