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Electric utilities have made progress in how they forecast what their energy demand will be at any given time, in the short-term and long-term. Weather, price and economics all feed into the energy demand equation as does the integration of...
Article - 12/13/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy
Scroll down for quick news takes and developments involving Smart Cities Council Partners.Continental collaborates on autonomous vehicle R&D in SingaporeCouncil Global Lead Partner Continental will collaborate with Singapore-based AV company...
Article - 11/15/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy, Citizen engagement, Security and privacy
Photo credit: UrbanovaUrbanova's smart city living lab has had an enviable roster of collaborators in its efforts to advance smarter cities: the city of Spokane, electric utility Avista, construction engineering firm McKinstry, Council Global Lead...
Article - 11/01/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy, Health and human services, Public safety and security, Transportation
Scroll down for quick news takes and developments involving Smart Cities Council Partners.Itron recognized for smart street lighting solutions Council Global Lead Partner Itron, generally considered an innovator in the way utilities and cities...
Article - 08/16/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy, Telecommunications, Connectivity
The discussions that took place at Electric Companies Advancing Cities Summit led by Council Lead Partner EEI covered a lot of ground. The point of the summit—and two more to be held later this year—is to come up with a collaborative framework in...
Article - 05/15/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy
Scroll down for quick news takes on Smart Cities Council partners.Sensus recognized by rural electric cooperativesFor the second consecutive year, rural cooperative utility leaders recognized Council Global Lead Partner Sensus, a Xylem brand, and...
Article - 12/07/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy, Payments, Transportation, Water and wastewater
Scroll down for quick news takes on Smart Cities Council partners.Major advance in Schneider Electric and Microsoft collaborationThanks to a partnership between Council Lead Partners Schneider Electric and Microsoft, companies now have access to...
Article - 05/25/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Connectivity
The world of energy has changed dramatically over the past decade. What will it look like in another 10 years? It may look like Urbanova, a living lab in Washington state.Itron, a Global Lead Partner of the Council, is one of the founders of this...
Article - 05/04/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy
Scroll down for quick news takes from Smart Cities Council partners.Daimler and Bosch partner on autonomous taxisCouncil Lead Partner Daimler and automotive components company Bosch are working together to bring autonomous taxis to city streets....
Article - 04/13/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Telecommunications, Transportation, Water and wastewater
I'd like you to notice two trends in the press release below. First: people are realizing that it's all about the applications. Yes, you have to have the right infrastructure in place. But once that's on the way, you need to focus on the solutions...
Article - 01/26/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Connectivity
Scroll down for quick news summaries from Council partners.Tesla signs Panasonic to build solar cellsCouncil Lead Partner Panasonic will build solar cells and modules for electric car and solar products company Tesla at the company's 'Gigafactory'...
Article - 01/05/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Transportation, Connectivity, Data management
Scroll down for quick takes from Council partners.An innovative microgrid partnership for Siemens and LO3 EnergyCouncil Associate Partner Siemens will work with New York startup LO3 Energy to jointly develop microgrids that enable local energy...
Article - 11/22/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Transportation, Water and wastewater
Scroll down for quick takes from Council partners.Black & Veatch wins major natural gas contractAssociate Partner Black & Veatch has won engineering, procurement and construction services contract for a proposed 925 MW natural gas combined...
Article - 08/23/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Public safety and security, Finance and procurement
As long as you provide people with reliable power, that’s good enough, right? Not anymore. A new study finds millennials want much more from their power utility. And if you don’t provide it, you could end up losing their business.One of the demands...
Article - 08/09/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Citizen engagement
While citizen engagement and education are key responsibilities for smart cities transformations, many cities would likely welcome some help with educating their citizens in the value and benefits smart cities can bring.And finding the well-trained...
Article - 04/05/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater, Citizen engagement
""In many smart city developments, energy and water are foundational. In fact, I would say you can't have a smart city without energy and water." -- Russ Vanos, VP of sales and marketing for Global Software, Services and Smart Cities with Itron....
Article - 03/09/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater
Council Lead Partner Itron's OpenWay Riva communications platform promises quite a lot: interoperability, distributed intelligence and more -- in one unified multi-service network -- for smart cities and electric and water utilities.As Simon Pontin...
Article - 02/12/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater, Analytics, Connectivity
With deadlines for ambitious renewable energy goals looming, European utilities know that new technologies and approaches are a necessity. But which ones? Together, they ran a massive, well-orchestrated four-year smart grid test, which is providing...
Article - 02/03/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy
There's a dangerous misperception about fighting climate change. Most people assume that it will cost millions if not billions. In reality, many climate measures SAVE money. That's because many of the best tactics involve saving energy, thereby...
Article - 01/14/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
In the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City in Tianjin, China, Itron deployed one network that runs three meters -- water, electricity and gas.While India's goal of 100 smart cities typically comes to mind first when one thinks of Asian smart city...
Article - 07/24/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater, Security and privacy