A new role for Jersey – Playing on the world stage
companies, States-owned utilities and government who agreed to press ahead with a large number of Smart Island projects.
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Experts from the UK and Norway spoke at the meeting about the progress being made elsewhere, including e-mobility and the electrification of transport which includes cars, ships and aeroplanes.
A representative from the busy Norwegian port of Alesund told how they were reducing carbon emissions from cruise ships, which often spend all day outside the port emitting diesel fumes. Their solution was to improve the supply of fossil-free electricity at the port so that the ships can plug into the grid while visiting.
Another technology copies the way offshore oil fields are monitored and they can now produce a complete simulation of what is going on in Alesund, a community of a similar size to Jersey. That includes traffic flows and locating every building in the town which showed there was an unacceptable delay in getting fire engines to an outer part of the city. As a result, they changed traffic flows and increased parking charges to deter parking on the route.
Digital Jersey’s Tony Moretta, who has visited Alesund, said that their use of 3-D simulation for the city could have significant application in Jersey and, for example, could help determine where a new hospital should be built.
The participants in Jersey’s Smart Island round table in November were so enthusiastic about the prospects that a group of them agreed to fund one of the next steps in the process, which is to join the United Nations’ programme for smart, sustainable countries. This calls for the monitoring of 50 different factors and, if successful, Jersey would be the first island to join this pioneering initiative.
igital Jersey leaders hope to raise the Island’s international profile as a leader in digital technologies. A round-table meeting organised by the agency last October brought together representatives of telcos, transport
The scope of the opportunities include the electrification of aviation which could also be a major part of a Smart Island project. Already several developers have electric planes on the drawing board, and a Britten-Norman Islander aircraft, similar to those that were used to fly thousands of passengers between the islands, is being adapted to electric power and could be put into service as early as 2021.
So while a mission to create a Smart Island would still be a challenge with many risks, there is plenty of technology already available and local businesses who can help. Airtel-Vodafone, for example, is a partnership of two of the world’s largest telecommunications companies and one of them, Vodafone, employs 1,400 people around the world just on the Internet of Things.
Jersey-based Head of Sales and Marketing, Peter Zunino, says that IoT has huge potential for driving efficiency and solving major infrastructure problems in the islands. But it is health care that is one of the biggest areas where the technology can help with assisted living, remote monitoring and ‘hospital in the home’ wearable tech.
‘We have the network, technology, global supply chain and partnerships to help,’ Mr Zunino said.
‘It’s also a myth that all such solutions are expensive, as the long-term efficiency and savings created outweigh initial investment, and could drive value for the Jersey taxpayer.’
Many solutions are already developed which can be adapted for the local market. For example, Vodafone has rolled out an e-citizens app which is being used in Greece and other countries and which could easily be used in Jersey. Hundreds of services can be made available through the app from locating the nearest vacant parking space to reporting an over-flowing waste bin or pot hole. Voting information, health details and even mobile money can be included on the app.
Apart from helping to make public services more efficient and therefore more accessible, a mission to create a Smart Island might help Jersey focus on developing new options to grow the economy.
Financial services would obviously benefit from the Page 50 56 Smart Island
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