Smart grid

UK company demonstrates nationwide transmission of data via the electricity grid. The technology will provide a new means of managing smart grids

Over the next six years Europe must invest €60 billion in technology overhaul for new electricity networks – and customers likely to foot part of the bill

As installation ramps up, smart meter penetration in Europe will reach 52% by 2016, says a new analysis

The winner of the GE Smart Grid Award in the Science|Business Academic Enterprise Awards – presented at ETH Zurich in February - has developed technology to prevent electricity blackouts caused by lightening strikes and power surges

A new smartgrid research facility is to be opened in Glasgow, Scotland. The centre, part of Strathclyde University, aims to accelerate the adoption of new electricity-related technologies.