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Unlocking smart meter data for research

Smart Energy International

James O’Toole explains how the UK’s Smart Energy Research Lab is enabling researcher access to smart meter data. With over 21 million smart gas and electric meters now in Great Britain’s homes, there is a growing wealth of half-hourly and daily domestic energy use data available to those who can access it.

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ConnectDER Draws Investment from Avista in Latest Funding Round

GreenTechMedia

ConnectDER, a startup with a smart meter socket device that’s been deployed in the thousands by select U.S. utilities to support distributed solar, has closed a $7 million series B round round to help roll out a new version of its system targeting behind-the-meter batteries and plug-in electric cars.

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Balance-of-System Costs Falling for Non-Residential Storage

GreenTechMedia

Since 2014, non-residential storage system prices have declined by more than 15 percent in the U.S. non-residential storage segment. non-residential storage segment. non-residential storage market over those five years. WoodMac finds that battery prices for non-residential storage in the U.S. EPC changes.

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Why Innovation Is Key to Accelerating Battery Storage Growth

GreenTechMedia

By any measure, 2019 was a breakout year for energy storage in the U.S. Fueled by improved economics, increased demand for resilience, and the ever-increasing integration of intermittent renewable generation, energy storage installations hit an all-time high of 522 megawatts/1,113 megawatt-hours last year.

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Smart water projects turn on the tap for Infrastructure Act funding

Smart Energy International

” Have you read: Squeezing valuable drops out of smart water innovation SIT and GWF partner to develop residential smart water meters Energy Transitions Podcast: Smart water at the heart of sustainable cities. Projects in 14 western states were selected to receive funding.

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Drone data helps a Minnesota city conserve energy

Renewable Energy World

Warren, a small city in Northern Minnesota, is offering an innovative public service: images that reveal building heat loss, captured by drones. For this episode of the Local Energy Rul es Podcast, host John Farrell speaks with City Administrator Shannon Mortenson of Warren, Minnesota. Warren does not generate its own electricity.

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The Living Lab: More than 1,000 households open their doors to real-world clean tech testing project

Business Green

Energy Systems Catapult hails milestone for programme that promises to hlpe optimise the design of green products and services. More than 1,000 UK households have now volunteered their homes to help innovators develop solutions to cut domestic carbon emissions through the Energy Systems Catapult's Living Lab initiative.