Stories from the grid edge 

Grid edge technologies are the next big thing, according to a study led by the World Economic Forum. Both established and new players can be the winners.

How Blue Lake Rancheria, a Native American reservation in Northern California, masters the challenges of today.

At its Vienna location, Siemens is creating a comprehensive smart system to optimize the management of energy and heating.

Sello shopping center has its own virtual power plant: there’s nothing like it anywhere else.

A campus at one of Eastern Ontario’s leading educational institutes is a test bed for holistic integration of decentralized energy. The technology is also being integrated into student training and for the development of coursework on sustainability for both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Using renewable energy to create clean power for UNESCO world heritage site.

At its South African Headquarters in Johannesburg, Siemens has created a microgrid to reduce its ecological footprint.

What distribution system operators need to do to ensure that their grids are prepared for the future.

In a conservation area in Maida Vale, lampposts are doubling up as EV charging points.

Siemens and Volkswagen test new mobility concepts in Rwanda.

Soon, intelligent microgrids will serve their immediate environment with sustainable energy. 

What’s life like in a smart city? We visited Peter, a resident of Aspern Smart City in Vienna. He and his apartment are part of Europe’s most innovative research project into the future of urban energy. 

With a fully decentralized system the groundwork for a 100 percent renewable supply has been laid in Wunsiedel, Germany.

How a Canadian power utility together with Siemens is shaping the smart grid of the future.