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Michael Edmonds, president of U.S. business for S&C, is at the podium during a plant opening event that included remarks by Florida Gov. Rick Scott (at left).The timing couldn’t have been better. Council Lead Partner S&C Electric opened its...
Article - 06/03/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Instrumentation and control
When EPB embarked on its smart grid upgrade, the utility may or may not have anticipated the benefits that were to come beyond more reliable, cheaper electric service and ultra-fast Internet for the 169,000-plus residences and businesses in its...
Article - 03/13/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
As city leaders, academics and leading smart cities practitioners from around the world gather for the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona this week, Smart Cities Council members are sharing their expertise and thought leadership on a host...
Article - 11/19/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Transportation, Analytics, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
Every so often an announcement comes along that signals a tipping point, a point in time where several trends converge to cause a market inflection. Such is the case with the news that -- over the next five years or so -- Florida Power & Light...
Article - 10/30/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Instrumentation and control
Scroll down for short take from Council members…EDF wins $850 million hydro project in Cameroon: Electricite de France got the green light to build an $850 million hydroelectric plant in Edea, a small town in the West African nation of Cameroon....
Article - 07/18/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Instrumentation and control
Competition is a good thing. It pushes people (and cities!) to be their best. In that sense, it is terrific to see Dubai's commitment to become the smartest city in the world. Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid clearly understands that smartness...
Article - 03/12/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Health and human services, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
We've seen it before -- developing regions leapfrogging the developed world. South Korea, for instance, is the acknowledged world leader in broadband access after starting from way behind. And now we are seeing signs that India may become a leader...
Article - 09/25/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Energy, Health and human services, Analytics, Instrumentation and control
The Albemarle Ibuprofen plant is an anchor of the economy in the Orangeburg, South Carolina area. But power outages were providing the facility's biggest headache. The outages created “serious production losses and waste generation...
Resources - 07/14/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Economic development, Energy, Instrumentation and control, Examples and case studies
Orangeburg Department of Public Utilities installed distribution feeder technology from Council Associate Partner Siemens to ensure a reliable power supply to an Ibuprofen plant, an anchor of the economy in the Orangeburg area. Its 10-megawatt load...
Resources - 06/27/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Economic development, Energy, Instrumentation and control
In the video presentation below, Executive Chairman John Estey of Council Global Partner S&C Electric discusses the economic impact of power outages. He compares the economic impact of an outage that occurs on a "old grid" with that of an outage...
Resources - 03/18/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Economic development, Energy, Instrumentation and control