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SAP’s Sustainability announcements at Sapphire Now

SAP’s Sustainability announcements at Sapphire Now

By Tom Raftery on May 23, 2012

SAP co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe at Sapphire Now 2012 Technology innovation plays a major part in creating a sustainable world tomorrow So said SAP co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe at this year’s SAP Sapphire Now conference in Orlando. He then went on to predict three major trends in computing for the coming years – according to [...]

Posted in Business | Tagged Big Data, Cloud, greenmonk, HANA, ibm, mobility, sap, sapphirenow, smart grid, smart meter, Sustainability | Leave a response

Centrica’s Smart Meter Analytics application could make energy management compelling

Centrica’s Smart Meter Analytics application could make energy management compelling

By Tom Raftery on June 10, 2011

As I have mentioned here previously, Smart Meters are going to bring a flood of data to utility companies which will need to be properly managed and which can be a source of intelligence for the utility, if they mine it well. At the recent SAP Sapphire Now conference, UK Energy retailer Centrica showcased their [...]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Energy Efficiency Scorecard, energy managment, gamification, HANA, Mean Time To Kitchen Drawer, sap, sapphirenow, smart grid, smart meter, Smart Meter Analytics | 2 Responses

Friday Green Numbers round-up for Feb 4th 2011

Friday Green Numbers round-up for Feb 4th 2011

By Tom Raftery on February 4, 2011

And here is a round-up of this week’s Green numbers… Europe’s Energy Member States of the European Union have agreed on targets aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by cutting energy consumption by 20% and increasing the share of renewables in the energy mix to 20% by 2020. The ‘Europe’s Energy’ project gives users a [...]

Posted in Business | Tagged arctic oscillation, arctic sea ice, cleantech, climate change, distributech, Energy, energy efficiency, europe, fuel prices, global warming, GreenNumbers, nsidc, petrol, smart grid, utilities | Leave a response

No, energy is not too cheap!

No, energy is not too cheap!

By Tom Raftery on November 4, 2010

Is energy too cheap to motivate consumers to change their habits and use less?

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged cheap energy, communications, electrical utility, Energy, energy responsive, power utilities, smart grid, utilities, utility | 1 Response

Smart Grid Technology conference

Smart Grid Technology conference

By Tom Raftery on October 31, 2010

I attended the Smart Grid Technology conference in London last week and there were a number of interesting themes which became apparent. The main theme to emerge was the question of how utilities could engage the residential customer. This is good news – the first step on the road to recovery is [...]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged smart grid, smart grid technology conference, smart meter | Leave a response

Utilities developing more of a customer focus

Utilities developing more of a customer focus

By Tom Raftery on September 26, 2010

I attended the SAP for Utilities conference earlier this week in Huntington Beach and I have to say I am impressed by the progress American utility companies are making towards being more customer centric! The event was titled Sustainability for the New Energy Era and there was a full track dedicated to Smart Grids (obviously [...]

Posted in Business | Tagged conferences, Municipal Utility District, sap, sap for utilities, saputils, smart grid, Sustainability, utilities | 1 Response

Friday Green Numbers round-up 09/03/2010

Friday Green Numbers round-up 09/03/2010

By Tom Raftery on September 3, 2010

And here is this week’s Green numbers: 1.25 Gigawatts of Solar Thermal Power Approved in California in Past Two Days Will Double US Capacity “There’ve been multiple gigawatts of solar thermal power plants planned for various places in the California desert for some time, but finally some more of them are getting the approvals need [...]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged arch rock, carbon credits, certified emission reduction, Cisco, clean development mechanism, energy efficiency, evapotranspiration, exelon, green roofs, GreenNumbers, heat island, hfc-23, iberdrola renovables, john deere, lcd, neoenergia, pg&e, redwood, sempervirens fund, singapore, smart grid, smart meters, solar thermal, transpiration, wind farms | 1 Response

The zero-emissions Nissan Leaf test drive

The zero-emissions Nissan Leaf test drive

By Tom Raftery on August 31, 2010

I love the idea of electric cars and have done for a long time. Recently, one of my best friends Ray Flynn, proprietor of Flynns Garage (a Nissan Dealership in Carlow, Ireland), contacted me to let me know he is one of only 15 Nissan dealerships in Ireland who have been approved to sell the [...]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged bev, demand response, Electric car, electric vehicle, electric vehicles, EV, load shifting, Nissan, Nissan Leaf, smart grid | Leave a response

Interview with Symantec’s Jose Iglesias on Green IT

Interview with Symantec’s Jose Iglesias on Green IT

By James Governor on July 20, 2010

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 [...]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Cisco, Energy, greenmonk, ibm, smart grid, smartgrid, Sustainability, Symantec | Leave a response

Can Arqiva provide the Smart Grid communications infrastructure for Britain?

Can Arqiva provide the Smart Grid communications infrastructure for Britain?

By Tom Raftery on June 24, 2010

Photo credit Lee Jordan We had a really interesting Smart Grid related conversation with a company called Arqiva the other day. I hadn’t heard of Arqiva before but they are quite a significant player in communications infrastructure. They own or have exclusive marketing rights for 16,000 communication masts in UK – what they call vertical [...]

Posted in Business, Trends & Concepts | Tagged arqiva, ofgem, smart gas meter, smart grid, smart meter, smart water meter | Leave a response

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