News : Smart Grid

KiWi Power Announces Success in Triads Forecasting

4/10/2013 7:04 AM EST - KiWi Power

London, 10th April, 2013 – KiWi Power, the UK’s leading smart grid and energy demand management company, today announced 100% success in accurately forecasting the three triad periods during the 2012/13 triad season.

KiWi Power advised its customers to reduce or shift their power use when the UK’s demand for electricity was at its...

KiWi Power announces appointment of new Non-Executive Director Miriam Maes

2/12/2013 9:33 AM EST - KiWi Power

London, 12 February, 2013 – KiWi Power, the UK’s leading smart grid and energy demand management company, has appointed Miriam Maes as a new non-executive director who will serve on the KiWi Power board.

Miriam has worked in the energy sector since 2002, initially as a member of Texas Utilities’ (TXU) European Executive and subsequently as COO of EDF Energy’s non-regulated distribution networks business.

In 2007,...

KiWi Power enters into Demand Response Framework Agreement with Government Procu...

2/5/2013 10:00 AM EST - KiWi Power

London, 5 February, 2013 – KiWi Power, the UK’s leading smart grid and energy demand management company, was today announced as a provider of full-service demand response programmes to UK government agencies through Government Procurement Service (GPS). Under the terms of the agreement, KiWi Power will provide demand response services to central government and public sector facilities, including NHS trusts and...

KiWi Power selected as 2012 Platts Global Energy Awards finalist

12/4/2012 10:37 AM EST - KiWi Power

Winners to be recognised at November 29 New York City Gala
London, 15 November, 2012 – KiWi Power, the UK’s leading smart grid and energy demand management company, has been named a finalist in the Platts Global Energy Awards, an annual program recognising exemplary industry leadership. The 2012 finalists, selected from nearly 200 nominations...

KiWi Power to partner with UK Power Networks in successful bid for energy storag...

12/4/2012 10:32 AM EST - KiWi Power

Successful trials of energy storage could save more than £700m by 2040
London, 3 December, 2012 – KiWi Power, the UK’s leading smart grid and energy demand management company, will partner UK Power Networks on a four-year project which will examine the technical challenges and commercial opportunities of using stored electricity to meet peak energy demands.

The Smarter Network Storage (SNS) project is one of...

Demand response will stabilise the UK’s electricity capacity market and keep the...

10/9/2012 6:47 AM EST - KiWi Power

KiWi Power, the UK’s leading smart grid and energy demand management company, is supporting the Government’s Electricity Market Reform (EMR) measures in light of Ofgem’s news published last week, warning of a significant reduction in electricity capacity margins over the next three years.

According to Ofgem, the UK’s official independent regulating body for both the gas and electricity...

Sainsbury’s generates new recurring revenue by going green

9/11/2012 11:50 AM EST - KiWi Power

Sainsbury’s and KiWi Power, the UK’s leading smart grid and demand management company, has announced plans to pilot a pioneering demand response programme.

KiWi Power has designed an energy management programme that Sainsbury’s is piloting in two of its distribution centres. This will enable power consumption to be temporarily reduced during times of grid stress. In return, National Grid pays for these demand...

“Proceedings of the IEEE” Highlights Milestones in Optical Technology that will ...

6/18/2012 3:03 PM EST - Connect Communications, Inc.

New Issue Focuses on Past and Future of Optical Networking, Pinpoints New Innovations with Most Potential and Outlines Where More Research is needed
Piscataway, NJ – June 18, 2012 – While all-optical networking has reached a vibrant state, further
advances are still needed to continue to cope with the explosive growth of future optical networks
according to the current special issue of the Proceedings of the...

ABB wins $45 million power orders to boost clean power integration in Texas

4/10/2012 8:00 AM EST - ABB

FACTS solutions to increase transmission capacity, ensure grid stability and facilitate wind power integration in Texas
Zurich, Switzerland, April 10, 2012 – ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth around $45 million from leading US utility Oncor, to provide electrical solutions that will increase transmission capacity, ensure grid stability and facilitate the integration of...

Liang's NSF grant aims to push smart grid closer to capacity

2/27/2012 3:13 PM EST - University of Texas at Arlington

A UT Arlington electrical engineering professor has received a $300,000 National Science Foundation grant to determine how much closer technology can push toward the upper boundary of a smart grid’s threshold.

Qilian Liang, who joined The University of Texas at Arlington in 2002, is working to marry electrical grid...

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