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Australian VPP project to access 2m smart meters for load control

Smart Energy International

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced funding for Intellihub in a virtual power plant (VPP) project to leverage a network of 2 million smart meters and interface with over 140,000 customer energy resources for optimised load control. On behalf of the Australian Government, ARENA has announced AU$9.75

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Power poles transformed into front-of-meter EV charging stations

Smart Energy International

An Australian project led by Intellihub will see local street side power poles turned into electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across the Sydney and Hunter regions of NSW. The chargers will be installed in front of the meter as a controllable resource for grid operators. Tackling EV access.

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Flinders University deploys fleet-based vehicle to grid virtual power plant

Smart Energy International

Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, has put a vehicle to grid (V2G) virtual power plant (VPP) into operation. Bi-directional EV charging is very new, and very few companies have mature products in the market today that can optimise against the multiple dynamic constraints on both sides of the meter. “As

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Victoria utilities to lead flexibility market development in Australia

Smart Energy International

Together the two utilities deliver electricity to around 1.27 With population growth, home electrification and the rise of electric vehicles, the need for grid flexibility has become increasingly important. Have you read?

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ARENA and Shell Energy to demonstrate commercial flexibility in Australia

Smart Energy International

Shell Energy’s ‘Commercialising Smart Energy Hubs’ project will recruit at least 40 commercial and industrial (C&I) customer sites to demonstrate flexible demand capacity. On behalf of the Australian Government, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced AUS$9.1 million ($5.7 million ($19.7

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Intellihub acquires energy tech company GreenSync

Smart Energy International

The acquisition is expected to unlock gigawatts of behind the meter renewable generation and consumer flexibility. The acquisition brings together Australia and New Zealand smart metering Intellihub’s advanced smart metering platform with GreenSync’s cloud-based distributed energy resource interoperability software deX.

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First carbon neutral apartment building coming on blockchain

Smart Energy International

The project, under way with Perth-based property developer OP Properties, is a 39 apartment building in Fremantle, Western Australia, in which residents will live low carbon through the use of solar panels and battery storage along with Powerledger’s power trading technology to deliver a 50% offset to the building strata levies.