TEPCO using realtime information to help reduce energy consumption in Japan
TEPCO, the Japanese power company who own the Fukushima nuclear power plant, are in an unenviable position. Their Fukushima nuclear power plant is the site of one of the world’s worst industrial accidents, they have been accused of not just incompetence but of falsifying safety records and yet they have to continue to supply power [...]
SAP announces two new energy management products
I attended the International SAP for Utilities event in Mannheim recently and was surprised when in his opening keynote, Klaus Heimann introduced two new SAP energy management products. The first is a customer portal for Utility companies which helps utility companies roll out online self-service sites for their customers. This is being made available for [...]
Interview with Symantec’s Jose Iglesias on Green IT
I got the chance to meet with Symantec’s Jose Iglesias yesterday. We had a good chat about his company and its green credentials and strategies. Jose is a wonderful advocate for sustainability but as a company has some way to go. Iglesias sees himself as an internal, as much as an external, evangelist at this [...]
Sustainability and CSR Reporting: There’s An App For That. A Letter to SAP and the future.
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it” – Alan Kay Back in 2007 or so I had an epiphany about corporate social responsibility and sustainability. Until then I had been skeptical about CSR – which I felt was the proverbial lipstick on the pig. The guy that did most to persuade [...]
SAP’s latest Sustainability Report is Awesome!
SAP released its 2009 Sustainability Report during the week and if last years Sustainability Report was good, this one is outta the park! SAP released their first Sustainability Report in November 08 reporting on the 2007 year. It was a good initial effort (prepared in accordance with the GRI guidelines and achieving a “C” level [...]
Are utility companies ready for full smart grids?
In the Smart Grid Heavy Hitters video interview series I have been publishing here on GreenMonk, one of the questions I ask all interviewees is, “What is a Smart Grid?” Almost all the interviewees talk about an infrastructure capable of full end-to-end, two-way communications. That is, communication from utilities down to the appliance level in-home, [...]
Grid Watch: smartgrids meet smartcomms
We have pointed to the ongoing convergence of wireless communications and smart grids before, for example in this video about Tropos Networks and in Tom’s stump pitch on sustainability and mobility, but some news from this week throws the trend into stark relief. Carbon Trust investments, the VC arm of a non-profit organisation working to [...]
On Open Data, Open Source, UK Libel Law and Evidence-based Sustainability
“When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” – John Maynard Keynes
As is often the case, someone asks for a written answer to a question, but then fails to use the material. The great thing about blogs is that they make it very easy to make sure such content isn’t [...]
The IBM Solutions Architecture for Energy and Utilities Framework (SAFE)
Overview and demo if IBM’s offerings for the energy utility industry.
