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Explaining the Jargon behind the Internet of Things

Networking has developed its own lexicon and often people do not fully explain their jargon in simple context. This is an attempt by Wesely Whited, a DNV GL lighting and controls consultant, to translate the most common terms used into a language.

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Explaining the Jargon behind the Internet of Things

Digital platforms in the energy sector – definition & first applications
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Digital platforms in the energy sector – definition & first applications

In our last two posts we focussed on different concepts for regional flexibility markets. We raised the question whether the future of the distribution grid operators lies in platform businesses or basic asset ownership. In todays post we will shed some light on platforms and their.

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Blockchain and the Internet Of Energy

The vision of an internet of electricity is becoming a lot more real with the growing understanding and adoption of blockchain and cryptocurrency. This article gives an idea of the endless possibilities of this concept. It will always reward the most viable solution, which might in cases.

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Infrared Thermal Energy Scanning for Energy Efficiency Assessment

Infrared scanning provides you with good images of the condition of an electrical installation. thermal images make you discover wasted energy and upcoming faults. infrared scanning has the best Return on Investment (ROI) of any of the available electrical inspection tools.

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Infrared Thermal Energy Scanning for Energy Efficiency Assessment

Here’s How European Energy Companies See The (Near) Future
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Here’s How European Energy Companies See The (Near) Future

Two days at Europes premier energy conference, eurelectric 2017, reveal how utilities are rapidly adjusting — and looking forward- to a new era of opportunity. Three years ago, less than half of delegates of this conference saw an opportunity in decarbon.

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Blockchain in the energy sector: Institutional disruption?
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Blockchain in the energy sector: Institutional disruption?

Blockchain technology has yet to prove that it can meet the (very high) expectations. It is a distributed, digital peer-to-peer register, which stores every transaction between two connected agents in a ledger. To create sufficient security for a Bitcoin.

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Cleantech startups: German utilities bridging the valley of death?
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Cleantech startups: German utilities bridging the valley of death?

In the period from 2006-2008 clean tech was one of the hot topics for venture capital funds. At the MIT Gaddy et al (2016) compared the data from clean tech with two other technology sectors: Software and Medical. From this data we.

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Can data analytics replace people in energy efficiency?
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Can data analytics replace people in energy efficiency?

Data analytics can identify potential customers where there may be energy efficiency opportunities. Existing load information cannot determine exactly what is creating the load pattern. analytics can only provide directional vs. actionable information. It will never be able to gauge the interest .

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Compressed Air: Energy efficiency at the top of the ComVac agenda (HM17)
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Compressed Air: Energy efficiency at the top of the ComVac agenda (HM17)

The latest edition of ComVac will be staged from 24 to 28 April 2017 in Hannover, Germany. 260 exhibitors will be there in halls 26 and 27 to shocase the current state of the art in industrial compressed-air and vacuum-.

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Hydraulische Systeme - Optimierung Energieeffizienz

Kurzdarstellung des 4-Stufen Prozesses von KSB zur Optimierung der Energieeffizienz von hydraulischens Systemen. Mit einem Fokus auf den ges.

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Hydraulische Systeme - Optimierung Energieeffizienz