ADS-TEC Energy expands into the Netherlands with NXT 50five to counter net congestion
Johan Vermij is a research analyst for the 451 Research Internet of Things practice at S&P Global Market Intelligence. He covers the digital transformation of the energy sector. His smart energy research covers power and utilities, and oil and gas, as well as distributed energy resources, vehicle-to-grid integration and sustainability. Secondary research areas include operational technology security, the private spaceflight sector and autonomous robotics. As a Cambridge Institute of Sustainable Leadership (CISL) alumnus, he has a special interest in the role technology plays in sustainable innovation. Prior to joining S&P Global Market Intelligence, he worked as an IoT and security practitioner, managing innovation projects across multiple sectors including aerospace, government and finance.
The vendor is leveraging private-public partnerships to investigate energy and building pilots, with the hope of scaling. Since 2013, the Aspern Seestadt district in Vienna has supported several testbeds for Siemens and its partners to deploy emerging energy infrastructure in a real-world living lab environment.
From 2018 to 2020, traditional security vendors began to pick up on operational technology security. While Palo Alto Networks initially stumbled in the realm of OT after its 2019 acquisition of Zingbox, it has now crossed that divide with its extended Zero Trust OT Security offering.
While the smart grid evolved from the introduction of smart meters, the sentient grid adds new requirements in smart meter connectivity and edge processing capabilities. STMicroelectronics sees current trends in the energy transition affecting its silicon design.
It may sound like science fiction, but recent asteroid mining missions have sparked hopes of unlocking vast quantities of valuable metals and minerals. In this primer we look at the fundamental technology readiness levels of AI, autonomous robotics and deep space communication required for such endeavors.
The ANYbotics ANYmal X biomimetic robot autonomously inspects substations and pushes its knowledge to a digital twin in partnership with Cognite. By autonomous inspections and monitoring in hazardous environments, the company aims to decrease worker safety risks.
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