News

Company announcements, projects, awards and commentary from EpiSensor since 2009.

31 stories since 2009

News archive

31 stories

Projects and partners

HSE selects EpiSensor for nationwide energy monitoring

The Health Service Executive has selected EpiSensor to supply the energy monitoring for its nationwide decarbonisation programme.

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Events and awards

Sustainability finalist in the Irish Times Innovation Awards 2024

EpiSensor was selected as a finalist in the sustainability category of The Irish Times Innovation Awards 2024.

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Commentary

Nine trends shaping the sustainable energy transition

Decentralised generation, virtual power plants, storage, demand response, EVs and the skills constraint, and what each one asks of the grid.

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Projects and partners

Gogoro battery swapping joins Enel X’s virtual power plant in Taiwan

EpiSensor hardware connects Gogoro smart batteries and battery-swapping GoStations into Enel X’s virtual power plant in Taiwan.

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Events and awards

EpiSensor joins Advantech at EM-Power Europe 2024

EpiSensor exhibited with Advantech Europe at EM-Power Europe in Munich, 19 to 21 June 2024.

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Events and awards

Webinar: cutting costs and meeting EU energy rules

A transcript of the webinar on energy management for EU retailers and commercial organisations, with Ark Energy and EnergyCAP.

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Events and awards

Webinar: a first look at our demand response work

A recap of the April 2024 webinar on EpiSensor’s demand response developments, with a demonstration of Edge Snaps and Edge Flows.

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Company news

Edge Flows and Edge Snaps

Two additions to the Gateway software: Edge Flows for shaping and routing data on site, and Edge Snaps for adding applications to a Gateway.

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Company news

Meet John Ginnane, Head of Operations and Support

John Ginnane on operations and customer support at EpiSensor, and what has changed since he joined in 2016.

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Commentary

Two IoT case studies in demand-side flexibility (part 4)

Two deployments that show how large and small assets are brought into demand flexibility programmes and virtual power plants.

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Commentary

Choosing an IoT partner for demand-side flexibility (part 3)

Four factors that decide an IoT hardware partner for demand side flexibility: wired or wireless, resources, ease of management and engineering depth.

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Commentary

In-house hardware or an IoT partner (part 2)

The trade-off facing energy aggregators building demand side flexibility services: develop IoT hardware in-house, or work with a hardware partner.

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Commentary

The case for IoT in demand-side flexibility (part 1)

Why balancing renewable supply and demand pushes aggregators towards measured, controllable sites, and what the IoT layer has to provide.

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Events and awards

Winner, Technology Innovation of the Year 2023

EpiSensor’s demand response controller won Technology Innovation of the Year at the 2023 Technology Ireland Industry Awards, in association with Ibec.

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Events and awards

Two commendations at the IP&E Awards 2023

EpiSensor was commended in two categories at the first IP&E Awards: Energy Management Innovation, and Industrial Small-Medium Enterprise of the Year.

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Events and awards

Energy transition roundtable at the Embassy of India, Dublin

EpiSensor took part in a roundtable on Irish and Indian co-operation in the energy transition, held at the Embassy of India in Dublin.

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Company news

Our submission on Ireland’s long-term emissions strategy

EpiSensor responded to the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications consultation on Ireland’s long-term greenhouse gas strategy.

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Commentary

The grid’s growing pains: a case for virtual power plants

Rising demand and intermittent generation are exposing the limits of existing grid infrastructure. Where virtual power plants fit, and what they need.

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Company news

Meet Cristina Coffey, Chief Strategy Officer

Cristina Coffey on the strategy role at EpiSensor, the route that brought her here, and what she expects from the energy transition.

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Commentary

Six qualities of enterprise IoT infrastructure

What “IoT infrastructure for the sustainable energy transition” means in practice, and the six qualities we hold an enterprise deployment to.

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Commentary

Embracing the demand response opportunity

Why demand response is becoming a core grid service as renewable generation grows, and what it takes to bring an industrial site into a programme.

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Events and awards

Data centre decarbonisation at Accelerate Green 2023

EpiSensor presented its data centre demand response work at Accelerate Green, the Bord na Móna and Resolve Partners accelerator programme.

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Projects and partners

Tech Data Europe adds EpiSensor to its industrial IoT range

Tech Data Europe added EpiSensor systems and sensors to its Internet of Things portfolio for industrial and smart space markets.

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Projects and partners

EpiSensor, Dell and Asavie launch an industrial IoT accelerator kit

A joint kit from EpiSensor, Dell and Asavie that scales from a single site to a country-wide deployment on the same architecture.

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Projects and partners

Measuring non-domestic heat pump performance for a DECC study

EpiSensor metering recorded in-service heat pump performance in the first non-domestic RHI study commissioned by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change.

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Projects and partners

Pharmalytics wins PCH International’s hardware hackathon

Pharmalytics won Ireland’s first hardware hackathon, held at the DCU Innovation Campus, using EpiSensor’s IoT platform.

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Events and awards

Exhibiting at ISO 50001 Ireland

EpiSensor will exhibit its ISO 50001-ready wireless energy monitoring system at ISO 50001 Ireland in the Aviva Stadium, Dublin.

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Events and awards

Intel presents EpiSensor with the SmartBay Innovator Award

Intel awarded EpiSensor the SmartBay Innovator Award in 2012 for its contribution to clean technology innovation and research.

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Company news

Energy initiative for businesses launched in Limerick

Energy Point, established by Procad Engineering in Limerick, was launched to help industry reduce energy use and cost.

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Company news

EpiSensor raises €850,000 and plans ten new jobs

Syndicated funding of €850,000 from the Bank of Ireland Start-up and Emerging Sectors Equity Fund, the AIB Seed Capital Fund, Enterprise Ireland and private investors.

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Projects and partners

EpiSensor sensors on an Antarctic research expedition

Limerick Institute of Technology used EpiSensor wireless sensors to record sea and air temperature on an Antarctic climate research expedition.

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