Schneider Electric smart meters — with functionalities like consumption data, events and alarms, including undervoltage and overvoltage, phase loss and outage — were used. Power line communication ...

In the next five to 10 years, smart grid technologies will revolutionize the energy sector by seamlessly integrating diverse utilities such as electricity, water and gas into a unified system.

A self-healing grid. One of the features of a smart grid is its "self-healing" capacity, that is, its ability to automatically work around power failures by detecting and isolating outages, then ...

Semitech offers the SM2480, a single chip that integrates a grid-connected analog and PWM signal controller and an N-PLC (narrowband power-line communication) modem for use in solar inverters, ...

Comparing today's grid to the smart grid goal. Department of Energy. For those of us who don't have smart meters, though, there are still ways to monitor energy with relative ease.

Smart metering is at the heart of the smart grid revolution, providing real-time data on utility consumption that enables more efficient energy management. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip.

To switch from dirty fossil fuels to clean energy, the US needs a smart grid. After years of underinvestment, climate goals could finally push the grid to modernize.

The paper identifies several technological enablers that together define a roadmap for greener connectivity. Low Power Wide ...

Massoud Amin, considered the father of the smart grid, is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Minnesota. Amin tells PopMech how a better, more reliable grid is ...

Most homes already have a smart meter that digitally communicates with the electric grid. If you're looking to get rooftop solar panels, a smart meter is an essential piece of equipment. Here's why.

Our electric grid is a marvel of 20th-century engineering, but it's showing signs of strain. Can a "smart grid" help?

National Grid expects to start installing smart meters in Erie County and greater Buffalo. The utility has 543,000 customers ...