Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

When Hurricane Maria, a Category 4 storm with 155-mph winds, made a direct hit on Puerto Rico in 2017, it ravaged the island’s power grid and caused the longest blackout in US history. Maria left many residents without power for nearly a year.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 4, 2024

Based on a model of the Texas power system, scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK have developed a new method to identify and harden critical lines against tropical cyclones and increase power system resilience. Their approach allowed them to reproduce observed supply failures.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 6, 2023

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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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 27, 2023

By combining eks Energy’s power electronics and advanced control capabilities with Hitachi Energy’s automation, software and system integration offerings, the company is looking to fortify its position as a leading-edge technology provider to the renewables and BESS market.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 16, 2023

million meters that were damaged by Hurricane Maria in September 2017. Puerto Rico utility Luma’s smart meters will replace the almost 1.5 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. Have you read?

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 6, 2020

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. European competitors tapping North American markets include REstore , acquired by U.K.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 31, 2022

The battery was installed at a substation in Bonita, California, in 2017 following a Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2015 by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation and the California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development.

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