Legislation filed yesterday in the Florida Legislature aims to end net metering for rooftop solar customers, effectively shutting down this key sector of the state economy and undermining energy freedom for tens of thousands of Floridians. Republican Sen. Jennifer Bradley introduced SB 1024, which aims to “revise and provide legislative findings relating to the redesign […]
Ever since Microsoft first unveiled its Windows on Arm strategy publicly in 2016, the only Arm chip supplier in the mix has been Qualcomm. According to a report by XDA Developers this week, that’s not coincidental; it’s because Microsoft and Qualcomm had a publicly-unacknowledged exclusivity deal. XDA says that exclusive contract will end “soon.” But […]
smartbuildingmag.com 23 {{ “2021-11-23T00:00:00+00:00” | date “MMM” }} ’21 Written on {{ “2021-11-23T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Modified on {{ “2021-11-23T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Mouser News Mouser Electronics, Inc., the New Product Introduction (NPI) leader empowering innovation, continues to support engineers by offering new technical resources. This year, the global distributor has released more eBooks […]
By SPW | November 23, 2021 By Greg Shambo, VP of O&M sales, Borrego When solar asset managers open their proverbial pockets to contract with a long-term O&M company, the opportunity to maximize solar plant performance is often doomed from the start. With a limited supply chain of critical replacement parts, a shrinking labor pool […]
Microsoft has made available a free Windows 11 Enterprise virtual machine for download. Aimed at developers, Microsoft says, “Start building Windows applications quickly by using a virtual machine with the latest versions of Windows, the developer tools, SDKs, and samples ready to go.” There’s a lot packed into this download: Window 11 Enterprise (evaluation) Windows […]
Kaleido Intelligence’s Roaming Data Hub – H2 2021 predicts a 30% average annual growth in cellular IoT roaming traffic between 2020 and 2026, despite production and supply chain constraints meaning that components are in short supply across a variety of segments. Leading Connectivity Management Platform (CMP) providers have all reported significant increases in connections under management […]
Nextracker According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data recently released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), solar, wind and other renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower) dominated new U.S. electrical generating capacity additions during the first three-quarters of 2021. FERC’s latest monthly “Energy Infrastructure Update” report (with data through […]
A number of market forces are shaping dramatic changes in the edge, internet of things (IoT), and networking triad. These forces include demand for greater sustainability, closing the digital divide, the ongoing chip shortage, and, at a broader level, the COVID-19 pandemic. Our 2022 predictions for Edge, IoT, and networking take all of these forces […]
GreenCityZen’s solution and Sigfox’s 0G network provide the Marseille Métropole sanitation department (Seramm) with an economical and ecological connected storm drain network. Eco-startup GreenCityZen, a greentech pioneer in IoT for industry and smart city, has selected Sigfox to connect 5,000 downspouts (entry points into the river network) on the Marseille sewerage network. The technology from […]
The 163 MW Elm Branch solar power project in Texas was developed by Lightsource bp and is powered by First Solar Series 6 photovoltaic modules. Lightsource bp and integrated energy company bp have placed multi-year orders for up to 5.4 GW combined of First Solar Inc.’s advanced, ultra-low carbon thin film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules. […]