Automation program aims to stabilize UK grid

A new smart-grid program being launched in the UK aims to help stabilize the power grid as more renewable energy sources come online. Honeywell and power management company Stor Generation Ltd. are working with commercial and industrial users to temporarily trim their energy consumption when electricity demand threatens to overwhelm the grid. Under the program, Stor Generation…

ByThe Global ViewJanuary 31, 20140Comments

Policy

The secret to a green economy? Data first, then decisions

The energy revolution might not necessarily be televised, but it will increasingly be monitored, measured and automated to push "intelligent efficiency" up to once-unimaginable levels. For an idea of what that revolution could look like, consider a cluster of around 30 commercial and industrial buildings in an area west of London. Part of a £30-million project…

ByThe Global ViewJanuary 27, 20120Comments

Policy

Demanding a response: Europe’s DR policies need change

The US is way ahead of Europe on demand response. So much so that while the two big US demand response companies, EnerNOC and Comverge, are being forced to look elsewhere for business as their home market nears saturation point, here in Europe, demand response is only just beginning to get off the ground. Demand response…

ByThe Global ViewOctober 20, 20110Comments

Smart Cities

Alberta utility will ‘dial down’ demand when grid stress is high

Canada's Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) plans to use EnerNOC's DemandSMART application to implement 150 megawatts (MW) of automated demand response. The program will allow participating industries to automatically reduce their electricity consumption when the grid is stressed, and earn payments for doing so. By using DemandSMART in AESO's Load Shed Service for Imports Program, EnerNOC expects…

ByThe Global ViewSeptember 13, 20110Comments

Cloud

Tendril to help with smart-grid test in Montana

NorthWestern Energy, one of the largest providers of electricity and natural gas in the Upper Midwest and Northwest US, plans to enlist the cloud-based services of Tendril for its smart grid demonstration grant program. The utility aims to use Tendril Energize and Tendril Connect to engage with customers, enable energy usage behavioral changes, and to provide…

ByThe Global ViewAugust 2, 20110Comments

Energy

EnerNOC acquires Australian demand response firm

Demand response application and service provider EnerNOC has expanded its reach into the Australian and New Zealand markets with the acquisition of Energy Response Pty Ltd. Energy Response is the largest demand response provider in Australia and New Zealand. According to Boston-based EnerNOC, the acquisition will give it the ability to deliver 240 megawatts of demand…

ByThe Global ViewJuly 8, 20110Comments

Smart Cities

Green buildings earn extra credit for demand response

LEED green building projects will now receive credit for demand response improvements that automatically shift energy consumption to off-peak times during times of high demand. The US Green Building Council's (USGBC) LEED Demand Response Pilot Credit is designed to encourage increased participation in automated demand response programs. To satisfy the credit requirements, LEED projects must show…

ByThe Global ViewJune 20, 20110Comments

Energy

US government seeks savings through demand response

Viridity has entered into a master agreement with the Defense Logistics Agency Energy (DLA Energy) to pursue load curtailment at federal and military facilities across the United States. By selling planned electric load reductions at a premium into the energy markets, Viridity Energy aims to help defense bases and federal facilities generate savings through new…

ByThe Global ViewApril 20, 20110Comments

Smart Cities

Tridium releases new client driver for demand response

As part of its focus on helping building owners reduce energy use and cost, Tridium has announced the market availability of a new OpenADR (open automated demand response) simple client driver for its Niagara AX Framework. The software driver enables communication between Niagara AX hosts and utilities, allowing independent system operators and aggregators to support automated…

ByThe Global ViewMarch 16, 20110Comments

Smart Cities

US agency sets demand response payment rules

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has established a new rule regarding compensation for demand response resources in organised wholesale energy markets. The rule requires organised wholesale energy market operators to pay demand response resources the market price for energy, known as the locational marginal price (LMP), when those resources have the capability to balance supply…

ByThe Global ViewMarch 16, 20110Comments

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Automation program aims to stabilize UK grid

The secret to a green economy? Data first, then decisions

Demanding a response: Europe’s DR policies need change

Alberta utility will ‘dial down’ demand when grid stress is high

Tendril to help with smart-grid test in Montana

EnerNOC acquires Australian demand response firm

Green buildings earn extra credit for demand response

US government seeks savings through demand response

Tridium releases new client driver for demand response

US agency sets demand response payment rules

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