Mercedes Benz and technology firm Rolls-Royce have partnered through their subsidiaries to pilot the use of vehicle fuel cells for stationary power generation. Rolls-Royce’s business unit Power Systems and Mercedes-Benz’s innovation lab Lab1886 will develop an integrated MTU solution for a sustainable off-grid generation. The solution will be based on Read more…
By 2020, the European Union (EU) aims to replace 80% of household electricity meters with smart meters. This is because smart meters are widely regarded as a key to reducing both energy consumption and emission levels. Along with smart meter technology, however, comes some challenges in protecting consumer’s data privacy. Read more…
Sustainable energy accelerator EIT InnoEnergy has issued its first-ever global call for start-ups across the entire sustainability value chain. The call is open to start-ups worldwide in areas including but not limited to: renewable energy, energy efficiency, heat and transport, to solve the decarbonisation challenge. Read more about startups here Elena Bou, Innovation Director at EIT InnoEnergy comments: Read more…
Consistently, news about the smart meter rollout in the UK makes it onto our ‘most read’ list. Coverage of the programme in British newspapers has, in recent times, been scathing, with one newspaper calling energy chiefs ‘bungling’ and the Times calling the entire programme ‘shambolic’. The rollout of smart meters in the Read more…
Siemens Smart Infrastructure has added the 7KM PAC3220 and 7KM PAC3120 measuring devices to its Sentron power monitoring portfolio. These measuring devices capture energy and system data from buildings, infrastructure and industrial facilities and transfer them via standard communication protocols to higher-level energy management, automation and IoT systems. Read more Read more…
Nokia paves way for industry 4.0 with more than 120 private wireless network customers. With extended 5G-ready portfolio, expanded ecosystem and global, industry-wide customer adoption, Nokia reinforces private wireless/private LTE/4.9G market leadership Private wireless networking market opportunity estimated to be worth over US$16 billion by 2025, according to ABI Research Nokia announced Read more…
The South African ministry of public enterprises yesterday announced Andre de Ruyter as Eskom’s new Group Chief Executive. De Ruyter will take up the position as from 15 January 2020 replacing Phakamani Hadebe who left the utility at the end of July 2019. Hadebe was the tenth person to resign Read more…
By Caylee van Wyk Armed with our personalised team shirts, old takkies and proper South African gees, the orange flare was lit, and we were off to complete our first TechStream Tough Mudder 8km obstacle course. This race taught us a lot about resilience and to enjoy the journey along Read more…
By Matthew Schloms If you had the chance to meet and get to know me, you would know that I hate the dentist. I would go as far as saying It would be the same as sky diving, oh yeah…. I have fear of heights. How is this related to Read more…
The global cybersecurity spend in critical infrastructure is expected to reach $135 billion in 2024 by market intelligence firm ABI Research. Despite billions being directed to secure critical infrastructure, digital security investments in smart cities will continue lagging until 2024. The lag seeds the future vulnerabilities of the IoT ecosystem whilst on the other hand, the use Read more…