Tagged: Smart Grid
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#OI2Dublin – Glen Dimplex CEO on the future smart grid and energy storage (video) News
21.05.2013 We talk to Sean O’Driscoll, chief executive and chairman of the Irish group Glen Dimplex, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of electrical heating technology, about the...Categories: Sustainability, Research, Renewable Energy, R&D, Investments, Engineering, Engineer, Energy -
Bill Gates invests in battery-tech start-up News
03.04.2013 Bill Gates has become the latest investor to invest in Aquion Energy, a US start-up that is pioneering a new type of battery that uses sodium-ion technology.Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, Investments, Green Tech, Green, Engineering, Energy -
Ireland achieves record wind energy output to power 1m homes News
28.03.2013 Ireland reached a record level of wind power output of 1,540 megawatts (MW) on the evening of 21 March – that’s the equivalent of powering more than 1m homes with renewable... -
Panasonic to work with US firm Power-One to develop energy storage systems News
12.02.2013 Japanese electronic giant Panasonic has forged an alliance with US company Power-One to develop and produce energy storage systems for residential and commercial markets. -
Smart grid investments hit US$13.9bn mark globally in 2012 – BNEF News
25.01.2013 Smart grid investments rose by 7pc at a global level in 2012, with utilities forking out almost US$14bn – that’s according to new figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance... -
How Eirgrid’s €500m Grid Link could help Ireland meet its renewables targets News
18.01.2013 When Eirgrid’s €500m overhead power line to connect Munster and Leinster is built, it will have the scope to create a much more efficient electricity grid and integrate more... -
Greenwire wind farm projects could create 3,000 jobs, claims developer News
16.01.2013 Element Power, the renewable energy group behind the €8bn Greenwire wind energy project that is aiming to export 3GW of electricity to the UK from Ireland by 2018, is calling on... -
Clean energy investments fell by 11pc in 2012 – BNEF News
14.01.2013 New data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) suggests that clean energy investments dropped by 11pc in 2012 due to factors such as regulatory uncertainty and policy... -
Ireland’s green economy could spawn 10,000 jobs by 2015 – Bruton News
23.11.2012 The Irish Government has today published its policy statement on the growth of Ireland’s green economy, with a particular focus on creating up to 10,000 jobs by 2015 if actions...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Green Tech, Green, Government, Engineering, Energy, Economy -
Reliable IP Communication for Smart Grids Reports
27.09.2010 Network transformation to IP/MPLS infrastructures.Tags: Virtualisation, Security, Bandwidth, Infrastructure, Transport, Network, IP, Smart Grid, Bord Gais, ESB, Electricity, Alcatel-Lucent -
Swiss firm to pilot smart street-lighting project in San Francisco News
13.11.2012 A Swiss technology company called Paradox Engineering is about to start a pilot project to remotely manage the public lighting infrastructure in San Francisco, California.Categories: Sustainability, Software, R&D, Internet, Infrastructure Management, Hardware, Engineering, Energy -
Renewables made up 17pc of electricity demand on island of Ireland in 2011 – Eirgrid News
05.11.2012 The island of Ireland now has one of the highest rates of wind-energy production per capita in the world, relative to population size – that’s according to energy infrastructure... -
TSSG and Japan’s NTT DATA to carry out ‘big data’ research into smart grids News
01.11.2012 Waterford Institute of Technology's (WIT) Telecommunications Software & Systems Group (TSSG) is to collaborate with the Japanese data analytics giant NTT DATA on a new research... -
IBM launches Smarter Energy Research Institute to focus on utilities News
31.10.2012 IBM has launched a new research collaboration model called the Smarter Energy Research Institute, with the aim of spurring on innovation across the global energy and utilities... -
US start-up AutoGrid raises US$9m to progress its smart-grid technology News
30.10.2012 AutoGrid, a Palo Alto, California, start-up founded in 2011, has raised US$9m in Series B funding to pioneer its big data analytics platform for energy, with the aim of allowing...Categories: Software Development, Software, Science, R&D, Investments, Intellectual Property, Engineering, Energy -
Ocean energy innovation and where Ireland is positioned (interview) News
19.10.2012 This week Dublin was the setting for a three-day global conference on ocean energy. Before the event closed up today, Siliconrepublic.com spoke to Eoin Sweeney, head of ocean...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Investments, Green Tech, Green, Engineering, Engineer, Energy -
Eirgrid and NDRC launch innovation hub around the smart grid News
25.10.2012 Energy infrastructure company Eirgrid is teaming up the National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) to launch the Smart Grid Innovation Hub, a new initiative to help companies,... -
Energy conference to explore investment opportunities in Ireland’s green economy News
05.10.2012 Law firm LK Shields is holding an energy conference in Dublin next Wednesday to explore investment opportunities in the clean-tech sector. Energy experts will be sharing their... -
Irish Wind Energy Association to power annual conference via wind energy News
03.10.2012 At its annual conference in Killarney tomorrow, the Irish Wind Energy Association (IWEA) is planning to run the event entirely by wind-generated electricity.