Smart Cities News

Itron helps Australian utility improve efficiency

15 Aug 2019

The solution will also enable Western Power to better manage distributed energy resources, including rooftop solar systems and battery storage.

Floating wind platforms "on the verge of lift-off"

25 Jun 2019

Floating wind platforms will begin to deliver “multiple gigawatts” of electrical power within the next five years, racing to almost 20 GW of capacity by 2030, says report.

JV aims to help cities develop local energy infrastructure solutions

16 May 2019

The Compass Energy Platform will use a public-private partnership financing model to help cities and utilities build the energy systems of the future.

European countries partner for floating offshore wind project

20 Mar 2019

The €31 million project aims to demonstrate survivability and cost-competitiveness of floating offshore wind technology.

Can smart cities power themselves?

29 Jan 2019

A new report looks at best energy-harvesting practice in other industries that can be transferred to urban infrastructure

Start-up aims to turn homes into personal power stations

16 Jan 2019

Resilience Energy is aiming to become the Uber of electricity and help UK homeowners to become energy self-sufficient

Special Reports

Building bridges in the Covid-19 fightback

SmartCitiesWorld talks to Octavi de la Varga, secretary general of Metropolis, about how its digital platform is helping the global village battle against Covid-19.