Plug-In Electric Vehicles Plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) are now being rolled out to consumers throughout the United States. General Motors Company is producing the Chevrolet Volt, a plug-in hybrid. Ford Motor Company is producing the Ford Electric Focus and Nissan Motors is manufacturing the Leaf, both of which are all-electric vehicles. And a number of startup companies are producing specialty PEVs, the most prominent being Tesla Motors, producer of the all-electric Tesla Roadster. The Smart Grid will have the infrastructure needed to…
Distribution Intelligence "Distribution intelligence" refers to the part of the Smart Grid that applies to the utility distribution system , that is, the wires, switches, and transformers that connect the utility substation to you, the customers. The power lines that run through people's back yards are one part of the power distribution system . A key component of distribution intelligence is outage detection and response. Today, many utilities rely on customer phone calls to know which areas of their distribution system …
Grid Operation Centers Today's electrical transmission system—including the giant power lines and transmission towers that snake across our landscapes—operates much like a system of interconnected streams. Power flows through the transmission system along the path of least resistance, finding multiple paths between the power plants and the cities that are demanding the power. Grid operators actually have very little control over today's system . Their primary task is to make sure that as much power is being generated as is be…
Consumer Engagement The Smart Grid offers many opportunities for consumers to save energy and for utilities to operate the grid in a more efficient, effective, and reliable way. But some features enabled by the Smart Grid also involve some sacrifice on the part of consumers, such as holding off on running your dishwasher until later in the evening. A smart consumer will ask, "What's in it for me?" And the answer is: money. Specifically, participating in these programs will earn consumers extra savings on their energy bills. …
Renewable Energy President Obama has called for the United States to secure 25% of our electricity from clean, renewable resources by 2025. And yet, renewable sources other than hydropower still provide only about 5% of the electricity supply for our grid. What’s holding us back? Our grid is partly to blame. The physical reality is that the wind, solar, and geothermal resources are usually located in remote places, while much of the power demand is in urban areas. Like the interstate highway system , we need an electric superhighway th…
The Smart Home How will the Smart Grid affect your home? It won’t look very different, but behind the scenes a lot will be happening. Even right now, in many cities across the nation, new equipment, appliances, and software are available that use emerging Smart Grid technologies to save energy, seek out the lowest rates, and contribute to the smooth and efficient functioning of our electric grid. A key element that allows all of the emerging Smart Grid technologies to function together is the interactive relationship between the grid op…
The Smart Grid Maybe you have heard of the Smart Grid on the news or from your energy provider. But not everyone knows what the grid is, let alone the Smart Grid. "The grid," refers to the electric grid, a network of transmission lines, substations, transformers and more that deliver electricity from the power plant to your home or business. It’s what you plug into when you flip on your light switch or power up your computer. Our current electric grid was built in the 1890s and improved upon as technology advanced through each d…
INVAP Remote Broadcast Tower Monitoring System AKCP distributor, Raien Argentina worked together with INVAP to install a remote broadcast tower monitoring solution for digital TV broadcasting stations across Argentina. INVAP are a high tech engineering company based in Argentina with projects such as the construction of Nuclear Reactors in Chile, Australia, Algeria and Egypt. They have also been involved in government radar installations, space satellite programs and alternative energy generation. In this project INVAP were tasked wit…
Asia's first ISO27000 certified data center monitors 400 sensors with AKCP. EASPNET has multiple IDC centers and provides hosting services to their customers. Not only a first class Data Center in Asia, eASPNet is proud to be the Tier 1+ Internet / Sub-marine Cable landing hub of Taiwan and housing world renowned carriers as the Asia POP such as AT&T, Sprint, BT, PCCW, and SingTel. eASPNet's IXC data center was the first data center in Asia to be certified as an international professional standard by TruSecure and receive I…
AKCP deliver computer cabinet environment monitoring and access control keynote at Keysys Event On Friday 28th February 2014, in Scout Albano Quezon City Philippines, Vice President of Production Nicholas Barrowclough delivered an access control keynote demonstration at a Keysys dealer conference. Vice President of Production, Nicholas Barrowclough describes the benefits of AKCP remote site access control and environmental monitoring. More than fifty customers and resale partners attended the event to learn how AKCP are approachin…
Nagios SNMP Monitoring Software Integrates with AKCP The AKCP sensorProbe and securityProbe series of devices being fully SNMP compliant can be integrated with a number of Network Management Software (NMS). Nagios is an industry standard open source NMS that is used to monitor IT infrastructure, thus reducing downtime and business losses. It manages the network by monitoring, alerting and reporting on network status, outages and infrastructure components. AKCP’s Environmental and Security monitoring solutions for data centers and com…
Data Center Temperature Monitoring Keeping your data center up to date with current and future strategies requires innovative and adaptable solutions that can expand with your business demands. AKCP accomplishes this with designs that use a modular approach enabling customizable solutions that can be modified as you grow allowing you to meet the needs of the future. Whether you choose the securityProbe series, the sensorProbe series or the Door Control Unit, the AKCess Pro Server seamlessly integrates all of your base units and sensors fo…
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