Failure Prediction
The electricity market is rapidly changing. Consumers are becoming producers; centralized markets are shifting towards distributed energy resources; renewable energies take on more of the load; underground grids and an almost absolute reliance by the end users – those are just a few examples. An important effect which derives from all of that is that […]
Monitoring the Grid Underground
The electricity market is rapidly changing. To name just a few, emerging trends include the shift towards distributed energy resources, greater reliance on renewable energy resources and a growing interest in exploring the avenues to relocate distribution and transmission lines underground. Moving power lines underground has already taken place in several countries worldwide. Leading countries […]
Digital Grid with EGM
The world is undergoing dramatic changes in almost every aspect of human life. New and advanced technologies emerge in every field, from medicine to home appliances. All these changes rely on a fundamental assumption that is absolutely necessary for their occurrence – constant and reliable supply of electricity. The grid, which is the network that […]
The Importance of Exhaustive Grid Monitoring for Distributed Energy Resources Management
What is DERM and What are its Goals EGM is one of only four companies worldwide that has been selected to participate in the Shell GameChangerTM Accelerator Powered by NREL (GCxN). Under this auspice EGM collaborates with NREL to evaluate the essentiality of EGM’s Smart Monitoring and Insight Generation System (Smart M&IG System) for Distributed […]
EGM solutions being presented at Metering India 2019 conference
EGM solutions being presented at Metering India 2019 conference, hosting some 500 industry executives. EGM grid monitoring solutions were presented at the event key note speech, delivered by Mr. Elad Shaviv, CEO of the Israeli Smart Energy Association, as a case study for the evolution of grid and the migration from smart meters to a […]
Micro-Grids: Less Dependency, Higher Resiliency
In the previous post we described the growing phenomenon of extreme weather events, how they are becoming more frequent and more extreme, creating new and greater challenges for utilities companies. One of the ways to cope with extreme weather events, as we explained in depth last time, is to strengthen the grid. Another way is […]
Meta-Alert System: Damage Avoidance instead of Damage Control
Strengthening the Grid: Utilities’ Strategy to Cope with Extreme Weather Events Extreme weather events are no longer rare incidents that occur once in a blue moon. On the contrary, they are becoming more frequent in their occurrence and more extreme in their degree. Since the electricity grid is located in the open air on high […]
Integrating Distributed Energy Resources: A Key Capability the Future of Smart Grid Should Have
Imagine a world where you drive your electric vehicle on your way to a family lunch at a nice restaurant, get to the place and notice your Electric Vehicle’s battery is running low. You open your mobile phone and with the help of a smartphone application you locate an EV charging station near you, park […]
EGM’s Meta-Alert System: Intelligent System, Smart Grid
Smart grid is a grid which includes inherent technological self-ability to monitor real time electricity traffic on the grid, identify and optimize the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity according to trends of demand from end-users. As the world is moving towards reliance on renewable energy, the need to have in place a digitalized grid […]
EGM Selected as a Member of the Inaugural Cohort of GCxN
On December 6, 2018 The Shell GameChangerTM Accelerator Powered by NREL (GCxN) announced that EGM has been selected as one of four companies to participate in the program’s inaugural cohort following an extensive selection process. EGM is one of only four companies selected globally. In its Press release, GCxN noted that EGM was selected for […]