SAP’s Sustainability announcements at Sapphire Now
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 [...]
Centrica’s Smart Meter Analytics application could make energy management compelling
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 [...]
Friday Green Numbers round-up for Feb 4th 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 [...]
No, energy is not too cheap!
Is energy too cheap to motivate consumers to change their habits and use less?
Smart Grid Technology conference
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 [...]
Utilities developing more of a customer focus
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 [...]
Friday Green Numbers round-up 09/03/2010
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 [...]
The zero-emissions Nissan Leaf test drive
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 [...]
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 [...]
Can Arqiva provide the Smart Grid communications infrastructure for Britain?
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 [...]
