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Smart meter penetration surpasses 80% in North America

Smart Energy International

The number of smart meters in North America reached almost 146 million at the end of 2023 and with ongoing growth is expected to number 182.9 In a new study, Berg Insight reports that at the end of 2023, the overall penetration in North America surpassed 80% with 130.6 million in 2029. million in Canada.

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Technology Trending: Smart home EV charging, DEWA’s customer centre, smart city app

Smart Energy International

EV charging comes to Samsung’s SmartThings, DEWA’s customer care centre goes voice-based and a San Antonio ‘smart city’ app(roach) that could be emulated are on the week’s technology radar.

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Resiliency-as-a-service via microgrids and smart city software 

Smart Energy International

The two companies said they plan to integrate distributed energy resources owned by DESS – including solar photovoltaic (PV) and resiliency solutions – with Honeywell’s battery energy storage systems and smart cities software to manage the microgrid deployments alongside city-owned assets.

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Smart water meters to be installed in Nicosia

Smart Energy International

As part of its Smart Nicosia smart city initiative, the historical capital of Cyprus has started a smart water meter rollout. Under the slogan of ‘Put water in the groove’, the Nicosia Municipality and Nicosia Water Board are partnering in what will be a 150,000 city-wide smart water meter rollout.

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Technology Trending: Energy harvesting, Fike Blue, quantum-space collaboration

Smart Energy International

Energy harvesting brings carbon benefits, Fike Blue to quench battery thermal runaways and a quantum-space collaboration are on the week’s technology radar. This collaboration has been long in the making,” explains Rima Kasia Oueid, who is the lead and Commercialisation Executive in the DOE’s Office of Technology Transitions. “We

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City of San Diego Launches Inclusive Connected Communities Roadmap for Smart City Projects

CleanTech San Diego

The City of San Diego is implementing a new smart city strategy that could bring smart city technologies to underserved areas of the city. Those technologies can then be scaled out to other areas of San Diego as part of a larger smart city plan ensuring equity across communities of all income levels.

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DISTRIBUTECH International’s all-star program features SDG&E as host utility

Smart Energy International

City View: Insights into the City/Utility Smart Cities Interface. DISTRIBUTECH will showcase new areas on the exhibit floor including a Smart City Zone in partnership with OATI and an Electric Vehicle Zone in partnership with ABB E-mobility. Using EVs to Accelerate the Distribution Network Journey.