Throughout the pandemic, technology innovations have been driving health and safety initiatives, helping people connect with each other and aiding researchers in discovering vaccines. Technology has helped citizens work and access...
source: Smart Cities World
The penetration of smart electricity meters in North America hit 68% in 2020, according to IoT analyst Berg Insight.
According to the company’s forecast, the installed base of smart electricity meters will grow at a compound...
source: IoT News
The power sector’s investments into software to optimize performance, costs, and revenues of generation and grid assets are constantly growing – so much that they are projected to reach $5.2 billion in 2025.
While...
source: Greentech Lead
While carbon-based fuel sources, such as oil and coal, have been used since the Industrial Revolution, they have increasingly fallen out of favor due to their impact on the environment.
Instead, we are seeing a rise in interest in renewable energy sources, such as solar...
source: Yahoo Finance
Geospatial information systems — and the data they rely on — are key parts of how government takes action on data, two state government GIS experts say on a new episode of GIS Addressed.
“If data is the blood of state government, to me GIS is the bones...
source: State Scoop
Internet of things comprises various mechanical devices, sensors, which are connected to each other through a gateway. The convergence of technologies such as embedded systems, machine learning, real-time monitoring, etc. has expanded the...
source: IoT For All
Last year was a tumultuous one for the grid with no sign of changing in 2021. Driven by COVID-19, utilities are facing unprecedented financial and operational challenges caused by a global pandemic, which placed essential office and field...
source: T&D World Magazine
After enduring the record-breaking wildfire season of 2020, California residents are seeking innovative ways to navigate the “new normal” of large-scale disruptions from the utility grid. Both the economic...
source: Utility Dive
The planet we live on encompasses so many marvels of nature. Nations have formed their culture and habits based on the access they had to natural resources. Take for example Asia and Europe. The climate is different, even though there might be slight geographical similarities....
source: GISuser
A handful of rural Virginia communities where the pandemic has exposed the cost of unreliable internet service may soon see relief as a spillover benefit from utilities’ smart grid investments.
The state’s largest utilities,...
source: Energy News Network
A smart infrastructure can play a role in many smart city applications including traffic management, healthcare planning and more.
Smart infrastructure is the key to maximizing the benefits of smart cities. They facilitate data transport, data analysis, and provide back-up...
source: RT Insights
Public infrastructure operators are joining a growing list of AI technology adopters as they seek to streamline operations and better manage assets.
Among the latest is the El Paso, Texas, water utility, which this week announced plans to work with AI services vendor KloudGin...
source: Enterprise AI
Research by ABI finds that a wide range of smart cities technology vendors and service providers are focusing product and solution strategies on one or more microcity types.
More than 13,000 ‘microcities’ are predicted to drive global urban tech adoption bolstered...
source: Smart Cities World
Smart meters remove the need for someone to travel to homes to read meters, enabling customers to avoid costs and maintain distance.
Genuine, permanent advancements are rarely a result of grandiose pronouncements by government, such as...
source: Troy Media
After years of analysts pointing out that there is a deep bond between GIS and healthcare policy, the COVID-19 pandemic has finally brought the value of geospatial data home to policymakers and health professionals.
In the early stages...
source: Geospatial World