Saturday, 04 February 2012 06:28

Who are REM and what makes them smarter than the rest?

Remote Energy Monitoring,  an innovative British company who are involved in the design, development and deployment of a complete end to end SMART metering solution, have just been awarded official certification from Ofgem for their multimode smart meter.  This is no mean feat….

To gain certification from Ofgem, the regulatory body in the UK for all gas and electricity customers, meters have to go through a variety of rigorous tests to prove their durability and accuracy. Testing will involve  setting them on fire, freezing them, exposing them to electricity surges, disconnections  and tampering  All these scenarios are to help ensure that the meters are of a high enough standard for utilities to roll out to domestic customers.  This may sound like overkill but these are all scenarios that meters are regularly subjected to.  REM’s chairman, John Roberts, has encountered many of these in his former role of CEO of United Utilities – and so brings unrivalled experience to the company.

Saturday, 04 February 2012 06:28

OnDemand renewable energy solution allows electric co-op to store excess renewable energy and release power during peak demand hours. Silent Power is partnering with Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association on a demonstration project to install its energy storage technology at Wright-Hennepin’s corporate offices in Rockford, Minnesota.