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Demand response programs can reduce utilities’ peak demand

Demand response and energy efficiency programs are complementary: energy efficiency reduces both energy use and peak demand while demand response provides additional peak demand reductions. In this ar...

National grid to deploy 10,000 dual fuel smart meters in the UK

UK operator of gas distribution network, Wales and West Utilities (WWU), has been selected by utility firm  National Grid for the rollout of a smart meter project. Some 10,000 smart meters will b...

Endeavour Energy to deploy large scale storage to reduce network investment in Australia

Endeavour Energy, a NSW grid operator, is tendering for a large-scale battery storage array to reduce network costs for a new housing development west of the Illawarra. The 1MWh battery system will be...

Three signs that the great energy disruption is already here

Almost 12 months ago, Tony Seba, who wrote the 2014 book, Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation, posted a video on YouTube in 2016 titled CleanDisruption. Seba predicted that a nearl...

Nest says interoperability is game changer for smart home sector

Nest, the smart home business purchased by Google a few years ago, has added Germany, Austria, Italy and Spain to its list of 190 countries that can order its thermostat, camera and smoke alarm produc...