News : Think Smartgrids

Report on the deployment of the Linky Meter

26 Sep 2016

[leap_dropcap style=”style-1″]O[/leap_dropcap]n 1st December 2015, Enedis rolled out the first Linky meters in France. Over 3 million Linky meters will be installed during 2016. The installations will continue until 2021...

When the humanities take a closer look at Smart Grids

8 Sep 2016

[leap_dropcap style=”style-1″]T[/leap_dropcap]he development of Smart Grids against a backdrop of profound political change and the transformation of energy systems, could not leave the humanities indifferent. An increasing number of researchers...

Yet more Open Data for Smart Grid players

20 Jun 2016

[leap_dropcap style=”style-1″]W[/leap_dropcap]hile the legal provisions of the energy transition law relating to the making available of data by the managers of electricity and gas distribution networks have not yet been...

Orange Button: a standard to facilitate data sharing within the US solar industry

13 Jun 2016

[leap_dropcap style=”style-1″]T[/leap_dropcap]he US Department of Energy (DOE) has launched a program, dubbed Orange Button, to develop data interoperability within the solar industry. According to the DOE, reducing the cost of...

Flourishing of initiatives for the financing of startups in the area of Smart Grids and energy transtion

13 May 2016

[leap_dropcap style=”style-1″]I[/leap_dropcap]n 2015 the French capital investors injected 605 million euros into young Smart Grid and energy transition companies, according to the French Association of investors for growth. Recap of...

GreenTech: a call for projects and an incubator for digital startups ecological transition

13 May 2016

[leap_dropcap style=”style-1″]T[/leap_dropcap]he French Ministry of Environment, Energy and the Sea will soon launch a call for projects named GreenTech [1] which aims to identify and support startups putting digital innovation at...

The French Smart Grids industry moves to industrial scale deployment with three projects

29 Apr 2016

[leap_dropcap style=”style-1″]I[/leap_dropcap]n April 2015, the French government issued a “territorial call for applications and projects to contribute to the large-scale deployment of Smart Grids technology solutions”. Think Smartgrids welcomes the...

Smart Grids to electrify Africa

25 Apr 2016

[leap_dropcap style=”style-1″]C[/leap_dropcap]lose to 600 million sub Saharan Africans are not connected to an electric network. The total production of energy on the continent which has a population of just over...

“Digital Republic” bill devotes Open Data to the data in the field of energy

18 Apr 2016

[leap_dropcap style=”style-1″]I[/leap_dropcap]ssues related to data – their collection, reuse, treatment – are becoming critical for the energy sector. The terms of use of data generated by the energy sector were...