PCN Technology is now releasing its newest Grid MicroCircuits™ product. Based upon the company’s core open standards patented conductive media technology, this product delivers advanced IP Enabled (TCP/IP) Ethernet functionality on existing serial twisted pair RS-485 networks.
(Reference: San Diego Union Tribune, Onell Soto)
A San Diego company says it has found a novel way to communicate through electricity lines, allowing it to transmit video to billboards, payment information to gas pumps and data about the operation of an electric grid to power companies without radio waves or additional wires.
Grid MicroCircuits™ converge energy and communications within the utility, industrial, and commercial sectors. Grid MicroCircuits™ are open-standard products providing the Operating Systems Solutions for Communication, Networking and Energy Applications for Utility & OEM products and systems including:
- Network Control, Communication and Stabilization for Energy Infrastructure
- Renewable Generation Applications (e.g., solar inverters and wind farms);
- Meters, sensors, smart appliances & products;
- Transportation systems, Battery Intelligence, Charging and infrastructure; and
- Industrial products, building automation and control systems
(Reference: www.renewableenergyfocus.com)
The GridWise Alliance has released two reports detailing the most important metrics associated with measuring and understanding smart grid success.
“These reports can be used as additional tools for state commissioners and investment decision-makers as they consider both public and private investments in smart grid,” says Katherine Hamilton, President of the GridWise Alliance.
(Reference: http://www.energy.gov)
Recovery Act funding will upgrade the electrical grid, save energy and create jobs
COLUMBUS, OHIO – At an event in Columbus, Ohio this afternoon, Secretary Chu announced that the Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems that will help build a smarter, more efficient, more resilient electrical grid. These 32 demonstration projects, which include large-scale energy storage, smart meters, distribution and transmission system monitoring devices, and a range of other smart technologies, will act as models for deploying integrated Smart Grid systems on a broader scale. This funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be leveraged with $1 billion in funds from the private sector to support more than $1.6 billion in total Smart Grid projects nationally.
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