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Behind-the-Meter Battery Pioneer Stem to Take SPAC Route to Public Markets

GreenTechMedia

Stem, the decade-old behind-the-meter battery startup that was seeking a buyer earlier this year to bolster its growth ambitions, is now launching a plan to go public via a special-purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC) reverse merger. Friday’s announcement names Star Peak Energy Transition Corp. billion in late 2019 to about $2.7

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SparkMeter Closes $12M Round to Expand From Metering Minigrids to Analyzing ‘Broken Grids’

GreenTechMedia

Remote minigrids are a tough market for a traditional smart meter vendor. The meters that minigrids use need to be cheap, rugged and reliable, and they must be able to adjust to the often unstable operating conditions of solar-powered standalone grids. ” The World Bank’s International Finance Corp.

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Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities Investigates Advanced Metering and Time-Varying Rates for Customers with Electric Vehicles

Energy and Cleantech Council

On July 2, 2020, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities launched an “ Investigation into the Modernization of the Electric Grid – Phase Two.” Phase I led to a requirement that electric distribution companies prepare multi-year “Grid Modernization Plans,” which were filed, reviewed, and eventually approved in 2018.

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EBRD invests in Egyptian copper rod manufacturing

Smart Energy International

UMC is a subsidiary of Elsewedy Electric, an Egyptian industrial group that has a strong presence in Africa, Europe and Asia, and is listed on the Egyptian stock exchange in Cairo. Since 2012 the EBRD has invested more than €11 billion ($11.7 Since 2012 the EBRD has invested more than €11 billion ($11.7

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ComEd’s Favorable Regulatory Treatment for Grid Investments Comes Under Fire

GreenTechMedia

That’s the charge leveled in a Tuesday report from the Illinois Public Interest Research Group, asking state lawmakers to force the utility to align its capital investments with its customers' interests. The workings of the 2011 Energy Infrastructure Modernization Act. billion smart grid investment plan that included a 4.2-million

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ChargePoint acquisition points to growth in electric bus and commercial fleet services

Business Green

Deal with ViriCiti aims to strengthen fleet management services for growing number of companies switching to electric vehicles. Pasquale Romano, president and CEO of ChargePoint, said the deal with ViriCiti would further increase functionality available to electric bus and commercial fleet operators.

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Next-generation energy technologies for US utilities

Smart Energy International

Four emerging technologies and issues are occupying regulators as utilities seek to modernise the electricity distribution system in the US. Smart meters and smart grids key in SDG&E’s clean energy plan Technology changes in the energy sector during the pandemic and beyond. Electric vehicles. Have you read?