I was really impressed by the Webcast by Mary Ann Piette I found yesterday so I did a search and found this one as well. Its even better! This evening I rang Mary Ann and asked her who produced the boxes that she demonstrated during her talks. The Synergy Module type device she demonstrated is made by Akuacom (www.akuacom.com).
Tom gave the following explanation of Energy Demand Management at Interlog 2008 in Las Vegas.
On November 1st 2007, the single electricity market (SEM) comes into effect. This market will create an opportunity to trade demand side units (DSUs) for the first time in Ireland. I have contacted CER to begin the licensing of Synergy Module to trade in DSUs on the SEM.
Synergy Module now has two seperate R&D teams working on the development of technology to deliver DSM. One team is working on the development of the Synergy Module while the other is working on the development of the Synergy Service.
The diagram above is an overview of the system being developed.
Further information on the liberalisation of European Energy markets can be learned from the video below.