Smart Energy International

JANUARY 23, 2024

The smart meter rollout for traditional prepayment customers is progressing more slowly than for standard credit customers, Ofgem believes. The letter notes that while the percentage of premises with a smart meter in Great Britain is approximately 60%, this is not the case for prepayment premises. Have you read?

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 27, 2021

More than half of electricity meters in Europe are now smart, a new report released by Berg Insight has found. The study states that the penetration of smart electricity meters has passed the 50% mark owing to increased investments in grid modernization and digitalization by utilities in the region.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 21, 2022

Brazilian energy distribution firm Energisa Group is expanding the rollout of mPrest’s transformer health management system (mTHM) following a successful pilot. The pilot included the use of mTHM to monitor the health status of 112 transmission and distribution transformers. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Thirteen of the 27 EU countries have now reported completing their smart metering rollouts with penetration greater than 80% but eleven are lagging far behind. Their non-availability is a key barrier to consumers receiving regular and accurate metering data in a timely manner. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Australian utility Telstra Energy has signed a 10-year deal with Intellihub for the provision of smart metering services. The utility will install Intellihub’s Intelli-M smart meters and Intelli-ConX communications bridge for data telemetry and connectivity as part of the deal.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Hitachi Energy has announced an investment of more than €30 million ($32 million) in the expansion and modernisation of its power transformer manufacturing facility in Bad Honnef, Germany. Expected to be complete in 2026, the project will see the facility expand to over 15,000 square meters.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Although the UK Government’s latest legislation solidifies their commitment to the smart meter rollout in the country, there are yet a number of issues with consumer perception and the performance of the technology that need to be ironed out, explains Michael Jary of Sense. billion ($7.1 7 million will lose functionality.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 22, 2020

A recent petition to FERC could trigger nationwide changes to solar net-metering. On April 14, the New England Ratepayers Association (NERA) petitioned the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to assert jurisdiction over any on-site, behind-the-meter generation that injects energy onto the grid.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 24, 2023

Renewable energy retailer Octopus Energy US is partnering with Enphase Energy, Inc., a supplier of microinverter-based solar and battery systems, to create a Texan Virtual Power Plant (VPP). This is the latest move from Octopus Energy in its US market.

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Bidgely

JUNE 10, 2021

Last month on the TechCentral TechRadio podcast, I spoke with tech journalist Niall Kitson about how Bidgely and Electric Ireland, Ireland’s largest energy retailer, are working together to bring greater value to Irish energy consumers and establish a strong competitive advantage in a region that vies for customer loyalty and satisfaction.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2019

EMMA AI provides remote and direct energy saving communication to those responsible for facilities management. Its annual Wright Commission Award highlights new, exciting and innovative ideas in the energy management space. Optimal Monitoring is the only energy management finalist.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 4, 2024

As energy policy and politics shift globally, business flexibility will be a necessity for the success of the energy transition. Well, not quite, because anyone who has even briefly scanned the news over the last few months will have noted the shift in the political mood music around energy policy across the world.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Energy tech firm Octopus Energy has launched a new tariff to help businesses with renewable generation to share the green power they generate on one site with the rest of their sites – and lower bills as a result. Octopus estimates it could save businesses like these up to 25% off their annual electricity bills*.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 6, 2022

A plan to upgrade 50,000 meters into smart meters on the Isle of Man has begun, with the island’s 8,000 key meters as the starting point. The first phase of the rollout involves Manx Utilities’ 8,000 prepayment customers having their ‘key’ electricity meter replaced with a smart meter.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 17, 2024

British business water services provider Wave has called for closer attention to issues surrounding ageing water meters. In the project, supply point IDs with three or more meter reads showing no consumption were investigated, taken from a random sample of 2,000 supply point IDs. Have you read?

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

California already has some of the highest electricity rates in the country. Those costs could rise even faster over the next decade, as utilities harden their grids against wildfires, grow their share of net-metered rooftop solar, and add other costs being passed through to utility customers.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 23, 2024

Energy technology supplier Enphase Energy and Octopus Energy have announced a strategic partnership to integrate their platforms, allowing UK retail customers to access low-cost residential energy rates, Octopus Energy clients to create VPPs, and support battery management to ease congestion on the power grid.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 30, 2023

All Australian energy customers would receive a smart meter by 2030, along with better information, protections and data in a new suite of rollout reforms proposed by the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC).

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The growth of Home Energy Management (HEM) has led to a burgeoning, heretofore fragmented market, within which rages a business battleground of players large and small. The key to winning, explains Yusuf Latief in Smart Energy International ’s Power Playbook column, will be ownership of customer confidence. billion in 2021.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 11, 2024

2023 was a big year in energy – wholesale prices fell from their record highs, renewable energy generation has continued to grow at pace, and AI has been the word on everyone’s lips. However, incumbent retailers can’t just bolt on these innovative offerings anymore. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Octopus Energy Group has signed a deal to buy Shell Energy in the UK and Germany, taking on two million new home energy and broadband customers. The Shell Energy businesses provide domestic gas, power and broadband services. million household energy customers, equating to 2.5

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 27, 2022

A prosumer-based transactive energy system in the US could bring savings of up to $50 billion per year, modelling by PNNL researchers has found. Other findings are a reduction in daily load swings by up to 44% and consumer savings of around 15% on annual energy bills. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

This week’s edition of Smart Energy Finances sees three load shifting investments take centre stage as demand response becomes a more notable priority for utilities the world over. 120 million for Swell Energy’s VPP suite. 120 million for Swell Energy’s VPP suite.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Emporia , a Colorado-based smart home energy management company, has added Intelligent Load Management for Emporia EV Chargers to its portfolio of products. For homeowners with lower-capacity electrical panels—older panels are typically rated at 100 amps—installing a Level 2 EV charger is a challenge. Source: Emporia

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In this debut of the Power Playbook, our spotlight on the finance and investment side of the energy transition, Yusuf Latief investigates how Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) tech is becoming a burgeoning market space ripe with investment opportunities. billion by 2026 , growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.28% from 2021 to 2026.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Jeff Hutchins, president and chief technology officer at EOS Linx, writes on the electric vehicle (EV) landscape and how its booming growth necessitates, now more than ever, a renewed focus on cybersecurity measures. Electric vehicles are the future. They’re not monitored by utility workers who are always on-premise.

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Business Green

APRIL 21, 2021

Ofgem has this week given the green light to plans to roll out market-wide half-hourly settlement across the retail electricity market as standard, in a move that is expected to unlock significant investment and innovation across the fast-expanding flexible grid sector.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 12, 2021

Multi-site retailers are under tremendous pressure to increase sales, cut costs, and provide shareholders with consistent revenue and earnings growth year-over-year. With HVAC systems sized correctly for the buildings they serve, air quality monitoring should reveal the building is adequately ventilated. About the author.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 26, 2022

The aim is to study the feasibility and usefulness of the SaaS platform in what is a changing market for Japan’s electricity retailers. The initiative from Japanese consultant Abeam Consulting and energy solution provider iGrid Solutions and US-based analytics provider Innowatts combines iGrid’s R.E.A.L. Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Almost two-thirds of meter points were smart or advanced meters at the end of 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has reported in its latest annual assessment. FERC quotes Energy Information Administration (EIA) figures for the smart meters, stating that from 2019 to 2020, the number increased by 8.3

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The UK’s second largest energy supplier has launched Octoplus, a demand response-focused rewards programme, to incentivise consumers to reduce their electricity load at peak hours. The rewards scheme is designed to empower smart meter customers to take control of their energy usage in exchange for benefits and prizes.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Generac Power Systems is acquiring Enbala Power Networks, a major step toward putting its market-leading backup generator business and its fast-growing behind-the-meter battery-solar fleet to work as a power grid resource. Canada and Australia, according to Wood Mackenzie data. Leading U.S.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 27, 2022

As we transition to an intelligent electric vehicle (EV) future, charging loads pose a potential major challenge for utilities without proper planning and management. Through Vehicle-Grid Integration, managing the time and power of this charging can create costs or benefits throughout the value chain.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Few grid policy battles have been fought as bitterly as those surrounding replacements for net-metering, which determines how much rooftop solar customers get paid for power they export to the grid. Utilities across the country have pushed to move away from paying full retail rates, arguing it shifts costs onto other ratepayers.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The joint working group, whose formation was set out in the European Commission’s June 2023 Implementing Regulation on access to metering and consumption data, is intended as a forum for cooperation between the two organisations to support the Commission to ensure transparent procedures to access metering data within the EU.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has put forward recommendations to drive 100% smart meter uptake in Australia by 2030, as part of a suite of reforms aiming to put customers at the heart of the transition to net zero. Victoria has already achieved universal uptake of smart meters and Tasmania is well on its way.

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AutoGrid

JUNE 20, 2023

With this comes a surge in electricity use, mostly from cooling systems. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is predicting a historic demand of over 80,000 MW , putting immense pressure on the state’s power grid. To mitigate the risk of buying power at these exorbitant prices, reducing demand becomes crucial.

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