IBM is a leader in providing softwares and services for the smart grid. In a recent move, strengthening its smart grid software portfolio even further, the company has announced the launch of new software solutions designed to advance smarter cities and industry transformation across the energy industry by monitoring and analyzing new streams of data. […]
Asia Pacific Adopting Smart Meters
The region of Asia Pacific is fast catching up in the smart meters industry. According to recent data from Pike Research, the total installed base of smart meters is likely to reach over 350 million in the Asia Pacific region by 2016, nearly seven times more than the current number. In fact, China is poised […]
Echelon to Provide Services for Denmark’s Smart Grid
Echelon Corporation has recently announced that it has been chosen to provide services for the smart grid under development in Denmark. Echelon Corporation is leading the worldwide transformation of the electricity grid into an energy control network, connecting utilities to their customers, enabling networking and control of everyday devices, and providing customers with energy aware […]
India Looks at Turning Snow into Hydropower
It is a known fact that northern India has an abundance of snow, which till now the government only utilized to promote tourism. However, now this bountiful snow in Himachal Pradesh is going to help India grow its hydropower energy sector. The state of Himachal Pradesh is expecting optimum hydropower generation next summer and the […]
European Solar Subsidies Being Rolled Back
With the solar power industry at an all time boom worldwide, many are shocked that Europe is cutting back on its subsidies for solar power. Tim German, who is the manager of renewable energy for the Cornwall council in Britain, is quite upset at the shift of the British government towards cutting back on solar […]
Advent of the Geothermal Academy
Geothermal energy is the thermal energy that is generated and stored in the Earth. Thermal energy is energy that determines the temperature of matter. The geothermal gradient, which is the difference in temperature between the core of the planet and its surface, drives a continuous conduction of thermal energy in the form of heat from […]
Japan’s Nuclear Disaster Unlikely to Impact World Energy Markets
The devastating earthquake that hit Japan this month and the tsunami which followed has had a major impact on an industry which was just experiencing a period of revival. While many experts around the world are predicting that the Fukushima emergency is going to be a big drawback to the progress of the nuclear power […]
Laser to Boost Efficiency of Solar Cells
Due to the research work going on for increasing the efficiency of solar cells, it is possible today to imagine that solar cells are no longer flat shaped or unyielding. Researchers have developed ultra thin film-type solar cells that are now being produced. This new generation of thin film solar cells is even more flexible […]
Saskatchewan Gives Biodiesel a Boost in Budget
With the announcement of the 2011 Saskatchewan provincial budget, the biodiesel industry in the province has gotten a sudden boost. Homegrown renewable biodiesel is all set to grow in Saskatchewan as the provincial government announced a biodiesel blending mandate in the 2011 budget.According to Gordon Quaiattini, President of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association, “Saskatchewan’s 2011 […]
U.S. to Get first Zero Waste Pork Processing Plant
In the first of its kind, the U.S. is going to manufacture pork at a zero waste processing plant. A farmer has announced plans to process Heritage Acre Foods pork, and then capture and reprocess the waste in a biodiesel plant that runs generators, which in turn will power the processing facility. Vegetarians generally have […]