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Image: tado° UK supplier OVO Energy and German smart home startup tado° are to lead the first trial linking smart meters with smart thermostats in UK. The industry first trial will link a member’s smart meter to a tado° smart thermostat to investigate how customers can gain better understanding and control of their energy use […]

Image: SEC Saudi Electricity Company has secured $1.3 billion to finance smart meters and other green energy projects. The funding, the first of its type, was secured through Green Sukuk, an Islamic investment bond. The offer was oversubscribed by almost four times by investors from Asia, Europe and the Middle East. “This Sukuk issuance comes

Image credit: Stock The US Department of Energy has announced additional funding for a carbon capture technology research and development project with Total. The $1.5 million, announced through the DoE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory, supports the initial engineering analysis and advancement of the LH CO2MENT Colorado Project. The project, initially started early this year, is

Image credit: Stock The world’s biggest banks, insurers and money managers are under pressure from the public, politicians and their shareholders to commit to long term Paris Agreement climate goals. Some have already affirmed that they will align their financing with the 2015 Paris Agreement and its goal of a 1.5 degree Celsius cap on climate change. Many more

Image credit: Stock The largest municipal utility in the US has partnered with EnergyHub to deploy a bring-your-own-thermostat (BYOT) demand response programme. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and EnergyHub will enroll over 16,000 thermostats in the demand response programme. The aim is to deliver 25MW of demand response capacity by the

Developments in the field of cybersecurity continue to gather pace as the number of cyber threats and cyberattacks increases. With a higher number of smart and connected devices in private households, the number of opportunities for cybercriminals has also jumped considerably. In upcoming years, responding to the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to be one of

Image credit: Stock Shareholder representative As You Sow filed shareholder proposals at four of the largest US gas and electric utilities, Dominion Energy, DTE Energy, Duke Energy, and Southern Company, raising concerns about the companies’ continued investments in natural gas. Shareholders are concerned that these utilities are claiming “Paris-alignment” while remaining on a path toward

Image credit: Stock DLMS, the secure protocol for interoperable smart devices across all communication pathways, has launched the Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) Working Group. The group is designed to bring together experts in grid management, metering and renewable energy as well as metrology to discuss ways in which the DLMS protocol can help support

Featured image: Stock The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) has said energy efficiency can help the US state of North Carolina save $5.9 billion in electricity costs over the next two decades. Amid the public health crisis due to COVID-19, North Carolina faces the prospect of a continued recession. Many residents struggle to

Image credit: Stock Past research suggests that growing international demand for cooling has the potential to drive one of the most substantial increases in greenhouse gas emissions in recent history.  A new study, led by the University of Oxford, sets out a framework for delivering sustainable cooling. The study examines cooling needs in the context