ADDAX Light is ADD GRUP’s solution for the centralised management of a street lighting network. It offers the necessary tools for precise metering and for the monitoring of energy quality together with the condition of the equipment utilised in the lighting system. All the components of ADDAX Light are interconnected using appropriate media, thus enabling fast and reliable data exchange. The software suit, which is part of ADDAX Light, offers user friendly tools for the control, configuration and reporting on the operation of the lighting network.

“Our deployment is more complex and integrated than in some of the other communities,” McCarthy said. “I’m looking to have state participation when it’s available.” 

That narrative gets less rosy when the new and shiny gig economy intersects a decades-long trend of falling wages in the low skilled labor force. Now as executives at Uber become some kind of -naire selling their IPOs on an automated future, the low-skilled workers that make up the company’s legs are frustrated over their considerably lower pay—saying they do not make a living wage.

I have actually found home kit to be completely worthless. Alexa, google home etc is where it’s at. Much easier setup the home kit.

The GOI has provided various tax and fiscal incentives to electricity generated from specific energy sources such as accelerated depreciation, etc. There are incentives available to renewable power projects at state level as well. Many of these states have specific policies for the source of energy (such as separate policies on wind and solar), which have high potential in a particular state. Through these policies, the state governments grant various fiscal incentives such as exemption of electricity duty, exemption from cross-subsidy surcharge, exemption from payment of stamp duties and land registration charges and exemption from transmission and distribution charges for wheeling of power. Certain states also provide procedural relaxations such as deemed non-agricultural status of the approved project land. In certain states, open access is given on priority basis or deemed to be given if the application for open access for renewable power projects is not granted within the time frame specified under the regulations. However, in view of the increased generation from renewable sources and the enhancement of technology, there seems to be a reversal in the trend, as it is now being argued that renewable projects can have parity with conventional sources of energy. For instance, in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, transmission charges, cross-subsidy charges and other charges have been made applicable for new solar and wind energy projects.

Long-term offtake agreements through the competitive bidding route are typical for solar power and, to streamline the process, in August 2017 MNRE issued the Guidelines for Tariff Based Competitive Bidding for Grid Connected Solar Photovoltaic Projects. Generally, wind projects have been awarded based on feed-in tariffs. However, the competitive bidding route has been adopted, at both central and state level, for procuring power. MOP, in December 2017, issued the Guidelines for Tariff Based Competitive Bidding Process for Procurement of Power from Grid Connected Wind Power Projects. SECI has been designated as the nodal agency for implementation of the MNRE schemes, from time to time, for setting up wind power projects connected to the Inter-State Transmission System. To date, SECI has conducted or is conducting tendering for 8,500MW capacity of such wind power projects.

The irony of this widely available technology is that electronic security solution providers are generally ignoring Bluetooth beacon technology. After one year of use, Cincinnati /Northern Kentucky International airport (CVG) recently announced that the data they had gathered using a Bluetooth “Guest Predictability” solution had successfully reduced TSA security line wait times by one third.

“I would like to see more rooftop solar in Georgia — particularly in Atlanta and Athens to help with their 100 percent clean energy goals,” said Echols. “We could help these cities by raising the limit of both array size and buyback price for rooftop solar in their jurisdictions.”

A family of deer sculptures welcome visitors to Tangerine Sky Park. The new artwork was created by Trevor O’Tool and co-constructed by the Marana High School Welding Program. 

• XRI, a portfolio company of Morgan Stanley Energy Partners, acquired Fountain Quail Water Treatment, an Irving, TX-based water treatment firm from Fountain Quail Energy Services, a portfolio company of CSL Capital Management. Financial terms weren’t disclosed.

Echols said he plans to "support any measure (McDonald) puts forward in both distributed generation and utility scale."

Coimbatore Corporation is executing over 40 projects for more than ₹ 1,100 crore under the Central Government’s Smart Cities Mission projects. But, the civic body is implementing almost all of these projects in 60 out of the 100 wards that makes the city, leaving out the 40 wards in added areas that are in dire need of even basic amenities.