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Open Energy Data Platform For The Future of Energy

Energy Data Platform? Utilities have lots of data, not much of it is easily available, synchronized, and in the same place. Rich situational awareness, outage management, real-time performance monitoring, DER control and analytics, among myriad other use-cases that aid reliability...

March 3, 2021

Data Energy Efficiency Hardware Industrial & Commercial Energy Utility Efficiency

Sensors for the distribution grid: Could we get to a $99 grid sensor and what impact would that have?

When we began Awesense, the biggest problem that we had was obtaining data. As an industry we’ve had SCADA systems for many decades, and AMI was just starting to be deployed. Now, AMI is has nearly 60% penetration in the...

October 8, 2019

Industrial and Commercial Energy Use Optimization

Data Energy Efficiency Industrial & Commercial Energy

Industrial and Commercial Energy Use Optimization

Industrial & Commercial Energy Use For Facility Energy Optimization Energy usage in industrial and commercial sectors is becoming increasingly scrutinized. The US EIA stated in the International Energy Outlook Report that the industrial sector consumes about 54% of the world’s...

September 3, 2019

Data Distributed Energy Resources Geospatial Utility Efficiency

Building a Reliable and Resilient Grid

The recognized need to build a reliable grid stems from the NERC Reliability Standards. These outline the need to maintain electric grid reliability (meet demand) and grid security (ensure the capacity to resist unforeseen adversity). In recent years, the concepts...

August 20, 2019

Data Geospatial Utility Efficiency

Operational Technology and Internet of Energy Integration – Importance for Utilities

The convergence of Operational Technology (OT) and IoT is well underway. The challenge of connecting the ancient grid to modern systems is well known and documented. Grid planners and operators are understanding the need to build a bridge between operations...

August 12, 2019

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Data Governance & Data Quality for Utilities

Data is a key resource for utilities. It’s compared to crude oil, it’s extracted, cleaned-up, and processed. Few utilities are taking action to make effective use of the data they have at their disposal. Data quality is often problematic with...

July 23, 2019