IEEE 2030
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Event Previews & Recaps
IEEE SA Leads a Dynamic Program of Activity in Eastern Africa
The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) held several events in Eastern Africa as follow-on on past meetings and engagements, and to continue to build awareness and connections with the local technology communities the first week of October, aligning with IEEE Day and World Standards Day activities. There was an IEEE…
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3D
World Standards Day 2018 – Standards and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Ten years ago, no one held a miniature portable computer in their hands. But today, much of the world uses mobile phones as their primary means of access to the internet, online business, online shopping, and social media. Twenty years ago, everyone was beginning to worry about Y2K and the…
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Event Previews & Recaps
IEEE Standards Fulfill the 2017 World Standards Day Theme: “Standards Make Cities Smarter”
Making things “smart” seems to be happening everywhere today. More and more people are using smart tools in their homes, cars and other aspects of their everyday lives. New applications continue to incorporate more and more smart elements, while smart technologies are integrated into new and updated infrastructure as well.…
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Green Tech & Sustainability
Advancing Technology For the Benefit of Humanity – A Closer Look at LVDC
The availability of electric power and its ability to drive economic productivity is a long-established characteristic of developed nations. Access to electricity, however, is far from universal. According to the International Energy Agency’s World Outlook 2016, 1.186 billion people around the world lack electricity and its benefits. About one-sixth of…
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Power & Energy
Low-voltage DC Systems Light Up Remote Villages, Spark Worldwide Trend
Q&A with Professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala, IEEE Fellow and an electrical engineering professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India Would you describe your current project implementing low-voltage DC (LVDC) microgrids in India? My team in the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Madras, in Chennai, India, is working…
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Government & Policy
IEEE SA Workshop on LVDC in Mumbai
The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) organized a workshop focused on Low Voltage Direct Current (LVDC) held 30 Jan 2017 in Mumbai India. Key segments pertaining to the development and deployment of LVDC systems in India and globally include The needs of the electrical power industry to provide safe and…
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Power & Energy
California’s Push for Managing Distributed Energy Resources (DER)
It was a significant step forward for grid modernization—certainly in California but quite likely in other states and regions of the world, as well—when the California Public Utility Commission (PUC) on 23 June 2016 issued an order identifying IEEE 2030.5™, IEEE Standard for Smart Energy Profile Application Protocol, as the…
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IoT
IEEE SA Smart Grid Standards Meet-Up in Israel
On 12 August 2015, members of the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) met with members of the Israeli Smart Energy Association (ISEA), to participate in an ISEA member meet-up and present information on IEEE Smart Grid standards and activities. At the event, Moira Patterson, Global Affairs Program Director, IEEE SA, and Sri…
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IoT
Standardization: Living in the Smart Cities of the Future: eWork, eMobility and Connection to the Smart Grids
Originally posted in the IEEE Standards Education e-Magazine On 10 July 2012, the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) and DKE German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies of DIN and VDE co-hosted the workshop “Standardization: Living in the Smart Cities of the Future: eWork, eMobility and Connecting to Smart…
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IEEE SA News
Dozens of New, Revised and Reaffirmed Standards and Development Projects
IEEE SA has announced dozens of new, revised and reaffirmed standards and standards-development projects. Detailed information on the standards and projects recently approved by the IEEE Standards Association Standards Board is available at the IEEE SA Standards Board Approvals Web page. IEEE 1793™-2012 “Guide for Planning and Designing Transition Facilities…