Smart utility challenges and the role of LoRa
(World News Science)

Utilities industries the world over are facing massive challenges. As the world`s population grows and develops, expecting ever-greater access to energy and resources - and as national and international regulations drive shifts away from fossil fuels to cleaner and more renewable methods of energy production - utilities firms must simultaneously innovate and expand. Yet the distributed nature of many renewable energy sources - wind farms, solar panels and so on - means that energy firms need to manage a far larger number of assets, spread across wider areas, than ever before. Then, once that energy is generated and distributed, it must...