Low Carbon Fuels Could Disrupt Oil Market Within Five Years, Accenture Report Finds
NEW YORK; Nov. 10, 2009 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has identified the technologies that it predicts are most likely to transform the demand and supply of transport fuels and cut emissions within the next five years. In a report comparing advances in combustion engines, biofuels, electrification and other technologies, Accenture warns that their commercial viability will be delayed unless regulators more proactively support the transformation of science into applied technologies.
November 10, 2009
U.K.’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) Selects Accenture for Strategic Support on Smart Grid Roll Out
LONDON; Oct. 8, 2009 -- Accenture has been selected by the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to provide strategic consulting
October 08, 2009
Accenture Selected to Design Smart Meter System Infrastructure for ComEd Pilot Program
CHICAGO; Sept. 21, 2009 - ComEd, a unit of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), has chosen Accenture (NYSE: ACN) to design and deploy the data management system for its proposed Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) pilot. The pilot, if approved by the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC), will assess how advanced technology can improve service reliability, help customers make smarter decisions about energy use and contribute to lower energy costs and reduced carbon emissions.
September 21, 2009
BP Taps Accenture to Provide SAP Applications Development Services
LONDON and NEW YORK; Aug. 26, 2009 -- BP has awarded Accenture (NYSE:ACN) a contract to provide BP with information technology application development services. Terms of the contract were not disclosed.
August 26, 2009
Accenture and UniStar Extend Strategic Agreement to Build ‘Galaxy’ Nuclear Energy IT Platform
BALTIMORE; Aug. 17, 2009 -- Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and UniStar Nuclear Energy (UNE) have extended their agreement to design, build, operate, and maintain the 'Galaxy’ IT platform, capable of supporting the data needs of nuclear energy facilities.
August 17, 2009
Consumers Warm to Nuclear Power in Fight against Fossil Fuel Dependency, Accenture Survey Finds
NEW YORK; March 17, 2009 — More than two-thirds of people around the world believe that their countries should start using or increase their use of nuclear power, according to findings of a global survey released today by Accenture (NYSE: ACN).
March 17, 2009
Connecticut Light & Power (CL&P) Chooses Accenture to Conduct CL&P’s Plan-It Wise Energy Program
NEW YORK and BERLIN, Conn. (USA); March 11, 2009 -- Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has teamed with Connecticut Light & Power Company (CL&P), a subsidiary of Northeast Utilities (NYSE: NU), to conduct CL&P’s Plan-It Wise Energy Program, a pilot program using smart meters to test residential, commercial and industrial customers’ interest in, and response to, peak time-based energy rates.
March 11, 2009
Emerging Economy Consumers More Willing To Act Against Climate Change Than Developed Market Consumers, Accenture Research Shows
NEW YORK; Jan. 15, 2009 – Consumers in emerging economies are more concerned and willing to take actions against climate change than those in developed countries, according to global research by Accenture (NYSE: ACN). Although the economic crisis has not reduced worldwide concern about climate change, 53% of people in emerging economies claim to be extremely concerned about it against only a third (31%) in mature markets.
January 15, 2009
Accenture to Provide Xcel Energy with Application Outsourcing Services
DENVER; Nov. 25, 2008 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) will provide Xcel Energy with application management services under a multi-year application outsourcing agreement. Terms of the contract were not disclosed.
November 25, 2008
NWP Services Corporation and Accenture Extend Application Outsourcing Agreement
IRVINE, Calif.; August 14, 2008 – NWP Services Corporation (NWP) has extended its outsourcing agreement with Accenture (NYSE: ACN) to 2018. NWP is the leading provider of financial transaction processing solutions for resident utilities billing and payment-processing services to the multi-family housing industry in the United States.
August 14, 2008