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Eaton invests more than $500 million in North American manufacturing

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Power-management multinational Eaton has announced investments in its North American manufacturing and operations to meet growing demand for electrical solutions from customers in utility, commercial, health care, industrial and residential markets. The majority of these investments are expected to be completed in 2024 and 2025.

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Brazil’s Copel advances with smart meter rollout

Smart Energy International

Following the passing of the 500,000 smart meter milestone Paraná state utility Copel is advancing with the second phase of the rollout. The first phase of the rollout was focussed on the southwest region of Paraná state in Brazil’s southeast, while the second started in the metropolitan region of the capital, Curitiba.

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Emporia’s energy management system prepares for the bidirectional EV charging future

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Total control of power usage: from solar to EV and back to the house. Once an EV can double as a stationary storage device, it will take its place as part of an energy ecosystem that includes rooftop solar and energy management—and could even become a source of revenue for owners and a valuable grid-balancing resource for utilities.

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Delivering a net zero-ready grid

Smart Energy International

New demands on the network from the cars we drive, to the way we heat/cool, or power our homes will change the traditional power flows and role of the electricity network. Society can move faster than power networks. Experiential data shows that one EV takes about the same amount of power as one house in a year.

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Build Back Better: Top green consultancies beef up post-coronavirus services

Business Green

The firm also published research showing that while 56 per cent of businesses increased their focus on cutting carbon emissions in 2019, a third said cost is still more important than carbon when it comes to energy purchasing decisions.

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Ofgem supports National Grid with £1.5m for energy network innovation

Smart Energy International

National Grid Electricity Transmission has been awarded £400k ($532k) for three projects that will help develop a net zero electricity network – including replacing greenhouse gas SF6 with a low carbon alternative as well as utilising satellite data analytics to future proof against the impacts of climate change. Have you read?

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Angeles Link – a proposed hydrogen hub for California’s LA Basin

Smart Energy International

The initiative, the largest to date in the US, is envisaged as delivering more renewable energies into the region and supporting decarbonisation of the power sector, industry, heavy-duty transport and other hard to electrify sectors of the local economy, a statement reads. Have you read?