Siemens has been awarded a new contract to establish a distribution management system and advanced metering infrastructure for North Delta Electricity Distribution Company (NDEDC). As a subsidiary of the state-owned utility Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC), NDEDC is responsible for the distribution network of the Daqahleya, Damietta and Kafr El-Sheikh governorates and serves about 4.5 million electrical subscribers. Siemens will be implementing an ADMS control center for the Damietta region. This project is funded by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and has a value of about EUR 40 million and is known as Lot 3. Siemens already received an order with a similar scope for Egypt´s Alexandria region in September 2022. (more…)
December 15, 2022
Posted by: Shriya Raban
New York, United States – SmartMetric, Inc., has created a biometric card that works with all credit card readers, including restaurants, store checkouts and ATM’s. (more…)
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
SF SMART ENERGY is a technology that will allow you to manage electricity production from renewable sources. This system allows you to make energy production more interconnected, intelligent and controllable. Here are just some of the benefits that SF SMART ENERGY brings to renewable energy producers: (more…)
December 14, 2022
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Liberty Lake, United States – Itron, Inc., which is innovating the way utilities and cities manage energy and water, announced that it’s working together with Maryland’s largest gas and electric utility, Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE), to connect and manage 260,000 Itron smart streetlights across the utility’s service territory. This will help reduce energy consumption and enhance the wellbeing and safety of the community. BGE will use its existing Itron multi-purpose IIoT network to connect the smart streetlights, which are expected to be deployed through 2026. (more…)
December 9, 2022
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
The Norwegian capital city Oslo aims to be at the forefront of modernity, making itself as environment-friendly as possible. True to its commitment, the 700,000-people city operates a public lighting network of close to 60,000 lampposts, 50% of which have already transitioned to LED and the remainder to transition in the coming years. Recently faced with energy price inflation, the city also has the ambition to make its infrastructure smarter. (more…)
December 5, 2022
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
The Balearic Island of Ibiza, Spain, is a popular holiday destination. Well-known for its retreats, sandy beaches, and lively nightlife. (more…)
December 2, 2022
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Itron, Inc., which is innovating the way utilities and cities manage energy and water has announced that PUB, Singapore’s national water agency, is leveraging SP Group’s existing Itron industrial IoT network canopy for smart water metering. The smart water metering rollout will connect some 300,000 Itron residential and C&I smart water meters to the existing network to achieve its water conservation goals. (more…)
November 18, 2022
Posted by: Shriya Raban
STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor provider serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, will exhibit and present innovative technology at electronica 2022 (November 15-18) in Munich, Germany. ST’s focuis on four broad areas of high interest for customers: technologies for smarter mobility; for industrial IoT and factory automation; for energy management and power efficiency; and for developing and securing AI-based connected systems. (more…)
November 17, 2022
Posted by: Shriya Raban
On the side-lines of MWC Africa, Smart Africa and MTN have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance digital skills in Africa in an effort to develop capacity for Africans to utilise ICTs and be fully empowered participants of an ICT-driven economy and society. (more…)
November 3, 2022
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Peachtree Corners, United States – Peachtree Corners – one of the United States’ 5G smart cities powered by real-world connected infrastructure – announced a partnership with the North Texas Innovation Alliance (NTXIA), a 501(c)3 regional consortium of nearly 30 municipalities, agencies, corporations and academic institutions across North Texas. The alliance was created to develop a supportive and collaborative network to integrate smart city efforts across the region. This cross-regional partnership extends both Peachtree Corners’ and NTXIA’s efforts in supporting the expansion of smart cities across the country through public-private partnerships. (more…)
October 29, 2022
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar