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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. and abroad. and abroad.

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Phone Firms Pile into Spain’s Renewable Energy Market

GreenTechMedia

Spain’s booming renewable energy market is attracting the attention of an unlikely retail segment: mobile phone companies. Phone firms including national leader Telefónica are jostling to offer clean energy alongside more traditional products such as broadband connections. A boom brought on by the end of the sun tax.

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'Critical mass': Britain's wireless smart meter network hits 10 million milestone

Business Green

2020 saw major progress in digitisation of energy grid as Britain as smart meter network tripled in size, according to firm responsible for national smart meter infrastructure. An update published today by smart meter system operator Data Communications Company (DCC) reveals more than 5.5

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V2G’s value proposition for the UK energy transition

Smart Energy International

The increasing prevalence of issues surrounding renewables integration and energy management illustrates how solutions like V2G are required to maintain the stability and efficacy of our energy supply. Resilience V2G allows for consumers to secure a backup power source in the case of an emergency. British electrification.

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EnergyHub and SMA Make Cross-DER Aggregation a Reality for Utilities

GreenTechMedia

“Smart” inverters are going to play a major role in how utilities manage rooftop solar's effect on the edges of their grids. They could also be a key interconnection point for behind-the-meter batteries, smart thermostats and appliances, plug-in electric vehicles, and other distributed energy resources.

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IRENA reports 22% lower LCOE of geothermal power in 2022

ThinkGeoEnergy

Between 2021 and 2022, the global weighted average levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) of ten newly commissioned geothermal projects fell by 22% to USD 0.056 kWh. This statistic was reported by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in their newly published document, “Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2022.”

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NuScale’s Federal Safety Approval Moves US Modular Nuclear Reactors a Step Closer to Reality

GreenTechMedia

Small-scale modular nuclear reactors have gone from being a technology that’s always a decade away from being built to one that may actually enter into commercial production in the next decade. That’s a critical step for the Portland, Oregon-based company’s plans to build its first commercial systems.