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Utilities should open up API’s to their smart meter data
The world of utilities is changing with the roll out of smart meters. One of the biggest changes will be the wealth of data that utility companies will suddenly be flooded with. As we noted in a previous post on GreenMonk, Centrica has: 18 million residential accounts and one million business accounts. Right now they…
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SAP’s Sustainability announcements at Sapphire Now
SAP co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe at Sapphire Now 2012 Technology innovation plays a major part in creating a sustainable world tomorrow So said SAP co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe at this year’s SAP Sapphire Now conference in Orlando. He then went on to predict three major trends in computing for the coming years – according to…
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SAP announces two new energy management products
I attended the International SAP for Utilities event in Mannheim recently and was surprised when in his opening keynote, Klaus Heimann introduced two new SAP energy management products. The first is a customer portal for Utility companies which helps utility companies roll out online self-service sites for their customers. This is being made available for…
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SAP’s latest Sustainability Report is Awesome!
SAP released its 2009 Sustainability Report during the week and if last years Sustainability Report was good, this one is outta the park! SAP released their first Sustainability Report in November 08 reporting on the 2007 year. It was a good initial effort (prepared in accordance with the GRI guidelines and achieving a “C” level…
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Are utility companies ready for full smart grids?
In the Smart Grid Heavy Hitters video interview series I have been publishing here on GreenMonk, one of the questions I ask all interviewees is, “What is a Smart Grid?” Almost all the interviewees talk about an infrastructure capable of full end-to-end, two-way communications. That is, communication from utilities down to the appliance level in-home,…
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Grid Watch: smartgrids meet smartcomms
We have pointed to the ongoing convergence of wireless communications and smart grids before, for example in this video about Tropos Networks and in Tom’s stump pitch on sustainability and mobility, but some news from this week throws the trend into stark relief. Carbon Trust investments, the VC arm of a non-profit organisation working to…
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On Open Data, Open Source, UK Libel Law and Evidence-based Sustainability
“When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” – John Maynard Keynes As is often the case, someone asks for a written answer to a question, but then fails to use the material. The great thing about blogs is that they make it very easy to make sure such content…