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People power in the energy market

Remarkable things have happened since governments in Australia and elsewhere began to stimulate the use of PV energy through subsidised solar panels and/or attractive feed-in tariffs. The electricity companies were totally unprepared for the enormous enthusiasm of the consumers. Within … Continue reading

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Smart Grid – Smart Meters

1.1     Energy Networks Association (ENA) takes smart metering policy initiative The Energy Networks Association (ENA), Australia’s peak representative body for gas and electricity distribution network businesses, has released an action plan calling for a national approach to energy demand management … Continue reading

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Overview of smart grid developments in Europe

Following my return from a trip to the USA and Europe, where I met with smart grid colleagues, we posted an overview of some of the key developments in the USA. This post now looks at some important developments in … Continue reading

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Europe’s smart grid networks: laws and regulations apply, but economics and coordination issues remain

Since 2009 European standards organisations have been busy developing standards to provide interoperability among European smart meter deployments. This has tackled most of the pre-existing solutions which were fragmented, so retarding the development of regional coordination. The overall aims are … Continue reading

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Societies to be based on smart technology

BuddeComm’s annual publication Global Telecoms – Smart Societies and Artificial Intelligence, provides the key global trends and insights for these important and interesting sectors which will form the communities of the future. In our complex societies, developments do not take … Continue reading

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