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A Vibrant Cleantech Startup Ecosystem Takes Root in India

GreenTechMedia

Universities, incubators, investors and the public sector weren’t aligned on how to incentivize innovation, discover entrepreneurs and help researchers build a business. When Raju joined the renewable energy sector in 2009, the amount of solar installed on the grid in India was roughly 3 megawatts.

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German Startup The Mobility House Stakes Claim on US EV Charging Market

GreenTechMedia

German startup The Mobility House launched in 2009 to figure out dynamic charging for electric fleets, the kind that use enough power to throw off a facility's electric bills without careful scheduling. electric fleet charging market is small but growing, just like domestic EV adoption. But the competition is heating up.

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$10.5 billion programme for US grid upgrades launched

Smart Energy International

The funding, the largest single investment into the grid in over a decade since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which kickstarted the rollout of smart metering and a smart grid, forms part of the ‘Building a Better Grid’ initiative to upgrade the grid for a 100% clean energy future.

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Can Onshore Wind Keep Pace With Europe’s Surging Solar Markets?

GreenTechMedia

That's leading utilities in the region to structure plans to bolster onshore wind's growth in tandem with solar's economics-driven expansion, to ensure that the two can serve as mutually supportive renewable resources for an increasingly clean-powered grid. ’s business in Italy.

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A smart grid journey with Robert Denda of Gridspertise

Smart Energy International

In an exclusive conversation with Robert Denda, CEO of Gridspertise, he explains how digital grid solutions conceived in Italy, building on Enel Grids’ legacy, are supporting DSOs worldwide. From the outset, Denda was involved in the initiative, which gained added impetus with Enel’s initial share acquisition of Endesa in 2009.

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A 21st-century reinvention of the electric grid is crucial for solving the climate change crisis

Renewable Energy World

Then, beginning around 2009, first wind turbines and then solar photovoltaic panels decreased enough in cost to become competitive in electricity markets. Transmission studies have shown that stronger interconnections among the country’s three power grids are highly beneficial. Innovations that make 100% clean power possible.

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Smart Wires Looks to Ease Transmission Grid’s Mounting Challenges with Digital Controls

GreenTechMedia

Smart Wires is one of a handful of companies developing digital power flow control systems that could revolutionize how power grids function, compared to the mostly electromechanical system in place today. Deployments in Europe, Australia to test power flow capabilities. In the U.K.,