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New online tool improving service and meter installation rates
People can now track when their electrician will arrive to install their new electricity meter via their smartphone and then rate the job, through a new online tool that’s helping to improve meter ...Read more -
PG&E to launch multi-use case bidirectional EV pilots
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) has announced it will develop three pilot programmes to test how bidirectional electric vehicles (EVs) and chargers can provide power to the electric grid. PG&am...Read more -
Europe to Weigh Emergency Measures to Limit Electricity Prices
The European Union should consider emergency measures in the coming weeks that could include temporary limits on electricity prices, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told leaders ...Read more -
Smart electricity meters market to surge to $15.2 billion by 2026
A new market study by Global Industry Analysts Inc. (GIA) shows that the global market for smart electricity meters is expected to reach $15.2 billion by 2026. Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the meters’...Read more -
Itron to Buy Silver Springs to Boost Smart Grid Presence
Itron Inc, which makes technology to monitor energy and water usage, said it would buy Silver Spring Networks Inc., in a deal valued at about $830 million, to expand its presence in the smart city ...Read more -
Emerging climate-friendly technologies for the energy sector
Emerging energy technologies are identified that need rapid development to test their long term investment viability. The goal is the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the power sector as t...Read more -
Electrifying: New cement makes concrete generate electricity
Engineers from South Korea have invented a cement-based composite that can be used in concrete to make structures that generate and store electricity through exposure to external mechanical energy ...Read more -
Overload Protection for Electric Motors
Thermal images are an easy way to identify apparent temperature differences in industrial three-phase electrical circuits, compared to their normal operating conditions. By inspecting the thermal d...Read more -
Why maintenance of the transformer is required?
1. Purpose and forms of transformer maintenance a. Purpose of transformer maintenance The primary purpose of transformer maintenance is to ensure that the transformer and accessories’ inter...Read more -
Absence of Voltage Testing – An Update on Accepted Approaches
Absence of voltage testing is a vital step in the process of verifying and establishing a de-energized state of any electrical system. There is a specific and approved approach to establishing an e...Read more -
Six key trends that shaped Europe’s electricity markets in 2020
According to the Market Observatory for Energy DG Energy report, the COVID-19 pandemic and favorable weather conditions are the two key drivers of the trends experienced within the European electri...Read more -
Breakthrough in 3D magnetic nanostructures could transform modern-day computing
Scientists have taken a step towards the creation of powerful devices that harness magnetic charge by creating the first ever three-dimensional replica of a material known as a spin-ice. Spin ice m...Read more