Industrial automation manufacturer and Internet of Things application toolset provider Opto 22 announces acceptance into the IBM Watson IoT Partner Ecosystem.
Useful IoT application: IoT-powered park lights warn of foul weather
Echelon’s IoT controls adjust the lighting color temperature or brightness levels according to specific weather conditions, balancing the need for sustainability while enhancing safety and comfort.
‘Big weather’ forecasting comes to the power industry
With more accurate weather predictions, utilities, power traders, and asset owners can leverage wind-power forecasts to control risk and produce revenue-generating opportunities.
IBM announces cloud-based enterprise-wide analytics for energy companies
IBM has announced a new cloud-based analytics platform for Energy and Utility companies to improve decision-making throughout the entire energy ecosystem. The software helps remove the financial barriers to using analytics across energy generation, transmission and distribution while delivering a new level of situational awareness from massive volumes of data. Energy and Utility companies are…
Big data ideas promise improved wind and solar forecasts
Big Blue says its advanced power and weather modeling technology will help utilities around the world improve the reliability of their renewable energy resources. “The solution combines weather prediction and analytics to accurately forecast the availability of wind power and solar energy,” says Michael Valicchi, IBM’s Global Energy and Utility Industry Leader. He says the…
IBM has big-data ideas to improve forecasting, production for wind and solar
IBM has announced an advanced power and weather modeling technology that will help utilities in the world increase the reliability of renewable energy resources. The solution combines weather prediction and analytics to accurately forecast the availability of wind power and solar energy. This will let utilities integrate more renewable energy into the power grid, helping…
Software companies make control code easier to generate, customize
Energy-system supplier Alstom and energy R&D firm Ikerlan-IK4 say they are using IBM software to develop wind-turbine controls that significantly improve the performance of renewable-energy power systems. New wind turbines will leverage a complex system of electronic sensors combined with software from IBM to gather inputs regarding wind direction, speed, temperature and other factors for…
Planning a Better Battery for Wind
The people at IBM’s Almaden Institute say its goal is to catalyze long-term, concerted efforts to create rechargeable next-generation batteries with ten times higher energy density, than the best current Lithium-ion batteries. IBM thinkers recognize that renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power, fluctuate continuously, yet society requires a steady, dependable electricity supply.…
IBM and Cisco Develop Amsterdam’s Smarter Energy Project
Cisco and IBM have announced they are teaming on a pilot to help the utility for the city of Amsterdam to make better use of energy by letting consumers make more informed decisions about their energy consumption. The pilot program is part of the Amsterdam Smart City initiative, in which citizens, governments, and companies are…