Attendees also heard from other officials implementing Smart Cities initiatives in their cities, including Rochester and Saratoga Springs. 

In the world of open standard 5G connectivity, satellite service differentiation becomes crucially important. Over-and-above being simple conduits for ubiquitous connectivity, 5G satellite access points could become platforms to build and defend a position in the provision of certain device-centric service. For example, handling secure real-time machine type data transactions between multiple parties; and distributing and administering secure firmware update campaigns to a massive population of devices.

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

But Georgia also doesn’t have a policy champion for rooftop solar. Without proactive policies like net metering, it takes homeowners longer to get their return on rooftop solar.

Amazon offers a three-pack of Philips A19 LED Dusk-to-Dawn Light Bulbs for $15.10 Prime shipped. For comparison, it usually sells for around $25 and today’s deal is a new Amazon all-time low. Home Depot charges around $7 for a single bulb. Aside from the obvious benefits of LED lighting, these bulbs have a built-in sensor that help cutdown on unnecessary usage. Each unit is rated for 22,000 hours of use. Rated 4.5/5 stars.

Oluwatola added that the company will also build 100 mini-grids in the first year and to also work with Distribution Companies (DISCOs) to build interconnected mini-grids that will supply previously undeserved urban areas. Nigerians continues to endure power cuts which can aggressively deploy solar to solve the problem at scale. “Our aim is to end energy poverty everywhere it exists”

The storage technologies are typically governed by the bid documents. In one of the recent tenders under NSM, SECI invited tenders for setting up grid-connected solar PV projects along with a large-scale battery energy storage system. The selection of the storage system was technology agnostic, that is, the bidders were free to choose any battery storage technology; however, they were required to meet the performance and operating standards as provided in the bid documents, including adherence to international standards.

ICON built the first permitted, 3D-printed home in America with nonprofit New Story using the Vulcan I mobile 3D printer. The gantry-style printer will be printing the first community of 100 homes in an underserved population in 2019 with the goal of printing each home for $4,000 at about 650 square feet.

The revamp of the 1860 MW Koeberg facility comes as Eskom struggles to produce enough electricity to meet demand and is grappling to address construction glitches and cost overruns at two new coal-fired power stations. The nuclear plant is one of the cheapest to operate in the utility’s fleet.

I can imagine, in the future, different grades of this glass with higher efficiency/ less light transmittance for different latitudes. Also I can imagine a sunshade version, or even glass solar cell louvres external to the highrise window that track the sun for greater efficiency.

Georgia Power came up fourth among the large utilities in the region with 426 watts of solar installed per customer. That’s down from third last year. In first place is Duke Energy Progress with 1,625 watts per customer.

Changes in lighting design in some hazardous industrial settings has compelled the replacement of fluorescent lighting with energy-saving LED lighting and practical designs of housings, where aesthetics come second to safety, protection, and security. Birthe Tralau, lighting application manager at Zumtobel, explained, "The LED is a directed light source, directed with lenses and optics, whereas fluorescents need reflectors to direct the light, which loses efficiency, hence the reduction in lumens [compared to LEDs]."