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Blackstone acquires Texas-based electric grid components company

Smart Energy International

US asset manager Blackstone announced that private equity funds affiliated with it have closed the acquisition of Power Grid Components, an electric grid components manufacturer. PGC was founded in 2017 by CEO Rick McClure and Shorehill Capital LLC.

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Reactive Technologies: Pinpointing the Inertia of Renewable-Powered Grids

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Getting to 100 percent clean energy presents power grid operators with a major problem: what to do about inertia. Reactive Technologies says its novel technology for measuring this critical aspect of grid stability can help them find answers. Finding the true state of grid inertia.

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Smart Energy Finances: Hitachi Energy acquires eks Energy

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Swiss tech major Hitachi Energy has acquired eks Energy in a strategic move to add power and electronics and energy management software to their ever-growing portfolio. Hitachi Energy called the move part of its strategy to meet global demand for battery energy storage solutions.

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Puerto Rico’s 1.5 million smart meter replacement get go ahead

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Puerto Rico utility Luma’s smart meters will replace the almost 1.5 million meters that were damaged by Hurricane Maria in September 2017. Other benefits anticipated include faster service response and restoration times, support for new energy savings and efficiency programmes and more accurate invoicing and billing control.

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Con Edison Tests ConnectDER as a Utility Touchpoint for Distributed Energy

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-based ConnectDER, is a meter collar adapter that plugs into the socket where electrical meters connect to buildings. Con Edison is in the final stages of deploying smart meters to its approximately 1.3 million customers, but those only measure net household loads, not what’s happening behind the meter.

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Generac Acquires Enbala, Boosting Plan to Harness Behind-the-Meter Energy Resources

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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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Iberdrola wins 1700km+ Brazil power line project

Smart Energy International

The Spanish electric utility company Iberdrola through its subsidiary Neoenergia has been awarded its largest power grid line project, according to the regulatory agency, National Electricity Agency (Aneel). The company also won the 291km contract in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul.