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The ‘beauty’ of broadband powerline (BPL), and the advance of Germany’s energiewende

Germany has a good model for the adoption of renewable energy resources. The country has an aggressive decarbonisation agenda as part of its energiewende (‘energy transition’). It shut down seven reactors after the nuclear disaster at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant in 2011, has since...

Narrowband, private, and powerline – questions of connectivity for smart grids

Note, this article is serialised from a report on the state of the smart energy market. It continues from a previous post.Go here for the last post; go here for the full report. The case for industrial IoT in the power market, both sides of the meter,...

Making Industry Smarter: Energy & Power | The challenge of electric vehicles, load balancing and condition monitoring

Note, this article is serialised from a broad-ranging report on the statre of the smart energy market. It continues from a previous post, entitled 'Why the home is the heart of the new energy internet'. Go here for the last post; go here for...